Tickseed, Designer Threads™ Creamy Calico Coreopsis

Creamy Calico Threadleaf Coreopsis is a tidy perennial native with a mounding habit.  The narrow deep green foliage is topped with daisy-like creamy yellow flowers with broad deep maroon centers through summer.  Prefers full sun and dry to medium well-drained soil.  Drought, humidity, and road salt tolerance.  The Designer Threads series has excellent powdery mildew resistance.

Coreopsis verticillata is a host for the Silvery Checkerspot Buckeye butterfly, and attracts several other butterflies with its flowers.    

Type:	Perennial
Origins:	Southeast N. America; GA Native
Height:	1' - 1.5'
Spread:	2’ - 2.5'
Spacing:	2’
USDA Hardiness Zone:	3 - 9
Culture:	Full Sun, Part Sun
Bloom Color:	Yellow+Red
Season of Interest:	Summer

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance. Can be an aggressive self-seeder- deadhead in spring to encourage extended bloom and prevent spreading.  Crown rot may occur in moist, poorly-drained soils.  Foliage decline may occur in hot summers if the soil is allowed to dry out.  Snails and slugs can be a problem.

 LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Native Gardens, Rock Gardens, Foundational Plantings.

COMPANION PLANTS: Switch Grass, Coneflower, Avens

IMAGE: Photo by Proven Winners, Designer Threads™ 'Creamy Calico'

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.