About
Bidens 'Compact Bicolour Star' from the Hawaiian Flare Series is a half-hardy perennial often cultivated as an annual. It features vibrant orange flowers with a distinct yellow-gold base on each petal, creating a lively display. These star-shaped blooms appear abundantly, enveloping the fine-textured foliage that ranges from mid-green to dark green, lasting from summer into early autumn. This compact variety maintains a tidy form, making it suitable for various applications, including mixed containers, hanging baskets, patio pots, flower border edging, and window boxes.
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
- Sand, Loam, Clay, Chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bedding
- Habit
- Trailing, Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1 year
- Suggested uses
- Patio and container plants, Hanging basket, Cottage and informal garden, City and courtyard gardens, Wildlife gardens, Mediterranean climate plants
- Fragrance
- Flower
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.