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Tickseed Baby Sun in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Coreopsis grandiflora 'Baby Sun'

 

Tickseed 'Baby Sun'

Coreopsis can be either Annuals or short lived perennials, depending on the variety. Mound forming with thin green leaves, sporting masses of flowers in summer. A sun-loving, drought-tolerant plant which attracts flying insects. Varieties of Coreopsis vary in height from .45m to 1.3m in height and the dwarf forms grow 10 only 15 - 30cm. This variety sports golden, daisy-like flowers with reddish-brown cores throughout summer provided you dead head it regularly.

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plant Features
  • Tickseed Baby Sun likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Tickseed Baby Sun likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Tickseed Baby Sun is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Tickseed Baby Sun likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Tickseed 'Baby Sun'

Latin name

Coreopsis grandiflora 'Baby Sun'

type

Flowering plant

family

Asteraceae

ph

5.5 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Tickseed Baby Sun likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Tickseed Baby Sun is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Tickseed Baby Sun likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Tickseed Baby Sun likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Tickseed Baby Sun is 0.30meters x 0.50meters 0.30 M 0.50 M

Coreopsis grandiflora 'Baby Sun'

Coreopsis can be either Annuals or short lived perennials, depending on the variety. Mound forming with thin green leaves, sporting masses of flowers in summer. A sun-loving, drought-tolerant plant which attracts flying insects. Varieties of Coreopsis vary in height from .45m to 1.3m in height and the dwarf forms grow 10 only 15 - 30cm. This variety sports golden, daisy-like flowers with reddish-brown cores throughout summer provided you dead head it regularly.


Flowering Season

From Early Summer TO Mid Autumn

Masses of flowers in shades of yellow, pinks, reds, oranges white and bi-coloured.

 

Propagation by seed

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Sow seeds in early spring directly into flowering position. Dig compost into the soil first.

 

Planting out Spring

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant container grown plants into flowering position in Mach digging in a little fertilizer into the soil first.

 
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