Scientific Name Chrysogonum virginianum Common Name Green and gold

Perennial Flowers Consumer Hort Index - Fact Sheets

Characteristics Season spring, sporadically in summer Height 6-9 inches Hardiness USDA Hardiness Zone 5-9 Flower Color gold Soil moist, well drained Exposure full to partial shade Propagation division in spring North Carolina Regions Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain Comments Green and gold is a North Carolina native which looks equally at home in the flower garden and the deciduous woods. Origin North America, North Carolina

Prepared by: orginally by Alice B. Russell, retired Extension Specialist, NC State University
                     maintained and expanded by Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist, NC State University

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