purplestem beggarticks
Bidens connata
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles partial sun to partial shade
WaterNeeds moist soil
Sizeup to 6 feet tall
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
Notes
Purplestem beggarticks (Bidens connata) is an annual for naturalized areas, rain gardens, and wildlife plantings. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes part sun or part shade and moist soil. It grows up to 72 inches tall. Yellow flowers open in mid to late summer and again in early to mid autumn.
Pairs well with Tussock sedge, Corn mint, and Mapleleaf viburnum.
Native range
AL, CT, DC, DE, and 32 more places. See all 36
AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, WI, WV; BC, NB, NS, ON, PE, and QC.