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Asteraceae
Nodding beggar-ticks
Bidens cernua
Also known as Bidens cernua, Nodding beggarticks, Nodding bur-marigold, Bidens quadriaristata var. dentata
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Wildflower · Wetland · Native · Pond-Margin · Yellow-Flowers · Rain-Garden · Asteraceae · Beggar-Ticks · Bidens · Pollinator
Nodding beggar-ticks thrives in moist to wet soils and does best in full sun to partial shade, making it ideal for rain gardens or pond margins. It is a fast-growing native wildflower that requires very little maintenance once established. Deadhead spent flowers if you wish to limit self-seeding, as it can spread readily in favorable conditions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; does not tolerate prolonged dryness · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.1–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Colorado
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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