 Aurinia 'Dudley Nevill Variegated' $7.95
- Popularly known as basket-of-gold or alyssum
- flowering season: spring
- height: 4 inches, flowers to 6 or 7 inches
- Light requirements: full sun, afternoon shade where summers are very hot
- Soil requirements: average
- Water requirments: average
- Growth habit: low and mat forming
- How to propagate: tip cuttings in early summer or early autumn
- Leaf type: 2 or 3 inches long with creamy edges
- Ways to use it such as in a pot or otherwise: plant at the front of a garden flowerbed or mixed with other low growing plants in a sunny rock garden; trailing down and over the edge of an embankment shows the colorful leaves and flowers to best effect
- Special characteristics: the color of “basket-of-gold” that is seen most often is yellow while the color of 'Dudley Nevill' is apricot, a nice change
'Dudley Nevill' is an easy to grow, choice perennial useful for edging the front of the border or for trailing over embankment walls and stone walls. In spring small bright apricot flowers completely cover the gray-green foliage edged in cream. The individual flowers are small, but the overall display is very striking. Aurinia is a sturdy little plant which thrives in full sun and hot, exposed sites. He needs gritty soil that is well drained and low in fertility. Rich soil promotes sprawling, floppy growth. This plant forms a 9-12" prostrate mat. It should be sheared back by one third after flowering to promote neat, compact growth. The leaves with their creamy edging offer color and texture when a plant isn't in flower. Aurinia is a classic rock garden plant, and combines well with aubrieta, campanula, armeria, penstemons and spring flowering bulbs. Hardy in USDA Zones 3 to 7 in the eastern half of the U.S. and hardy to USDA Zones 3 to 9 in the western half of the county. |
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