Golden Crownbeard
About Golden Crownbeard
Golden Crownbeard is a popular houseplant 🌿 that needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
Golden Crownbeard likes soil that is well draining. Your plant shouldn't need added fertilizers if you repot each time it doubles in size.
Taxonomy
Verbesina encelioides
Verbesina
Asteraceae
Asterales
Also known as
golden crownbeard, gold weed, wild sunflower, cowpen daisy, butter daisy, crown-beard, American dogweed and South African daisy
How to care for Golden Crownbeard
How often to water your Golden Crownbeard
every 9
Golden Crownbeard needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Golden Crownbeard in your home
a window
Golden Crownbeard love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Golden Crownbeard does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Golden Crownbeard in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Golden Crownbeard
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Golden Crownbeard after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
Care Summary for Golden Crownbeard
Golden Crownbeard
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.