Coreopsis tripteris
Coreopsis tripteris is a 6 foot high tickseed producing masses of bright yellow flowers from summer to fall.
Coreopsis tripteris is a tall, vertical tickseed that towers over other members of the genus at almost six feet with linear green to blue green leaves and masses of classic bright yellow coneflowers with brown centres from mid summer to early fall. Combine with fall asters and Japanese anemone. A great late season eastern North American native for bees. It is rhizomatous with clumps increasing in size each year though plants are not invasive.
Common Name: Tall Tickseed
Family: Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-8
Light: Part Sun Full Sun
Height: 4-6'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Secondary Bloom Colour: Brown
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
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Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Moist to mesic black soil prairies, sand prairies, savannas and sandy savannas, thickets, seeps, bluffs, limestone glades, abandoned fields, and along railroads and roadsides.
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