Bidens 'Taka Tuka Yellow Red Star' is a free-flowering trailing bidens whose star-shaped yellow flowers with a red mark at the base of each petal keep coming from late spring until the first frosts.
The Taka Tuka series is well branched and vigorous, with fine, feathery, mid-green foliage that sets off a mass of small daisy-like flowers. This form carries star-shaped yellow flowers with a red mark at the base of each petal. The nectar-rich flowers are a magnet for bees, butterflies and other pollinators all summer.
Plants reach around 25 to 35cm tall and spread 30 to 45cm, spilling over the edge of hanging baskets, window boxes and patio pots, or spreading as ground cover at the front of a sunny bed. Give it full sun or partial shade and a well-drained, fertile soil. Once established it copes with dry spells, though regular watering and a fortnightly liquid feed keep it flowering hard. It grows fast, needs little attention and largely cleans up after itself, so deadheading is optional. It is half hardy: plant out after the last frost and treat it as a summer plant.
Supplied as one well-established plant in a 21cm root ball, ready to plant out or pot on into your chosen container.
Cultural Information
Common Name: Bidens
Fully Grown Height and Spread: 25 to 35cm x 30 to 45cm
Growth Habit: Trailing, spreading, well branched
Perfect For: Hanging baskets, window boxes, patio containers, border edges
Foliage: Fine, feathery, mid-green
Flowering Time: Late spring to the first frosts
Planting Position: Full sun or partial shade; drought tolerant once established; patio and container
Soil Type: Well-drained, fertile
Hardiness: Half hardy; plant out after the last frost
Maintenance: Low; water regularly, feed fortnightly, deadheading optional
Seasonal Interest: Spring, summer and autumn
Type: Half-hardy annual, grown as summer bedding
