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Asteraceae
Bidens laevis
Bidens laevis
Also known as Coreopsis perfoliata, Coreopsis flammula, Bidens persicifolia, Bidens expansa
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Wetland · Wildflower · Pollinator · Yellow Flowers · Native · Pond Margin · Rain Garden · Bidens · Asteraceae
Smooth beggarticks thrives in moist to wet soils and is ideal for rain gardens, pond margins, or boggy areas in part shade to full sun. Water regularly to keep the soil consistently moist and avoid letting it dry out. Its cheerful yellow daisy-like flowers attract a wide range of pollinators in late summer and fall.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; does not tolerate drying out · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 20 ft – 40 ft
- Spread
- 20 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Brazil South, California, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Ecuador, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Italy, Kentucky, Louisiana
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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