Compact rosette of gray leaves smothered with yellow flowers in spring. Full sun, sharply drained soil, low water.  2 x 8”.  Hardy to –20 degrees F. Brassicaceae

Low growing rosette of green leaves with spikes of lemon yellow flowers in late spring, followed by showy seedpods. Full sun, sharply drained soil, low water.   Hardy to –20 degrees F  Brassicaceae

This plant was grown from seeds labeled Lesquerella kingii but the plant seems too green and vigorous, so we have decided to remove that name until we can verify the species. This is a very nice plant, nonetheless, with showy yellow flowers and eye-catching spikes of bladderpods up to 18" above the basal rosettes. 

2009 Update: Great for the sunny, dry garden, this reliable performer has now been identified as a Alyssoides utriculata, a bladderpod of Southern European mountain origin.

Hard cushions of tiny grayish-green leaves with yellow flowers on very short stems in spring. Sun, sharply drained soil, low water.  2 x 8”  –20 degrees F.   Kane County, Utah   Brassicaceae