This easy-going annual brings late-season life to the dampest spots in your garden.
Discoid Beggarticks is a fast-growing annual herb native to the moist wetlands of eastern North America. In your garden, it thrives in wet areas alongside companion plants like Carex and Juncus, which are types of sedges and rushes. It fits easily into full sun or partial shade, growing anywhere from less than half a meter to over a meter tall.
Growing this plant is easy, even for beginners, as long as you keep the soil wet. It is not drought-tolerant, so it requires high watering to keep it healthy and thriving. In the autumn, it blooms with unique flower heads that lack ray florets, which are the petal-like structures usually seen on daisies.
Though the flowers are simple, they are highly attractive to bees and butterflies. Later on, the plant produces barbed fruits that easily cling to fur and clothing. This clever hitchhiking method is how the plant naturally spreads its seeds for the next generation.