Photo credit
PK2Morgan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo
Care
- Avoid persistently wet, poorly drained soil.
- Optional bloom tip: Removing spent flowers can encourage more blooms.
Lanceleaf Tickseed
Coreopsis lanceolata
Listed for containersIts plant group feeds 15 kinds of specialist bees
- Flower color
- Yellow or orange
- Bloom
- April to June
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1–3 feet
- Spread
- 1–2 feet
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil moisture
- Somewhat dry to moist
Typical bloom time. A plant at the store may not be in flower.
- Containers
- Yes, listed for containersListed by Missouri Botanical Garden: Container Gardening with Native Plants, Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia: Container Gardening with Native Plants (2025)
- Container size
- Not recordedMeasure your pot’s depth; we can’t confirm this pot yet.
Native to Louisiana (estimated from a national checklist)