(Coreopsis grandiflora \u2014 Tickseed \u2014 PanAmerican Seed)<\/strong><\/p>\n Coreopsis Grandiflora SunKiss is a flowering plant in the daisy family<\/strong>, Asteraceae<\/strong>, native primarily to North America. It goes by the charming common name tickseed \u2014 a nod to the shape of its seeds, which some say resemble ticks. There are over 75 species, ranging from annuals to perennials, and they come in shades of yellow<\/strong>, orange<\/strong>, pink<\/strong>, red<\/strong>, white<\/strong>, and bicolor blends.<\/strong> The name coreopsis stems from the Greek koris<\/strong>, for bedbug, and opis, meaning resembling \u2014 because the seeds look like bedbugs. The common name tickseed comes from the seeds’ resemblance to ticks. Coreopsis is the state wildflower of Florida.<\/p>\n Coreopsis is an ancient plant, with fossil evidence placing these golden flowers<\/strong> alongside some of the earliest known flowering plants. Native to the Americas, particularly flourishing across North and South America, tickseed adorned landscapes with its characteristic yellow and orange hues even before humans walked these lands. Archaeological evidence suggests that indigenous peoples of the Americas recognized the value of various Coreopsis species, incorporating them into traditional medicine and understanding their ecological importance.<\/p>\n As many as 80 Coreopsis species can be found naturalized in the Americas with 38 listed in the lower 48 US states. Coreopsis flowers are made up of two primary elements: the showy ray of colorful petals that surround a typically bronze or brown center of disc flowers. The variety ‘Early Sunrise’ (C. grandiflora) was designated an AAS Winner in 1989<\/strong> and remains among the best-selling Coreopsis for garden use.<\/p>\n SunKiss is a PanAmerican Seed variety that advances the grandiflora species in two specific directions simultaneously. SunKiss is the brightest<\/strong> yellow<\/strong> flower<\/strong> with a large<\/strong> blotch<\/strong> available as a seed strain \u2014 with a larger<\/strong>, deeper<\/strong> red<\/strong> blotch<\/strong> and larger flowers<\/strong> than the predecessor variety Sunfire. Noted for its huge flowers, SunKiss is a compact perennial producing an abundance of brilliant golden-yellow daisies of 7 cm across<\/strong>, adorned with burgundy red centers<\/strong>. Blooming for months<\/strong>, the charming blossoms sit atop slender, erect stems and float above the foliage of leathery green leaves \u2014 excellent for border<\/strong> fronts, wildflower<\/strong>, and cottage<\/strong> gardens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n SunKiss tolerates poor<\/strong> and rocky soils<\/strong>, heat<\/strong>, humidity<\/strong>, and some drought<\/strong> \u2014 a combination of tolerances that makes it particularly well-suited to Kuwait’s sandy, well-drained, often alkaline soils and the variable temperature conditions of the cool-to-transitional season. Large-Flower Tickseed is clump-forming and grows 1\u20133 feet tall and wide<\/strong>. Its preference is for sandy or rocky soils. Large-Flower Tickseed may not always be reliably perennial but will reseed itself in the garden.<\/p>\n Coreopsis Grandiflora SunKiss is a color breakthrough \u2014 the brightest yellow flower<\/strong> with the largest deep burgundy-red blotch<\/strong> available as a seed strain, producing huge, nearly 7 cm wide golden-yellow daisy flowers<\/strong> with dramatic contrasting centers on compact, well-branched, heat-tolerant plants.<\/strong> Excellent heat tolerance with a controlled habit \u2014 fewer growth regulators needed or none at all in certain conditions \u2014 making it an excellent choice for novice and expert gardeners alike. Reliable, easy to grow<\/strong>, and the color blends well with almost anything.<\/p>\n Repacked in Kuwait<\/span><\/p>\n Packet Size: Contains 20 seeds.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[18,619],"product_tag":[616],"class_list":["post-10441","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-flowers","product_cat-annual-seeds","product_tag-new-2026","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.myorganicworld.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.myorganicworld.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.myorganicworld.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.myorganicworld.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.myorganicworld.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.myorganicworld.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.myorganicworld.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=10441"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.myorganicworld.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=10441"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.myorganicworld.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=10441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Variety Details<\/h3>\n
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