Common names: "Gold Carpet" or "Beggar's Trick"
Latin name: Bidens ferulifolia
Class:
Annual
Growth habit: Spreading or cascading
Max height: 10" - 12"
Spread: 24" - 36"
Flowers: Spring - Summer
Available cultivars: 4+
Origin:
Hybrid
Sunshine:
Water:
Pictured: Biden
'Peter's Gold Carpet'
Cultivation:
Plant Bidens Gold Carpet in full sun to light shade in fertile, moist
soil either in
beds or containers. "Peter's Gold Carpet" will
flower profusely all summer. Flowers are richly honey scented.
Bidens Gold Carpet is a great choice for hanging baskets.
The plants Latin name comes from
bis meaning twice and dens meaning tooth. The
fruited flowers of native plants seem to cling to anything
that touches them... hence their Latin name.
Potential pests ~ diseases: Aphids or mildews.
