Giant Coreopsis
Coreopsis gigantea
Giant coreopsis is the dramatic, thick-trunked tickseed of the California coast, summer-dormant then crowned with golden daisies. A sculptural, salt- and drought-tolerant subshrub for seaside gardens.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–8 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- CA
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)
- Threadleaf Tickseed (Coreopsis verticillata)