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How to Grow and Care for Tidy tips

Tidy tips

Tidy tips is an easy-to-care-for plant known for its vibrant yellow and white flowers. Ensure it is placed in a location with full sun exposure for optimal growth. Water moderately, allowing the soil to dry between watering to prevent root rot. Special care points include avoiding overwatering and providing well-drained soil to maintain healthy roots. Regular deadheading encourages more blooms and maintains a neat appearance.

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Watering schedule: Every week

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Sunlight Requirements: Full sun

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Planting and Growing Tidy tips

Care DifficultyEasy
LifespanAnnual
Watering ScheduleEvery week
Sunlight RequirementsFull sun
Soil TypeGarden Soil
Soil pH6-7.5
Hardiness Zones
3-10
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Types of Tidy tips
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Coastal Tidytips

Coastal Tidytips (Layia platyglossa) is an annual wildflower that will grow to 30 cm tall. It blooms from spring to summer with beautiful yellow daisy-like flowers with white tips and golden centers. It prefers full sun and grows well in poor soil conditions. Ideal for areas of the garden that do not get much moisture. Attracts butterflies.

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Frémont's tidytips

Frémont's tidytips is a captivating wildflower with bright yellow daisy-like blooms, distinctive for their white-tipped petals. This sun-loving plant flourishes in the well-drained soils of its native Western North American habitats. Its profuse flowering and modest stature, generally under a foot tall, make it a standout in spring meadows and grasslands.

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Beach tidytips

Beach tidytips is a coastal annual herb, thriving in sandy soils. Its fleshy, succulent leaves help retain water in its arid seaside habitat. The plant blooms with bright yellow daisy-like flowers, each with a central disc of tubular florets surrounded by silky, linear ray petals, creating a sunburst effect that's indicative of its resilience to the harsh seaside conditions.

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Sierra tidytips

Sierra tidytips is a slender-stemmed wildflower, characterized by a spray of narrow, bristle-like leaves. This dainty annual is distinguished by its bright yellow daisy-like blossoms, often with white-tipped petals surrounding a yellow center. Typically thriving in sandy or well-drained soils, sierra tidytips's vibrant display enhances its native Californian meadows each spring. The flower's survival strategy hinges on rapid growth following winter rains and swift seed production before summer's drought.

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Smooth tidytips

Smooth tidytips is a vibrant, daisy-like wildflower, native to the sunny, open landscapes of California. This annual boasts a profusion of yellow-centered, white-tipped ray florets that resemble a fried egg, which bloom in the spring. Smooth tidytips's slender stems and narrow leaves are adapted to thrive in poor, sandy soils, showcasing an evolved resilience to dry conditions.

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