Basket Of Gold Seeds Click on the SELECT tab toChoose the quantity you want Alyssum saxatile Basket Of Gold Seeds Easy to grow plants covered in stunning spring flowers.Dense clusters of tiny, intense yellow flowers in early spring on vigorous, spreading plants with gray-green leaves. Stunning at the edge of beds or borders or let them cascade over rocks or walls. Easy to grow. Winter hardy to zone 3. Alyssum 'Basket of Gold' is a spring-blooming perennial with gray-green leaves and bright yellow flowers.Alyssum saxatile typically lives for several years before the plants get old and woody. It self sows, but it's not invasive. It makes a good groundcover for a small area.Try Basket of Gold with other spring bloomers like columbine, dragonhead, forget-me-not and lychnis. It's nice for brightening up the area around shrubs.Alyssum saxatile is an important plant for attracting butterflies and beneficial insects early in the year before most other flowers bloom. Also known as Gold Dust and Aurinia saxatilis. Deer . Hardy in zones 3-9.Basket of Gold, a type of creeping alyssum, is native to sunny areas of central and southern Europe, especially the Mediterranean region. Though described by Linnaeus in 1753, it can be traced to earlier times. In medieval folk medicine, this flower was called madwort because of the belief that it would cure insanity and rabies. Legend has it that wearing a sprig of this flower will dispel anger from others. Because of its low, cascading growth and preference for dry and rocky ground, Basket of Gold makes a popular choice for rock gardens, paths, or dry slopes. This plant received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.Exported By ExportYourStore
