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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Ruth Hayes

How to grow bidens – to create effortless coverage of joyful color in your borders and planters

Red and yellow flowers of bidens (tickseed) against their lush green foliage.

Bidens, also known as tickseed, beggartick and Spanish needle is an easy-going Mexican-native plant that is bright and bold in color.

This low-maintenance plant is a member of the aster family and produces a prolific number of flowers, making it a joyful addition when planning your front yard or mulling over some fresh backyard ideas. In US hardiness zones 8-11 bidens will grow as a perennial, but in cooler zones it is usually grown as an annual.

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