|
|
 |
|
|
| Category: Perennial |
| Family: Asteraceae (Sunflowers) |
| Origin: Southwest (U.S.) (North America) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Yellow |
| Bloomtime: Year-round |
| Fragrant Flowers: Yes |
| Synonyms: [B. ferulaefolia] |
| Height: 1-2 feet |
| Width: 2-3 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 10-15° F |
|
|
|
|
Bidens ferulifolia 'Peters Goldteppich' (Peter's Gold Carpet Tickseed) A vigorous and dense low-growing perennial (near frost free climates) that grows to 10 to 15 inches tall by 2 to 3 feet wide, cascading over walls or pots with freely branching stems bearing small narrow dark leaves and a year round appearance of large golden fragrant yellow flowers that are held up and beyond the foliage on wiry peduncles - individual flowers don't last long but there are always more coming along to replace fading ones. Plant in full sun to light shade in a well drained soil with regular to infrequent irrigation. Hardy and evergreen to 25°F and reportedly root hardy possibly as low as 10°F - used elsewhere as a long blooming annual that flowers from late spring to mid fall. This carefree plant is heat, drought and wind tolerant and usually requires no deadheading, though this will promote a denser plant. It is a great small landscape plant and excels as a companion plant to larger specimens in container plantings and makes a nice hanging basket. This native of North American grows naturally from as far north as Yavapai and Navajo counties in Arizona east into New Mexico and south through northern Mexico at elevations up to 6,500 feet. Common names include Threadleaf Tickseed, Bur Marigold, Apache Beggarticks, Fern-leaved Beggarticks - names that all reference the small seeds of Bidens that cling to clothing. This selection was made by Peter Wicki-Freidl in Neu St. Johann, Switzerland in 1996 from the results of random crosses between Bidens ferulifolia 'Goldmarie' and Bidens ferulifolia 'Procumbens' that was done in 1995. It was selected for its earlier flowering, more compact and with a denser growth habit and better overall plant performance than the parent plants. It received US Plant Patent PP12,880, which has since expired.
This information about Bidens ferulifolia 'Peters Goldteppich' displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
|
| |
|
|
|
