Pink Tickseed
Coreopsis rosea
Pink tickseed is a delicate, threadleaf coreopsis with rose-pink, yellow-centered flowers, spreading into airy mats on moist sandy soil. A long-blooming pollinator favorite for damp meadows.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1.5–2.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- DE, GA, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC
Related native plants
More Coreopsis species
- Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)
- Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
- Tall Coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
- Greater Tickseed (Coreopsis major)
- Stiff Tickseed (Coreopsis palmata)
- Giant Coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea)