Alyssum Gold Dust

Dust Your Garden with Golden Beauty: Alyssum Gold Dust Seeds (Burpee)

Add a touch of sunshine to your garden with Alyssum Gold Dust seeds from Burpee. This fast-growing groundcover produces a carpet of delightful golden flowers that will bloom throughout the entire growing season. Its low-spreading habit makes it perfect for cascading over the edges of containers, filling spaces in rock gardens, or creating a beautiful golden mat in garden beds. Alyssum is also a beneficial companion plant, known to attract aphids away from more vulnerable crops like lettuce.

Brilliant Golden Flowers All Season Long

Alyssum Gold Dust is prized for its profusion of tiny, bright golden yellow flowers that create a visually stunning effect. The continuous blooms from spring until frost ensure a long-lasting splash of sunny color in your landscape.

Fast-Growing Groundcover for Versatile Landscaping

This vigorous and fast-growing alyssum quickly spreads to form a dense groundcover, effectively suppressing weeds and adding beauty to often overlooked areas. Its trailing habit makes it ideal for softening hard edges in rock gardens, spilling gracefully from window boxes and hanging baskets, and adding a golden touch to mixed container plantings.

Beneficial Companion Plant

Beyond its ornamental value, Alyssum Gold Dust can also serve as a beneficial companion plant in your vegetable garden. It is known to attract aphids, potentially drawing them away from your lettuce and other susceptible plants, helping to reduce pest pressure.

Growing Information for Abundant Golden Blooms

Flower Color: Golden yellow
Bloom Time: All growing season
Growth Habit: Fast-growing groundcover, trailing
Suitable for: Rock gardens, edges of containers, groundcover, companion planting
Sunlight Needs: Full sun or part shade

Sowing Instructions: Sow alyssum seeds indoors about 8 weeks before your average before transplanting outside. Sow the tiny seeds on the surface of moist, well-drained seed starting mix and gently press them down; do not cover, as light aids germination. Keep the soil consistently moist and maintain a temperature of 21-24°C. Germination typically occurs within 7-14 days.