Tidy Tips Layia Platyglossa is a hardy, annual wildflower native to California. If Tidy Tips seeds are started indoors, the seedling can be transplanted to a garden after last frost for early bloom. Layia Platyglossa produces attractive daisy-like yellow flowers with fringed, snow-white tips. Tidy Tips flowers appear in summer in fall attracting bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
Tidy Tips flower is a popular garden ornamental and ingredient in commercial wildflower seed mixes. This attractive, low maintenance annual plant can be also planted in borders, rock gardens, cutting gardens, and containers. Layia Platyglossa seeds are very easy to germinate, and Tidy Tips grows fast, tolerating drought and blooming heavily until the first frost.
PLANT PROFILE
Season: Annual
Height: 12-18 Inches
Bloom Season: Summer/Fall
Environment: Sun
Soil Type: Rich/Average/Poor/Dry/Medium well-drained, pH 6.6-7.3
USDA Zones: All Regions of North America
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS
Sow Indoors: Winter/Spring (4-6 weeks before last frost)
Sow Outdoors: Spring
Seed Depth: 1/16 Inch
Germination Time: 10-30 Days