Basket of Gold Alyssum

‘Basket of Gold’ is a sun-loving perennial alyssum prized for its brilliant golden-yellow blooms, tidy mounding habit, and dependable spring color. Plants form a vibrant carpet of flowers that cascades beautifully over rock walls, slopes, borders, and edging, creating one of the season’s brightest displays.

Surface sow ‘Basket of Gold’ seeds, pressing them lightly into the soil, and space plants 12 to 18 inches apart. Grow in full sun to partial shade. This drought-tolerant variety performs especially well in poor, rocky, or well-drained soils and is also noted for good disease resistance.

Ready to bloom in about 60 days, enjoy the flowers as they open and reach their best display stage. Once established, plants handle heat and dry conditions well and return with reliable color each spring.

Bright, hardy, and versatile, ‘Basket of Gold’ is an excellent choice for rock gardens, borders, edging, slopes, mass plantings, ornamental beds, and pollinator-friendly gardens.

• Botanical Name: Aurinia saxatilis
• Days to Bloom: Early to Mid-Spring (Perennial Bloomer)
• Sow Method: Start Indoors or Direct Sow
• Sowing Depth: Surface Sow, Press Lightly
• Plant Spacing: 12–18 Inches
• Sun Exposure: Full Sun / Partial Shade
• Plant Height: 8–12 Inches
• Flower Color: Golden Yellow
• Bloom Size: ½–1 Inch Clusters
• Growth Habit: Mounding / Cascading
• Life Cycle: Perennial (Hardy in Zones 3–7)
• Best Uses: Rock Gardens, Borders, Edging, Slopes, Mass Planting

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