Michigan Coreopsis

Coreopsis, often called tickseed, is the sunshine filler of the summer field. Its slender, branching stems carry a profusion of small daisy-like flowers in warm gold, butter yellow, and rich mahogany-red, many of them ringed or banded in a second shade. Individually cheerful and, massed, positively glowing, coreopsis threads warmth and a loose, meadowy movement through a mixed bouquet.

The genus Coreopsis includes both North American natives and garden strains, and our growers raise the taller cutting types rather than gathering them wild. They are ideally matched to Michigan: tough, sun-loving, and heat-tolerant, they bloom generously from early summer well into fall, with the perennial types returning each year.

For our farmers coreopsis is an easy, generous cut, the kind of dependable golden filler that lifts and warms almost any summer arrangement and keeps producing all season long.