Brad Slaughter, from Albion College Vascular Plant Image
 

Common Name	Tall Coreopsis / Tall Tickseed
Scientific Name	Coreopsis tripteris
Height	3'-6'
Sun/Shade	Sun
Bloom Season	July - August
Bloom Color	Yellow
Soil	Well drained, dry, poor soil
Disease Susceptibility
Propagation	Easy from dry stratified seed
Notes	Deadhead after flowering - seeds persistently. Provides food for pollinators; flowers when others are not.

 
 

	Prairie Nursery	Heartland Restoration	Ender's	Taylor Creek	Possibility Place
Costs for  Spring 2001	11,000 seeds/oz. 1/8oz.-$4.50  1/4oz.-$6.00  1/2oz.-$9.00  1oz.-$15.00  1lb.-$225.00	20.00/oz 310.00/lb	Native plant retail prices:  ½ pint - 2.35,  pint - 3.40,  quart - 4.75, ½ gallon - 5.95,  gallon - 7.50 & up.	6.00/oz 1.50/plant	Flat of 32, single species, $37.00    2" plug - $2.25 each    gallons - $4.75

Information on Coreopsis tripteris:
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=CORTRI1
- List of Roadside Native Plants for Illinois - http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kenr/prairietable1.html
- Landscaping with Plants Native to Indiana. (pamphlet). November 1999.
- Cullina, Willaim. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2000.