🌸flower (3)
🌿habit (5)
Aurinia petraea
Goldentuft
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: full_sun
Temperature
5–32 °C
Soil pH
6–8
Hardiness
Zone 4–8
Click count
7
Observations
16
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Goldentuft is a sun-loving perennial herbaceous plant native to open habitats, commonly thriving in meadows and grasslands. It prefers full sun but can also tolerate partial sun.
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 5–32.2°C
Ideal temperature: 5–32.2°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-8
Soil pH: 6-8
🌱 Fertilizer
One fertilizer application in spring is generally enough for Goldentuft, although multiple feedings can enhance growth. Feed every one to one and a half months. Fertilization improves the leaves' appearance and function, helping maintain uniform color and a healthy texture. It also promotes root development and nutrient uptake for the plant's long-term health.
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Aurinia
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 4-8
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 20 cm
- Mature Spread
- 15 cm to 30 cm
- Leaf Color
- Gray, Silver
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- Yellow
- Flower Size
- 0.51 cm to 1.02 cm
- Bloom Time
- Early spring, Mid spring
- Planting Time
- Spring
- Harvest Time
- Late spring, Early summer
- Native Area
- Austria, Italy, Montenegro, Albania, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia
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Common Names (1)
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