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Bidens aequisquamea

 

Tooth-seed

Bidens common names include beggarticks, black jack and burr marigolds. It is a perfect container plant which trails down from the edges of windowboxes, large pots, and planters and sports yellow flowers and ferny, green foliage. Some varieties are fragrant. Bidens likes rich, well-drained but moist soil. Although usually grown as an annual, it is a perennial in Zones 8-10. Bidens aequisquamea blooms with pink- red flower heads. It is around fifty centimeters high. Varieties of this species bloom long: from late spring to the first frost.

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plant Features
  • Tooth-seed likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Tooth-seed likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Tooth-seed is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Tooth-seed likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Tooth-seed

Latin name

Bidens aequisquamea

type

Half hardy perennial

family

Asteraceae

ph

5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Tooth-seed likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Tooth-seed is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Soil

    Tooth-seed likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Tooth-seed likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Tooth-seed is 0.30meters x 0.50meters 0.30 M 0.50 M

Bidens aequisquamea

Bidens common names include beggarticks, black jack and burr marigolds. It is a perfect container plant which trails down from the edges of windowboxes, large pots, and planters and sports yellow flowers and ferny, green foliage. Some varieties are fragrant. Bidens likes rich, well-drained but moist soil. Although usually grown as an annual, it is a perennial in Zones 8-10. Bidens aequisquamea blooms with pink- red flower heads. It is around fifty centimeters high. Varieties of this species bloom long: from late spring to the first frost.


Planting young plants

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Keep in mind when planting that Bidens is thought of as tender, so remember to wait until your soil is warm and the night time temperature is well above freezing before moving outside. Bidens likes a position of full sun and remember to apply water fairly sparingly. It prefers moist and rich soil. Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Bidens is a tender plant.

 
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