A top-performing Tickseed, Coreopsis, Uptick Red boasts larger flowers and a longer blooming time than others. The first flush of flowers is nearly solid dark red. Successive blooms have golden yellow tips. Thanks to its tidy, mounded habit, it looks great in the garden all summer. A low-maintenance and disease-resistant variety. A member of the outstanding Uptick series of Coreopsis, this group was bred for long blooming and neat habits.

Uptick Red Tickseed is a fantastic plant that can replace annuals in gardens and containers. This naturally compact cultivar makes it ideal for container gardening, rock gardens, and the front of the border. Uptick Red Tickseed makes a weed-smothering ground cover for small areas and looks fantastic in large drifts. Fabulous in containers, Uptick Red Tickseed’s colors bring excitement, creating memorable pots mixed with other colorful plants or on its own.

Plant in full sun and well-draining soil. Fertilize with a balanced garden fertilizer following the manufacturer’s directions. Thirty days before the last expected frost, fertilize for the last time for the year.