Scientific Name Aurinia saxatilis Common Name Basket-of-gold

Perennial Flowers Consumer Hort Index - Fact Sheets

Characteristics Season early to mid spring Height 12 inches Hardiness USDA Hardiness Zone 3-7 Flower Color yellow, gold, apricot Soil well drained to rocky soil Exposure full sun Propagation seed, fall division North Carolina Regions Mountains, Piedmont Comments Basket-of-gold forms as spreading, rounded mass which looks at home cascading over a rock wall. Origin Eastern Europe

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