Melinda Myers

Sweet Alyssum

Botanical Name

Lobularia maritima

Hardiness

Hardy annual

Height

4 to 8 inches

Width

10 to 15 inches

Flowers

Spring thru frost: white, purple, pink, apricot

Light

Part shade to full sun

Soil

Moist, well-drained

Planting & Care

• Space 6 to 8 inches apart for a quick cover
• Sweet alyssum will fade out in hot summers - trim back to rejuvenate
• Tolerates light frost

Problems

Damping off of seedlings

Varieties

• New Carpet of Snow - 3-4"
• Snow Crystals - large flowering low grower, good heat tolerance
• Easter Bonnet - compact and uniform, various colors
• Rosie O'Day - lavender-rose
• Wonderland - 3", various colors
• Snow Princess - abundant, highly fragrant small white blooms all season long; vigorous plant that thrives in hot or cold
• Frosty Knight - fragrant, white flowers with variegated green and yellow foliage and very heat tolerant plants
• Dark Knight - masses of fragrant purple flowers grace mounded plants, blooms all summer, very heat tolerant
• White Knight - fragrant white blooms cover green foliage from planting to hard frost, very heat tolerant, great in landscapes and containers