About
Bidens Campfire Nice 'n' Spicy ('Nice 'n' Spicy') is a compact perennial typically cultivated as an annual. It features delicately segmented, dark green foliage and produces flower heads in shades of orangy-red with a yellow center, blooming from summer through autumn.
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
- Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Annual Biennial
- Habit
- Clump forming, Trailing
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1 year
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Hanging basket, Patio and container plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow on in warm frost free conditions. Acclimatise plants before planting outside in early summer. Pinch out growing points while the plants are small to encourage branching and more stems. Regular pinching will create a well balanced compact plant that is perfect for container cultivation. Will grow in any well drained soil in full sun
- Pruning
- Pinch out growing tips regularly when young for a well balanced and well branched plant
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free