Cluster of deep red tickseed (Coreopsis cultivar) flowers with bright yellow centers blooming in a sunny garden, surrounded by green stems and unopened buds. Photo Credit - North Creek Nurseries
Single deep red tickseed (Coreopsis cultivar) flower with a small golden-yellow center, set against soft green foliage and blurred garden background. Photo Credit - North Creek Nurseries
Cluster of deep red tickseed (Coreopsis cultivar) flowers with bright yellow centers blooming in a sunny garden, surrounded by green stems and unopened buds. Photo Credit - North Creek Nurseries
Single deep red tickseed (Coreopsis cultivar) flower with a small golden-yellow center, set against soft green foliage and blurred garden background. Photo Credit - North Creek Nurseries

Coreopsis ~ Coreopsis 'Red Satin'

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Pot Size:  2 quarts
Native Status:  Cultivar

Description:  This plant is easily grown in dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerant of heat, humidity and some drought. Plants may be sheared in mid to late summer to promote a fall rebloom and to remove any sprawling or unkempt foliage. It has 1 ½ in. wide, ruby to wine red ray flowers with gold disc flowers that will keep their color and rebloom all summer if cut back.  Does not self-seed. Suitable as a border plant.

Light Exposure: Full Sun                                     Drought Tolerant :  Yes
Soil Moisture: Medium - Dry                            Salt Tolerant:  Yes
Mature Height:  1.5 – 2 ft                                   Deer Resistant:  Yes
Mature Width:  1.5 – 2 ft                                                  

Bloom Color/Bloom Time:  Blooms dark red with gold centers lasting June through August.

Historical Uses:  Flowers were boiled to make a tea. The roots were steeped into a tea that eased the symptoms of diarrhea and abdominal discomforts. Folklore indicates that the tea was also supposed to protect the drinker from being hit by lightning. Early settlers also believed that stuffing their mattresses with the dried plants, it would repel bedbugs. Coreopsis for documented in America 1724.

Wildlife Values:  Nectar-rich blooms are highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects.

Pot Size:  2 quarts
Native Status:  Cultivar

Description:  This plant is easily grown in dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerant of heat, humidity and some drought. Plants may be sheared in mid to late summer to promote a fall rebloom and to remove any sprawling or unkempt foliage. It has 1 ½ in. wide, ruby to wine red ray flowers with gold disc flowers that will keep their color and rebloom all summer if cut back.  Does not self-seed. Suitable as a border plant.

Light Exposure: Full Sun                                     Drought Tolerant :  Yes
Soil Moisture: Medium - Dry                            Salt Tolerant:  Yes
Mature Height:  1.5 – 2 ft                                   Deer Resistant:  Yes
Mature Width:  1.5 – 2 ft                                                  

Bloom Color/Bloom Time:  Blooms dark red with gold centers lasting June through August.

Historical Uses:  Flowers were boiled to make a tea. The roots were steeped into a tea that eased the symptoms of diarrhea and abdominal discomforts. Folklore indicates that the tea was also supposed to protect the drinker from being hit by lightning. Early settlers also believed that stuffing their mattresses with the dried plants, it would repel bedbugs. Coreopsis for documented in America 1724.

Wildlife Values:  Nectar-rich blooms are highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects.

Photo Credits:

1 - NorthCreek Nurseries
2 - NorthCreek Nurseries

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