About
Bidens ferulifolia 'Bee Happy Double Orange' is a compact annual ideal for bedding, pots, or containers, featuring lush dark green foliage. Throughout the growing season, from late spring to autumn, it produces abundant blooms that showcase a rich dark orange hue at the petal base, transitioning to a lighter orange toward the edges.
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, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Annual Biennial
- Habit
- Trailing
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1-2 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Hanging basket, Patio and container plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in moist but well-drained soil in full sun, or in peat-free multi-purpose compost if growin in pots and containers. Will cope with drought conditions well. Feed with an all-purpose liquid plant feed every couple of weeks during the growing season and remove spend flowers to prolong the flowering period
- Pruning
- No pruning required but deadhead regularly to encourage more flowers
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed or stem cuttings
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free