Bearded Beggarticks
About Bearded Beggarticks
Bearded Beggarticks is a super rare houseplant 🌿 that is easy to grow and needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
Bearded Beggarticks likes soil that is well draining. You may want to supplement with a gentle, organic fertilizer throughout the peak growing season.
Bearded Beggarticks belongs to the Bidens genus, and is native to Southeastern Canada to the United States.
Taxonomy
Bidens aristosa
Bidens
Asteraceae
Asterales
Also known as
bearded beggarticks, western tickseed, long-bracted beggarticks, tickseed beggarticks, swamp marigold and Yankee lice
How to care for Bearded Beggarticks
How often to water your Bearded Beggarticks
every 9
Bearded Beggarticks 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 Bearded Beggarticks in your home
a window
Bearded Beggarticks love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Bearded Beggarticks does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Bearded Beggarticks in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Bearded Beggarticks
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 Bearded Beggarticks after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
Care Summary for Bearded Beggarticks
Bearded Beggarticks
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.