Sweet alyssum or Lobularia maritima is a annual that is simply beautiful.
Sweet alyssum facts, a summary
Name – Lobularia or Alyssum maritimum
Family – Brassicaceae
Type – annual
Height – 1 ½ feet (15 cm)
Exposure – full sun
Soil: ordinary – Flowering: spring, summer
Often used for ground cover, it bestows an beautiful ornamental touch to the garden.
There are 2 types of alyssum, one is a perennial that blooms in spring whereas the other, sweet alyssum, is an annual that blooms in summer.
The one we’re presenting here is sweet alyssum.
To sow sweet alyssum correctly, you must start in spring.
Choose a very sunny spot, that will ensure they’ll bloom best and their fragrance will be strongest.
This cover plant boasts abundant blooming that will perfectly fulfill its mission as a ground cover plant, and does so in a colorful, gay manner.
Thanks to its flowers that range from white to red with instances of pink, you’ll catch the eyes of by-passers with your beautiful garden.
This annual especially needs watering in summer, and in which case it is better to water in the evening to reduce premature water evaporation.
Native to Western Asia and Europe, the flowers form cute puffs of flowers with a sweet honey-like fragrance.
Its flowers are often white but can also be purple or violet.
Adding manure and seaweed based compost to the soil you’re sowing in (about 20% in volume) will greatly increase your plant’s growth and flowering!
