Golden Needles Tickseed full bloom with its yellow and maroon flowers in garden.
Close up of Golden Needles Tickseed with its golden yellow flowers and deep maroon centers.
Golden Needles Tickseed in garden with sun flowers behind it and another tickseed beside it.
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Golden Needles Tickseed full bloom with its yellow and maroon flowers in garden.
Close up of Golden Needles Tickseed with its golden yellow flowers and deep maroon centers.
Golden Needles Tickseed in garden with sun flowers behind it and another tickseed beside it.
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Designer Threads™ 'Golden Needles' Tickseed (Coreopsis)

Perennial

  • Thread-like foliage adds texture to the landscape.
  • Golden yellow flowers with deep red burgundy eye.
  • Exceptional mildew resistance, long-blooming & easy care!
  • Deters deer & rabbits, but attracts pollinators.
  • Zones 5-9, sun, up to 20″ tall x 22" wide at maturity.
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Size: One Quart
$23.00
Sale: $23.00 Each
Total: $23.00
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Hand-Picked at Our Greenhouse
Shipped to Your Door
Arrives as a Young Plant
60 Day Risk-Free Guarantee
Hand-Picked at Our Greenhouse
Shipped to Your Door
Arrives as a Young Plant
60 Day Risk-Free Guarantee
Hand-Picked at Our Greenhouse
Shipped to Your Door
Arrives as a Young Plant
60 Day Risk-Free Guarantee
Hand-Picked at Our Greenhouse
Shipped to Your Door
Arrives as a Young Plant
60 Day Risk-Free Guarantee

Description

The mounded habits of flowers from Designer Threads™ 'Golden Needles' tickseed add such bright color and delicate foliage to the landscape. Once the blooms begin, they persist without fading or growing mildew, even in high summer temperatures. This is good news for bees and butterflies, who frequently visit the colorful flat petals. Add this tickseed along a border to create a colorful pathway, or place it in a container; this perennial isn't fussy!

Transform your garden into a colorful oasis with this sun-loving perennial. This native perennial is super low maintenance and is an excellent choice for beginning and experienced gardeners who want easy-care color. After planting, butterflies might just love your tickseed more than you.

Details

Botanical name: Coreopsis verticillata 'Golden Needles'
Common name: Threadleaf coreopsis, whorled coreopsis, tickseed
Zone: 5 - 9
Sun exposure: Sun (6+ hours sun)
Height x width: 18-20" X 20-22"
Flower color: Golden yellow with burgundy red eye
Foliage color: Green
Season of Interest: Summer-fall
Bloom time: Early summer, midsummer, late summer
Features: Suitable for slopes, space savers, rabbit resistant, native, heat tolerant, dry soil, deer resistant, container plants, best sellers, best for beginners, attracts pollinators
Uses: Accent, alpine and rock, container gardening, edging, mass planting, slopes, pollinator gardens, native plant gardens, small spaces, underplanting

How to Grow

Soil: Thrives in any well-drained soil.
Light: Full sun
Water: Low to moderate. Water weekly, or more often in extreme heat, until established. Watering may be reduced after establishment.
Spacing: Min 18 inches
Fertilizing: Seldom needed. Apply a granular garden fertilizer in early spring if desired
Winterizing: No special care is needed. Remove spent foliage in spring before new growth appears.
Maintenance & Pruning: None required; you may shear back old blooms if you wish, but this is not necessary for continuous bloom.
Pink flowers in full sun

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Learn More

Plant spacing is based on the ultimate width of the plants. This figure is normally given as a range; for example, 3-5’. If you live in a cold climate and/or want plants to fill in more quickly, plan to space at the shorter end of the range. If you live in a warm climate, are on a limited budget, or are willing to wait longer for plants to touch, use the higher end of the range. Using the larger number is recommended when calculating distance from a building or structure. There’s really no such thing as "maximum spacing": if you don’t want your plants to touch, you can space them as far apart as you’d like. All plant spacing is calculated on center, or in other words, the centers of the plants are spaced one half of their eventual width apart:

bush distance

Unless you are planting in a straight line, as you might for hedges or edging, space your plants in a staggered or zig-zag pattern for a more interesting and naturalistic look:

bush distance zigzag

Not sure just how many plants will fit in your garden? Our calculator gives you the exact amount of plants required for your space. Simply update the values and the calculator will re-calculate accordingly. Spacing information can be found in the 'How to Grow' tab on each plant's page.

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G.L.M. (Colorado)
This and my other plants arrived well packaged

This and my other plants arrived well packaged and healthy. Planted a few days later and so far the is looking good now that we are slowly getting some cooler weather.

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j.y. (South Carolina)
Beautiful

Flowering beautifully, such an eye catching color, also the bees are all over it, I am totally satisfied

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J.S. (Oregon)
Happy Gardner

The plants came very healthy and in good condition. I have good luck with this company delivering healthy plants packaged well. I recommend Great Garden Plants.

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l.l.

Well packaged

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J.S. (New York)
Coreopsis

I planted them right away, excited to see how they look in the spring!

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R.R. (California)
Thank you!!

My plants arrived in excellent condition and I was so happy to have instructions and guidelines for success potting and growing these new plants.

J
J.G. (Ohio)
Excellent

Great Garden plants did an excellent job in so many ways. The plants came on time and packed well. The starts were good size and healthy. In fact within a couple days planted they produced buds and were blooming. I contacted customer service and they were quick to reply and worked with me to change my order. All I can say is they were excellent in all they did for me. Thanks and I will look to order again!

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Y.C. (California)
The plants are doing well.

I bought 4 Coreopsis. The three doing well when arrived, only one was stressed and died. I planted the three in my garden and they are doing really good. Flowers are blooming.

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I.t.p.d.r.

The plants were very healthy with very good roots. They have been planted in my cottage garden and never showed the least bit of shock. They are thriving.

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L.V.N. (New Jersey)
Bad experience again

On opening the box, these poor plants were broken, needed extensive trimming of dead and broken flowers and leaves and stems. Other than receiving miss handled products, and I think you need to change the people who ship your goods, these were so sad looking, two of them are reduced to just the main stem. Hopefully, they’ll come up next year. I had a pile of stems and flowers and leaves on the table where I attempt to remove the plastic wrapping. Underneath the wrap you find broken pieces of the plant. I think also there’s gotta be a better way of wrapping them because they have to be handled so much to get rid of all that plastic and the giant staple that hold it together. I this is overdone.

Hello! We’re sorry that you received plants that are not up to our standards. We try our best to provide excellent plants, but some factors, like shipping and handling, are outside our control. Our fall guarantee covers plants received after September 1 until May 2025, so we have you covered. Please send your order number and pictures of your plants to [email protected] to start the claims process. We look forward to helping! https://bit.ly/ggp-guarantee

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r.v. (Texas)
villegas 2024

as of right now they are not showing any sign of growth.

Thank you for your feedback! It’s surprisingly normal for newly transplanted plants to appear like they aren’t growing. That’s because most of the growth occurs below ground in their first year as they allocate more energy to root development. Once your plant is established, it will start investing more in shoot and flower development. To learn more about how plants “sleep, creep, and leap”, read our FAQ here: https://bit.ly/FAQ-plant-growth

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H.l.E.i.e.

How long does it take to be established?

Great Garden Plants

It's hard to say for certain, since so many factors - like weather, soil type, watering, fertilizing, and not least of all, the type of plant you purchased - all come into play. They generally spend their first year growing roots in their new home, the second year they have more energy to put into growth, and the third year, they are growing and flowering vigorously.

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M.

Hi, are these flowers perennials?
Thank you ✨️

Great Garden Plants

Designer Threads™ 'Golden Needles' Tickseed are perennials in their recommended growing zones which are USDA zones 5-9.