Lightning Bug Tickseed

Description

Coreopsis 'Lightning Bug'

Height: 12 inches
Spread: 15 inches
Sunlight: full sun
Hardiness Zone: 5a
Other Names: Large Flowered Tickseed, Coreopsis

Description:
Compact plant covered with daisy-like yellow flowers that have a deep scarlet ring around a central gold disk; tolerant of pests and drier soils; thriving in sandy and rocky soils; needs good drainage.

Ornamental Features:
Lightning Bug Tickseed is smothered in stunning yellow daisy flowers with gold eyes and a scarlet ring at the ends of the stems from early summer to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its narrow leaves remain emerald green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes:
Lightning Bug Tickseed is an open herbaceous perennial with a mounded form. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.

Planting & Growing:
Lightning Bug Tickseed will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in poor soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.Lightning Bug Tickseed is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

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