MOUNTAIN OF GOLD ALYSSUM WITH THE DELICIOUS SMELL OF HONEY! UNTIL RECENTLY THIS WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BE IMPORTED INTO WA BUT IT IS NOW AND OF COURSE WE HAVE IT!

Description
Mountain of Gold Alyssum seeds are compact and drought tolerant trailing mounds bursting with stunning yellow honey scented blooms. Alyssum seeds thrive in a wide variety of hot, thirsty and sandy gardens across Australia!

Clip plants lightly after blooming to maintain a bushy habit. Requires good drainage. Clumps are not easily divided, but this may be attempted in early autumn. Drought tolerant once established. Evergreen. Rock gardens, pots, along the driveway where nothing will grow!

Alyssum flowers are edible! They have a slightly sweet and peppery flavour which are great in a salad.

Grow Notes
Choose a growing site for Alyssum that receives full sun for best flowering. Alyssum will also grow well in light shade, but flowering may be reduced. Alyssum requires a free-draining soil to grow successfully. Sandy soils are great.

Apply a complete liquid organic fertiliser, worm juice or compost tea every few weeks throughout the growing season to encourage flowering over a long period and promote healthy growth.

Sow
Very small seeds, mix with fine grains of sand if needed to aid distribution of seeds.

Sow Alyssum seeds any time of the year in temperate and subtropical locations. In cooler regions of Australia sow once the weather warms from October to February. In tropical regions of Australia, you can sow Alyssum seeds during the dry season from March to July.

Alyssum can be directly sown into your garden or started in pots. Alyssum seeds are small, so surface sow them and either cover them lightly with mix or rake them into the soil gently. Thin seedlings to about 10cm apart after several weeks of growth.

Germination
Most Alyssum seedlings will germinate within 10 to 15 days after sowing the seeds or after soil temperatures reach 10-15°C.

Maturity
Perennial growing to 15cm. Alyssum will reach maturity around 60 days after planting and will flower all year long once established.