Bidens Ferulifolia "Golden Empire" 15cmPot

🌼 Bidens ferulifolia ‘Golden Empire’

Botanical Name: Bidens ferulifolia ‘Golden Empire’
Common Names: Bidens, Golden Empire Bidens, Yellow Bidens
Plant Type: Tender perennial (commonly grown as an annual)

📌 Product Description

Bidens ferulifolia ‘Golden Empire’ is a cheerful, free-flowering plant valued for its abundance of bright golden-yellow daisy-like flowers that bloom continuously throughout the warm months. Its neat, spreading habit makes it ideal for garden beds, borders, hanging baskets, and containers, where it provides long-lasting colour with minimal care.

Exceptionally heat-tolerant and hardy, this variety performs beautifully in South African gardens, even during hot summers, making it a favourite for low-maintenance, high-impact displays.

📏 Size When Fully Grown

• Height: approx. 25 – 40 cm
• Width / Spread: approx. 40 – 60 cm
• Growth Habit: Mounded and spreading

🌱 Best Growing Conditions

• Light: Full sun for best flowering
• Soil: Well-drained, fertile soil; adaptable to most garden soils
• Water:
  • Moderate watering
  • Drought-tolerant once established
• Feeding: Feed every 4–6 weeks with a balanced fertiliser during the growing season
• Maintenance:
  • Minimal deadheading required
  • Light trimming encourages bushier growth

🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

• Best Planting Time: Spring (August – October)
• Growing Season: Active growth and flowering spring through autumn
• Flowering Season: Spring to autumn, with peak flowering in summer
• Frost Sensitivity: Frost-tender; grown as an annual in colder regions

🌼 Additional Benefits

• Extremely long flowering period
• Heat and drought tolerant
• Excellent for containers, baskets, and mass planting
• Low-maintenance and beginner-friendly

🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Garden beds and borders
✔ Hanging baskets and containers
✔ Patio and balcony displays
✔ Colourful mass plantings