smooth beggartick
Bidens laevis
USDA zones8 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size1 to 6 feet tall
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Smooth beggartick (Bidens laevis) is an annual for pollinator gardens and low maintenance planting. It is typically grown as an annual. It cannot take cold, and a freeze will end its season. This plant likes full sun to part shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It blooms until frost, and bees and butterflies visit the yellow flowers. Plant it in a bog or at the edge of a pond, where it reseeds easily.
Pairs well with Calla lily, Vermillionaire cuphea, and Lemongrass.
Native range
AL, AR, AZ, CA, and 27 more places. See all 31
AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV.