Bidens Taka Tuka Red Yellow Brush – Trailing Summer Flowering Plant

Bring vibrant colour to your garden with the Bidens Taka Tuka Red Yellow Brush. This eye-catching variety produces an abundance of striking bicoloured blooms in rich red and golden yellow, creating a stunning brushstroke effect throughout the summer months. With its naturally trailing habit, this Bidens is ideal for hanging baskets, window boxes, patio containers and the edges of raised beds, where its cascading stems can spill beautifully over the sides.

Part of the popular Taka Tuka series, this Bidens is known for its vigorous growth, excellent branching and continuous flowering performance from late spring right through to the first frosts. The fine, fern-like foliage provides an attractive backdrop to the warm-toned flowers, and its nectar-rich blooms are a magnet for bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects, making it a wonderful addition to any wildlife-friendly garden.

This plant is supplied as a 21cm root-ball, well-established and ready to plant out or pot on into your chosen container.

Cultural Information:

• Botanical Name: Bidens ferulifolia 'Taka Tuka Red Yellow Brush'


• Common Names: Bidens, Beggarticks


• Classification: Half-Hardy Annual (Tender Perennial grown as Annual)


• Fully Grown Height & Spread: 25–35 cm × 35–50 cm (trailing)


• Growth Habit: Trailing, Spreading, Well-Branched


• Perfect for: Hanging Baskets, Window Boxes, Patio Containers, Border Edges, Raised Beds


• Flowering Time: Late Spring to Autumn


• Planting Position: Full Sun


• Watering: Regular watering; do not allow to dry out completely


• Attracts: Bees, Butterflies & Pollinating Insects


• Type: Half-Hardy Annual


• Foliage: Fine, Fern-Like Green Leaves


• Flower Colour: Red and Yellow Bicolour

Planting Tips:

• Plant out after the last frost, once all risk of freezing temperatures has passed.


• Choose a sunny, sheltered position for the best flowering display.


• Use a good quality, well-drained multi-purpose compost when potting on.


• Feed regularly with a balanced liquid fertiliser throughout the growing season to encourage continuous blooming.


• Deadheading is not essential as this variety is largely self-cleaning, but can help encourage further flushes of flowers.

What's Included:

• 1 x Bidens Taka Tuka Red Yellow Brush plant, supplied as a 21cm root-ball

Notes: This variety features a distinctive red and yellow brushstroke flower pattern. As with all living plants, colour intensity may vary slightly depending on growing conditions, light levels and temperature.