General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 12 to 18 inches
Plant Spread: 24 to 36 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees
Suitable for wintersowing
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Prairie Tickseed
  • Tickseed
  • Stiff tickseed
  • Stiff coreopsis
  • Finger coreopsis
  • Prairie Coreopsis

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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2009-06-22
Location: My yard in SE Nebraska
Date: 2009-06-22
Location: Darwell Rolling Woods, Alberta
Date: 2015-11-01

Photo Courtesy of Prairie Nursery. Used with Permission
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