attractive, ever-blooming, low growing, low maintenance perennial that everyone wants. Actually, Green-and-Gold only flowers from March through October, but that's about the longest span you'll find among wildflowers. Peaking in May, the 1-inch wide, 5-petaled flowers look like little yellow daisies rising just above or nestled among neat, dark green, 9 inch high mounds of foliage. For best growth, give Green-and-Gold sun or light shade and rich, well-drained soil. Excessive moisture and organic mulches encourage fungal attacks so water sparingly, use a pea gravel or sand mulch, or mulch very lightly with organic mulch under the leaves. Green-and-Gold is an excellent plant for the front of the perennial border, retaining most of its green leaves throughout the winter. It would also be good for a rock garden or along a sunny path.

• Genus and Species: Chrysogonum virginianum
• Family: Asteraceae
• Common Name: Green and Gold, Golden Star
• Habit: perennial groundcover
• Height: 1 foot
• Flower Color: yellow
• Native To: central Atlantic region
• Range: piedmont and coastal plain
• Blooming Period: April-October
• Water Requirement: low
• Soil Type: fertile, well drained
• Exposure: open deciduous forest, full sun to filtered sunlight
• Miscellaneous: an outstanding long-blooming semievergreen groundcover