How to Grow Tidy Tips Wildflowers

How to Grow Tidy Tips Wildflowers

Perennial, Layia platyglossa

Tidy tips is a fast-growing, undemanding California wildflower. Native to the Western U.S., great for naturalizing banks and roadways. Looks great in flower beds too.

Spring-blooming, daisy-like flowers: bright yellow with white tips, 1–1½ inches diameter. Sturdy stems. Small plants grow 9–12 inches high. Drought-resistant, low-maintenance.

A Little Trivia: The Brits fell in love with tidy tips and adopted them into English country gardens.

Try in rock gardens, flower beds, as true wildflowers, or in containers on balconies/decks.

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Plant Propagation

Tidy tips grow from seed. Germination: 10–28 days depending on weather. Sow directly outdoors early in season, just before last frost. Plant seeds ⅛ inch deep or broadcast spread. With a little water, they wash into soil.

Final spacing of 6 inches maximizes growth.

These prolific seeders re-seed themselves for years.

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How to Grow Tidy Tip Plants

Very easy. Like full sun, grow well in cool areas. Tolerate almost any well-drained soil. Drought-resistant.

Once sprouted, they thrive with little or no attention.

Once established, few problems. Dislike wet soils. Suffer in high mid-summer heat.

For best growth, control grassy weeds.

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Insect and Disease

Few insect or disease problems.

Dislike hot or rainy weather.

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