Botanical Name: Lobularia maritima
Common Name: Sweet alyssum
Type of Plant: dicot: annual
Character annual
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape much-branched, spreading plant with rounded form – fine textured foliage rounded clusters of purple flowers
Height 4-6'
Spread 12"
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun to part shade
Soil average soil – grows in most any soil
Hardiness hardy – zones 10-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate to 1"long, 1/8" wide glabrous, densely set on stems
Flowers purple to white in racemes – small tubular 4-petaled honey- like scent, attracts bees
Fruit tiny capsule
 
Propagation:
seed – self sows in garden
 
Usage:
low facer in beds, borders – used as a cover over bulbs – good in rock garden containers, and as a temporary groundcover (while ivy or permanent groundcover fills in)
 
Landscape Care:
Watering average – not fussy
Fertilizing balanced, slow release at planting
Pruning head back occasionally to keep compact
Pests/Diseases none
 
Origin: Southern Europe
Family: Cruciferae

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