Tickseed Sunflower is a showy, self-seeding, native North American annual wildflower that has abundant bright yellow, daisy-like flowers on slender stalks from late summer into early autumn. Produces flat, dark brown seeds with two barbed "teeth" (hence the common name ‘tickseed’). These barbs allow seeds to "hitchhike" by clinging to animal fur and clothing for dispersal. Prefers wetter planting sites, but performs well in open meadows too. Has a somewhat bushy growth habit, and attracts a variety of pollinators to the garden.
1/2 g. seed packet (approx. 120 seeds)
Name: Tickseed Sunflower
Botanical Name: Bidens aristosa
Life Cycle: Annual (readily self seeds), hardy in USDA zones 4-10
Color: bright yellow
Height: 36-60"
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Bloom Season: Summer-early Fall
Planting Instructions: direct sow outdoors in the late Fall/early Winter after first frost. Seeds will lay dormant over the winter, and germinate quicker in the Spring when temps warm up.
Planting depth: 1/8”
Seed Spacing: 12-24”
Days to germinate: 14-21
All seeds are non-GMO, and are grown/harvested in the USA.
Tickseed Sunflower is a showy, self-seeding, native North American annual wildflower that has abundant bright yellow, daisy-like flowers on slender stalks from late summer into early autumn. Produces flat, dark brown seeds with two barbed "teeth" (hence the common name ‘tickseed’). These barbs allow seeds to "hitchhike" by clinging to animal fur and clothing for dispersal. Prefers wetter planting sites, but performs well in open meadows too. Has a somewhat bushy growth habit, and attracts a variety of pollinators to the garden.
1/2 g. seed packet (approx. 120 seeds)
Name: Tickseed Sunflower
Botanical Name: Bidens aristosa
Life Cycle: Annual (readily self seeds), hardy in USDA zones 4-10
Color: bright yellow
Height: 36-60"
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Bloom Season: Summer-early Fall
Planting Instructions: direct sow outdoors in the late Fall/early Winter after first frost. Seeds will lay dormant over the winter, and germinate quicker in the Spring when temps warm up.
Planting depth: 1/8”
Seed Spacing: 12-24”
Days to germinate: 14-21
All seeds are non-GMO, and are grown/harvested in the USA.
