This perennial has slender woody-based stems with upright foliage that forms a mounded habit. It has narrow lance-shaped grey green leaves in a rosette and the pale yellow saucer-shaped flowers appear in a cluster from late spring to early summer.

Hardiness zones 4 to 10

Aurinia saxatilisis a naturally found from central to south-eastern Europe in the Mediterranean basin growing in rocky places from sea level to an altitude of 2,620 m (8,596 ft).

It prefers an open sunny position and grows in very well-drained poor to moderately fertile sandy to clay loams with a pH 5.5-7.5 and is frost and drought tolerant.

The Basket-of-gold is grown for its bright flowers, grey green flowers and spreading habit. It is planted in cottage or alpine gardens in drifts or used in rockeries as a spill-over. It is suitable for coastal and low-mountain regions establishing in one season but may be short lived. This perennial is commonly grown as an annual and is used along frond borders or in hanging baskets. ID 3630

Aurinia (aw-REE-nee-ah) saxatilis (SAX-ah-TIL-is)

Brassicaceae(brass-ih-KAY-see-ee)
(Cruciferae)
Cabbage, Mustard, Rapeseed, Turnip and Woad Family