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Thrift-Leaf Perky Sue (Hymenoxys)
Hymenoxys scaposa
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5" tall x 8" wide. Hymenoxys scaposa (Thrift-Leaf Perky Sue) is a wonderful everblooming yellow daisy that is both heat loving and drought tolerant. The foliage is evergreen and looks just like Armeria. A vigorous re-seeder, it quickly colonizes harsh areas of the garden. Perky Sue loves gravel mulch. We use it to interplant with cold hardy cacti. Provide lean, well-drained soil. Once established Hymenoxys scaposa is very xeric, needing little extra water. (seed propagated)
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Overall rating: 4.3636365 / 5 from 11 reviews.
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Smile producing
"Arrived well, planted quickly, watered regularly. These have thrived where other plants haven't, next to driveway with hot western sun. They do get the regular water the surrounding lavender, sedum, pines, salvia, yarrow, etc. receive in a large mixed-plant border, but seem to enjoy this along with all the reflected heat and sun as they have grown in breadth and height and vitality."
Struggles to thrive
"I really wanted to like this plant, and have tried for three years now with only 50% success rate due to them not being drought-tolerant. I wanted to try one more time and figured I would be spoiling these supposedly tough natives with dripline under mulch that waters them three times a week. Even with that pampering, one of the four plants still died (the tag with no plant next to it in the photo). They are much fussier than advertised; though I know drought-tolerance takes several years achieve, they are shockingly sensitive to low water conditions. I would not order these again, since they are not the hardy natives I expected. *Note: HCG has been wonderful at replacing/reimbursing the dead plants."
New gardener
"Arrived in the spring, as everyone is saying very hot and dry…… love it requires minimum water and has flowered."
Flimsy on top and thin on roots
"I expected good roots in pots this small. What I received where plants with flimsy top growth and barely any roots. I suspect these were heavily fertilized transplanted plugs and they were just not checked (or possibly the best they had available) prior to shipping. I would prefer rootbound over rootless. We will see if they can survive fall/winter, I will update next spring. . ."
Slow going initially, but seem better with initial TLC
"Bought 12; five have died. However, they are planted on the south side of my Colorado house and don't receive automatic irrigation (and it has hardly rained). I was silly enough to think they'd be fine in 95F+ weather after just shoving them in the ground, but after four started looking really bad in June I started hand-watering all of them 2-3 times a week in July. I couldn't save the four and another one shortly followed, but I blame myself for not taking better care of them initially in such a harsh environment (two yucca even bit the dust in the same area - only the wild four o'clocks are thriving). I stopped hand-watering regularly in mid-July (now only water maybe only once every few weeks), and though it still hasn't rained, the rest of them are doing quite well and have each thrown up a few flowers continuously (see photo). I'm excited to see how they overwinter and have my fingers crossed they'll even reseed, which is the main reason I purchased these plants. Note: High Country readily refunded me the five plants that didn't make it."
Perky Sue
"I planted Perky Sue last fall in a full sun, poor soil area covered with pea gravel mulch. The plants came back strong in the spring, and have been blooming non-stop all summer. I give them zero supplemental water, and we have hot, dry, windy summers, but Perky Sue is still cheerfully blooming and as happy as can be. I'm hoping that my plants reseed and spread as other reviews have suggested; otherwise I'm going to buy more!"
Great flowers
"I planted Perky Sue right next to an asphalt road on the west side of my home. I watered them occasionally if they wilted. They bloomed all summer long and reseeded the area until I had a lush strip of yellow between my sidewalk and the road. Excellent choice for beginners. People stop to take pictures of them!"
Fall planting doing well
"I planted this Perky Sue last fall, which has worked out very well. It came up right away in the spring, and it's healthy, and thriving. The flowers look great. It's not on a drip, and I don't plan on providing it with any irrigation. I water it about twice a week now, just to get it going. Once it's well established, I only plan on watering it occasionally."
drought tolerant
"cute, but small, compact plant. drought tolerant. got four flowers on one plant this year. good for rock garden"
I recommend this plant to my friends
"Grows in poor gravely soil and bloomed all summer"