Basket of Gold – Aurinia saxatilis
June 12, 2008 by Doug
Filed under Perennials, Plants
This is a weedy little thing in the rock garden but who can get upset wtih it when it looks like this. Mind you, say goodbye to it because it’s on the spot where the backhoe is going to dig up the foundation (insulating for winter heat loss prevention). I’m sure it will volunteer somewhere else (like a ton of other weeds in this garden)
Easy for the full sun or part shade. Blooms in the mid-spring in USDA zone 4/5. Can be short lived (particularly when I hoe it out of cracks here and there) but self sowing in my gardens.
Such a beautiful…dainty little weed.
Hey, I grow this stuff on purpose. I think it’s lovely.
I lost all but one plant in a bad winter a while back. The one little bitty one that survived has just produced a good amount of flowers this year and I am waiting for it to throw out some more seed. I will keep the best of the seedlings in the spring and place them where I want them. Next year I will just give it a hair cut before the seeds can develope. Only takes a minute.