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Enjoy the beautiful, fragrant flowers of the sweet alyssum plant in your garden.

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Annuals in Strawberry Jars

Annuals in Strawberry Jars

as the New Guinea impatiens, sweet alyssum , zinnias, and wax begonias flowering favorites as candytuft, sweet alyssum , or begonias into the pockets choose a fragrant annual, such as sweet alyssum to add to your enjoyment.

Annuals in the Landscape

Annuals in the Landscape

garden. Cosmos and spider flower, with an edging of sweet alyssum , would also look lovely. If you'd like a more formal daisies, portulaca, and California poppies. Sweet alyssum , zinnia, and vinca also do well in dry soil. Adding

Container Gardening Basics

effort. Try these tips: Buy one package of seeds of a quick-growing annual, such as dwarf zinnia, Ageratum, sweet alyssum , Browallia, or candytuft. Split the seeds among several pots. Within weeks, you'll have an attractive mass of

Perfect Perennials

Perfect Perennials

Narcissus jonquilla tuberose Polianthes tuberosa Annuals heliotrope Heliotropium arborescens sweet pea Lathyrus odoratus sweet alyssum Lobularia maritima stock Matthiola incana flowering tobacco Nicotiana alata old-fashioned petunia Petunia hybrida

How to Enjoy Scent in the Garden

How to Enjoy Scent in the Garden

5. Fill window boxes with fragrance. Scented culinary herbs are useful to have close at hand. Add mignonette and sweet alyssum for a sweet treat for your nose. 6. Arrange evening bloomers near a deck or patio. Nicotiana, evening primrose

October Tips: The Desert Southwest

October Tips: The Desert Southwest

cool-season flowers, such as pansies, calendula, candytuft, foxgloves, snapdragons, sweet peas, stock, and sweet alyssum . Also plant cool-season veggies and herbs, such as broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, cilantro, dill, fennel

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Recipes for Beautiful Container Gardens

Recipes for Beautiful Container Gardens

will delight with its scent and its contrast to fragrant sweet alyssum . A. Scented geranium ( Pelargonium graveolens 'Grey Lady Plymouth') -- 1 B. Sweet alyssum ( Lobularia 'Wonderland Purple') -- 3 This little

Top Annual Plant Pairings

Top Annual Plant Pairings

Talent Yellow' gazania, Dahlberg daisy, and white sweet alyssum . Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil lobelia, 'Yellow Frost' viola, and white sweet alyssum ? These beauties are the perfect way to start the gardening

Fragrant Plant Favorites

Fragrant Plant Favorites

fragrant flowers in white, rose, lavender, or purple, sweet alyssum is an easy-to-grow, low-maintenance cool-season growing more than 6 inches tall and 1 foot wide, sweet alyssum is a good addition to edgings, beds, rock gardens

Cool-Season Containers

Cool-Season Containers

Here, a basket is filled with favorites including purple coralbells and yellow osteospermum and snapdragon. A mix of sweet alyssum and creeping Jenny cascades down the sides. As they get going, they'll eventually cover up the moss. Hint: Other

Easy, Beautiful Window Boxes for Sun

Easy, Beautiful Window Boxes for Sun

and enjoy some fresh air. Tip: Other plants that offer great scents include heliotrope, lavender, rosemary, and sweet alyssum . A. Wax begonia ( Begonia 'Bada Boom Pink') -- 2 B. Verbena 'Tapien Plum Frost' -- 2 C. Ivy ( Hedera helix

26 Top New Blue, Pink, & Purple Annuals for 2009

26 Top New Blue, Pink, & Purple Annuals for 2009

clusters of white flowers edged in pink. Grow it for: Its big, beautiful blooms Grow it with: Licorice plant or white sweet alyssum Name: Pelargonium 'Allure Picotee Pink' Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil Size: To 18 inches

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