Plant Details:
Scientific Name: Coreopsis grandiflora
Common Name: Tickseed
Blooming Season: Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Autumn, Late Summer
Plant Habit: Mounded
Characteristics: Attracts Bees, Drought Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Low Maintenance
Fertilize: None or when needed only
Spacing: 14 - 16" (36 - 41cm)
Height: 12 - 14" (30 - 36cm)
Width: 12 - 14" (30 - 36cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: This hardy perennial offers excellent heat and drought tolerance once established in the garden. Shows off big, semi-double flowers in bright, solid yellow when planted in full sun.
Grower Information:
The first Coreopsis on the shelf!
There’s early…and then there’s Double the Sun! This bright variety is 2 to 3 weeks earlier than our Early Sunrise and other comparable varieties. In Summer, it finishes 1 to 2 weeks before the rest. This favourite perennial class can be on store shelves before any other compact, semi-double yellow Coreopsis.
Plug crop time: 5 to 7 weeks
Transplant to finish: 9 to 10 weeks
- Semi-double, clear golden yellow flowers are the same large, 2.5-in./6-cm size as SunKiss and Early Sunrise, and bigger than Sunfire.
- Great controlled habit with strong flowering.
- Ideal for quart and 1-gallon production in Spring and Summer with 13-hour critical daylength.