About
Bidens aurea is a robust, bushy perennial that typically reaches heights of 1.2 to 1.5 meters. It features finely divided pinnate foliage and produces daisy-like flowers with pale yellow rays surrounding a darker center. This plant blooms profusely throughout an extended season, continuing well into the autumn months.
About the genus
Bidens includes annuals, perennials, and deciduous shrubs, characterized by their opposite leaves, which can be either simple or pinnately divided. In the summer, they produce flowerheads that resemble daisies or discs.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Bushy, Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.5-1 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Prairie planting
- Native to
- S US to Guat.
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Mulch in autumn; in cold areas lift plants before first frosts and keep frost-free over winter
- Pruning
- Deadhead to prolong flowering
- Propagation
- Propagate by stem cuttings in spring or autumn
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free