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Sweet alyssum

Lobularia maritima selections
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Sweet alyssum

Sweet alyssum, with its dainty, fragrant flowers, is often used in containers and hanging baskets to spill over the edges, creating a soft, frothy look. It's also a great edging plant because of its tidy, compact habit. Regardless of how you use it, sweet alyssum does best in spring and fall's cool conditions (or use it for winter color in very warm climates).

In cool-summer conditions, such as the northern third of the U.S., it will bloom steadily through the summer. It halts bloom in summer in warmer areas.

Light:
Sun, Part Sun
Plant Type:
Annual
Plant Height:
To 8 inches tall
Plant Width:
To 1 foot wide
Landscape Uses:
Containers, Beds & Borders, Privacy, Slopes, Groundcover
Special Features:
Flowers, Fragrant, Easy to Grow

Top Varieties


(Lobularia maritima 'Clear Crystal Lavender Shades') is an extra-vigorous selection with fragrant, larger-than-typical lavender blooms. It grows 10 inches tall and 14 inches wide.
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(Lobularia 'Easter Basket Mix') bears blooms with violet, rose, or pink flowers on 4-inch-tall plants.
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(Lobularia 'Easter Bonnet Pastel Mix') offers soft pink, lavender, and white blooms on tidy 4-inch-tall plants.
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(Lobularia 'New Carpet of Snow') bears white blooms on tidy, 3-inch-tall plants.
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(Lobularia 'Rosie O'Day') bears rosy-lavender flowers on compact, 4-inch-tall plants.
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(Lobularia 'Snow Crystals') has fragrant, extra-large flowers on vigorous plants.
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Plant It With


Nemesia

Mix nemesia, with its fine-textured blooms and foliage, with lower sweet alyssum for a charming, fragrant combo.

Pansy

Rich purple pansies look great growing with a carpet of white sweet alyssum.

Stock

Upright stock always looks good when grown with tidy mounds of sweet alyssum.

Propagation


Seed

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