Layia platyglossa

Tidy Tips is an annual wildflower that is widespread throughout California. Its 1 1/2" wide butter yellow flowers tipped with white are beautiful in masses, in combinations with other low-growing wildflowers, or as a sunny border edging. It has a long bloom period and is usually one of the first wildflowers to appear in spring. Often found growing with Goldflields. It has a mild fragrance. Tidy Tips is an excellent reseeder Native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America. An important nectar source for the Checkerspot butterfly No Historical Uses found. Found in found throughout california's low-elevation dry habitats, from the coast to the low foothills and desert edge. Communitites located in Northern Coastal Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland Between 0 and 4000 feet.

Welcome Spring with the sweet scent & sunny innocence of our California native “Tidy Tips.” Easy & quick, you’ll be rewarded with a profusion of those bouncy, 2” blooms with their super clear, lemon-yellow & pure white scalloped petals I’m so fond of, March through June. Adorable with Nemophila menziesii “Baby Blue Eyes,” both will self-sow for a harmonious show next Spring. Nice in pots too! In California, it’s an important nectar source for the Checkerspot butterfly. To 14” x 18”. Rich soil is best.