Mouse-ear Tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata
Mouse-ear tickseed is a low, stoloniferous coreopsis for the front of part-shade borders, with golden daisies above eared leaves. Spreads gently into a cheerful groundcover.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA