Bidens Blazing Star

Bidens 'Blazing Star' is a vibrant, heat-tolerant flowering plant known for its bright yellow, daisy-like flowers. This compact, low-growing perennial is popular in containers, borders, and pollinator gardens, offering extended blooms from spring through fall. It's also highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.

 Plant Description:

- Foliage: The leaves are green, fern-like, and delicate, providing a fine-textured backdrop for the bright flowers. The foliage is semi-evergreen in warmer climates, adding texture and color year-round.

- Flowers: The plant produces masses of bright yellow, star-shaped flowers with a daisy-like appearance. The blooms are prolific, covering the plant in color throughout its growing season.

- Growth Habit: 'Blazing Star' has a mounding, spreading habit. It is known for its ability to fill space quickly, making it ideal for groundcover or container arrangements.

 Growing Conditions:

- Hardiness Zones: USDA zones 9-11. In colder zones, it can be grown as an annual or in containers that can be brought indoors during colder months.

- Height: 10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm), making it a great choice for low borders, containers, or groundcover.

- Width: 12 to 24 inches (30 to 60 cm), with a spreading habit that allows it to cover a good amount of ground in garden beds or containers.

- Sun Exposure: Thrives in full sun. It requires at least 6 hours of sunlight per day to promote abundant flowering. In part shade, blooming may be reduced.

- Soil: Prefers well-drained, moderately fertile soil. It is tolerant of poor soils as long as drainage is good, making it ideal for sandy or rocky soils.

- Watering: Once established, Bidens 'Blazing Star' is drought-tolerant but performs best with regular watering, especially in hot and dry conditions. Keep the soil moist, but not soggy, during its growing season.

- Humidity: Tolerant of high humidity, but good air circulation is important to prevent fungal diseases.

- Temperature: Prefers warm temperatures and is highly heat-tolerant, making it suitable for hot climates. It struggles in cold conditions and should be protected from frost in cooler zones.

 Planting and Care Tips:

- Planting Time: Plant outdoors in the spring after the last frost. In warmer climates, it can be planted year-round.

- Spacing: Space plants 12 to 18 inches (30 to 45 cm) apart to allow for good airflow and prevent overcrowding.

- Fertilization: Feed with a balanced, slow-release fertilizer at the time of planting. During the growing season, you can apply a liquid fertilizer every 4-6 weeks to promote blooming.

- Pruning: Deadhead regularly to encourage continuous flowering throughout the season. Pinching back the plant can promote bushier growth and more blooms.

- Pest Management: Bidens are generally pest-free but may occasionally attract aphids or whiteflies. If pests appear, treat with insecticidal soap or neem oil. Additionally, ensure the plant has good air circulation to prevent powdery mildew or other fungal diseases.

 Uses:

- Pollinator Gardens: Bidens 'Blazing Star' is highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, making it a great addition to wildlife or pollinator-friendly gardens.

- Groundcover: Its spreading habit makes it ideal for use as groundcover in sunny areas, where it will form a low carpet of blooms.

- Containers: It performs well in containers and hanging baskets, where its trailing habit can spill over the sides, adding color and texture to patios, balconies, or garden beds.

- Borders and Edging: Its low height makes it perfect for planting along borders, walkways, or the front of flower beds, where it provides a bright, long-lasting display.

- Erosion Control: Its dense, spreading growth habit can also help control soil erosion on slopes or in areas with poor soil conditions.

 Native Range:

Bidens species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of North America, South America, and the Caribbean. The parent species of 'Blazing Star' are commonly found in warm, sunny, and often disturbed habitats such as fields, roadsides, and meadows.

 

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Arizona: Juglans spp. (Walnut)  

California: Castanea spp. (Chestnut), Juglans spp. (Walnut), Pinus spp. (Pine), Quercus spp. (Oak)  

Colorado: Some counties restrict Prunus spp. (Cherry, Peach, Plum). Please verify your local county regulations.  

Florida: Castanea spp. (Chestnut), Cornus spp. (Dogwood), Quercus spp. (Oak), Cornus mas (Cornelian Cherry)  

Georgia: Vaccinium spp. (Blueberry, American Cranberry)  

Hawaii: Pinus spp. (Pine)  

Idaho: Humulus lupulus (Hops), Mentha spp. (Mint), Vitis spp. (Grape)  

Indiana: Fragraria spp. (Strawberry), Rosa spp. (Rose)  

Kansas: Juglans spp. (Walnut)  

Michigan: Abies spp. (Fir), Vaccinium spp. (Blueberry, American Cranberry, Lingonberry)  

Montana: Pinus spp. (Pine)  

Nevada: Allium spp. (Chives, Flowering Onion), Mentha spp. (Mint)  

New Jersey: Rosa spp. (Rose)  

New York: Vitis spp. (Grape)  

Oregon: Allium spp. (Chives, Flowering Onion), Castanea spp. (Chestnut), Corylus spp. (Hazelnut), Humulus lupulus (Hops), Quercus spp. (Oak), Sambucus nigra (European Elderberry), Ulmus spp. (Elm), Vaccinium spp. (Blueberry, American Cranberry), Vitis spp. (Grape)  

Texas: Juglans spp. (Walnut)  

Washington: Allium spp. (Chives, Flowering Onion), Castanea spp. (Chestnut), Corylus spp. (Hazelnut), Humulus lupulus (Hops), Vaccinium spp. (Blueberry, American Cranberry, Lingonberry), Vitis spp. (Grape)  

Wisconsin: Abies spp. (Fir), Pinus spp. (Pine), Picea spp. (Spruce), Mentha spp. (Mint)  

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