ALYSSUM Saxatile Gold Dust

This superb low growing yellow plant with a contrasting grey foliage, is a must for any rockery, tub, window box or dry wall. A hardy perennial, it likes a sunny, open position. The first flowers appear in the year after sowing. It will scramble over the ground.

To Sow & Grow:
Sow indoors for surest results, 0.5cm (1/4) deep, in a tray of compost. Water well and place in a cold frame, unheated greenhouse or on a warm Kitchen windowsill. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 14-21 days. Transplant individually when large enough to handle to 8cm (3) pots. (Always handle by leaf, never by stem.) Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions, before planting out 30cm (1) apart.

Or sow outdoors in a seed bed, into finely prepared soil which has already been watered. Thin seedlings to 5cm (2) apart before planting out to flowering position in autumn.