Coreopsis basalis seed
LATIN NAME: Coreopsis basalis
COMMON NAME: Golden Tickseed
The golden tickseed is the bright, gold star of the summer border, and the small, daisy-like flowers open in the loose sprays. The upright, bushy, annual plant carries the fine, divided, green leaves and the small, bright-gold, daisy-like flower heads with the darker centres through the summer, one of the fine, cheerful sights of the sunny border. The plant is a fine, generous presence of the summer garden, and it is a plant of the open, sunny, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The golden tickseed is a bright subject of the plant science, and the gold stars keep showing up in the work on the summer annuals. The breeding of the coreopsis for the bright, bold heads and the long season has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the summer annuals, the prairie flowers and the members of the daisy family. The fine, divided leaves and the upright, bushy habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the golden tickseed is a regular subject of the work on the bright gold stars of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The golden tickseed is a fine, generous plant of the sunny border and the summer garden. The small, bright-gold, daisy-like flower heads open in the loose sprays through the summer, one of the fine, cheerful sights of the border, drawing the bees and the butterflies, and the long stems cut well into the fine, bright posies of the table. The plant stands the summer heat with the ease, and it is one of the fine choices for the sunny border, the prairie bed and the cutting garden. It has been written up in the horticultural papers for the gold stars and the long, cheerful season, and it is a fine, generous plant of the open, sunny, well-drained garden.
Pinch the young plants once and the stems will branch into the fine, sturdy plants of the border.
To grow the golden tickseed from seed, sow the small, flat seeds across the surface of a tray of fine seed compost, with a light press, keep the tray in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out after the last frosts. The seedlings push through within a couple of weeks and grow on fast. With the sun, the warmth and the well-drained ground, the gold stars will open through the summer.
NAME: Golden Wave Coreopsis
Coreopsis drummondii
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Goldenmane Tickseed
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Coreopsis Basalis
COLOR: Yellow with Red centers
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
BLOOM TIME: Spring
HARDINESS ZONE: N/A (but reseeds itself easily, so it acts like a perennial in all zones)
PLANT HEIGHT: 12 – 18″
PLANT SPACING: 9 – 12″
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Dry