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Mecardonia GoldDust® in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Mecardonia 'GoldDust®'

 

Mecardonia 'GoldDust®'

Original:Trailing/ spreading ground cover annual outside of zones 9-11 small green leaves with yellow flowers New:Mecardonia is a low-growing ground-cover plant, some varieties growing upright, and some trailing, that bears many bright yellow flowers all Summer long. 'Golddust™' is mound-forming, and can be trailing if grown in a container, and is both heat and frost tolerant.Its semi-upright habit makes it good plant for container growing

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plant Features
  • Mecardonia GoldDust® likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Mecardonia GoldDust® likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Mecardonia GoldDust® is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Mecardonia GoldDust® likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Mecardonia 'GoldDust®'

Latin name

Mecardonia 'GoldDust®'

type

Annual Flowering plant

family

Plantaginaceae

ph

5.5 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Mecardonia GoldDust® likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Mecardonia GoldDust® is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Mecardonia GoldDust® likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Mecardonia GoldDust® likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Mecardonia GoldDust® is 0.40meters x 0.20meters 0.40 M 0.20 M

Mecardonia 'GoldDust®'

Original:Trailing/ spreading ground cover annual outside of zones 9-11 small green leaves with yellow flowers New:Mecardonia is a low-growing ground-cover plant, some varieties growing upright, and some trailing, that bears many bright yellow flowers all Summer long. 'Golddust™' is mound-forming, and can be trailing if grown in a container, and is both heat and frost tolerant.Its semi-upright habit makes it good plant for container growing


Flowering

From Early Summer TO Late Summer

Open bell-shaped flowers appear all Summer long

 

Planting

From Mid Spring TO Late Spring

Plant in free-draining compost in a container, or in free-draining soil near the front of a flower-bed after the risk of frost has passed, in a sunny, sheltered position. Bring indoors to overwinter

 
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