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Image of
the showy
butterfly and bird attractor,
Coreopsis tinctura
Coreopsis tinctura or
Caliopsis or Plain Coreopsis or Golden Tickseeds or
Painted Tickseed or Swamp Tickseed or Coreopsis cardaminefolia
or
Coreopsis stenphylla or Coreopsis tinctura imminuta coming soon...
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Coreopsis tinctura
(Caliopsis, Plain Coreopsis, Golden Tickseed,
Painted Tickseed,
Swamp
Tickseed) |
Synonyms:
Coreopsis cardaminefolia, Coreopsis stenphylla, Coreopsis
tinctura imminuta
Family: Asteraceae (Aster)
Origin: Native to American Great Plains
Light: Sun
Height: 4'
Spacig: 1-1.5'
Blooms: 2" across, bright yellow with reddish-brown center, on long
erect, wiry stem, from late Summr till frost
Foliage: Herbaceous, green, lobed, opposite, bipinnate, upper
leaves larger than lower
Soil: Well-drained, moist, sandy, loamy, drought tolerant when
established
Water: Low
Propagation: Seeds (Sow directly on top of soil in bright light in the
Fall or Spring), rootball divisions
Uses: Xeriscaping, Cottage setting, wildflower garden, cut flower
arrangements, borders, annual beddings, herb
Comments:
Coreopsis tinctura or
Caliopsis or Plain Coreopsis or Golden Tickseeds or
Painted Tickseed or Swamp Tickseed or Coreopsis cardaminefolia
or
Coreopsis stenphylla or Coreopsis tinctura imminuta
is a
popular sun-loving fast growing annual plant. These sun-loving
clump-forming plants thrive well in dry or moist light, sandy, loamy
soils and are often found on roadsides or abandoned fields.
Caliopsis have single flowerheads
and
everyone of them varies a litle in looks. The cheery blossoms make lovely bouquets of cut flowers and they look ornamental as
dried flowers. When grown en masse, these drought tolerant plants makes
superb cottage plants.
Painted Tickseed
look splendid in the xeriscaping garden from Summer till frost. I
enjoy watching
Coreopsis cardaminefolia
sway when
the wind blows and watching the butterflies going from one flower to the
other feeding off their nectar and the birds especially finches love feeding on the
seeds.
Golden Tickseeds
brightens up the border or annual beddings and are easly propagated by
seeds and if you do not deadhead spent flowers, you will have many
seedlings in Spring to share with friends.
Swamp Tickseed
has many uses. The roots have been used by the American Indians as a
traditional herbal medicine to treat diarrhea or as an emetic.
Yellow dye is made from the flowers and also the red coloring in
beverages. Anyone can grow
Plain Coreopsis.
I allow
Coreopsis tinctura imminuta
to naturalize in my wildflower landscape and they faithfully return
every year.
USDA Hardiness Zones : 3-9 |
