Basket-of-Gold

Common names	Basket-of-Gold, Madwort, Golden-Tuft
Latin name	Aurinia saxatilis
Life cycle	Perennial
Height	8-12"
Space	16" apart
Bloom	Spring
Light	Sun
Soil	Dry, well-drained
Zone	Zone 3
Feature	Attracts bees, deer resistant, Xeriscape

Use:
Basket-of-gold can be used in the rock garden or border, to cover a sunny slope, to cling to a niche in a rock wall, in hanging baskets, or as an edging along a garden path. It combines will with candytuft and English primroses, or dwarf irises.

Culture:
Basket-of-gold is a tough little plant with showy masses of lettle yellow flowers that exudes a heavy, honey-like scent. it tolerates poor, dry soil and will thrive under most conditions. it is a fast growing, low maintenance, and long-lived perennial. Cut back the plant with a hedge trimmers to about half after flowering and ferilize lightly. Basket-of-gold hardly needs any fertilizer and if it gets too much, its growth becomes leggy. The plants develop long taproots and cannot be easily transplanted once established. The plant is self-seeding.

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