Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum

Lobularia maritima

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Overview

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum, or Lobularia maritima, is a fragrant trailing annual with green foliage and masses of violet-purple blooms. It grows 8-12 inches tall and spreads 18-24 inches, making a lush spiller or edging plant. Best in part sun to sun with well-drained, evenly moist soil and average water, it blooms from planting to hard frost. Hardy in USDA Zones 9-11.

Water Medium

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — is a fragrant trailing annual with green foliage and masses of violet-purple blooms

Culture

Water: Medium

Shape & size

Mature height: 0.6666667–1 Ft.
Mature width: 1.5–2 Ft.

Classification

Family: Brassicaceae

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Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — though a light trim can refresh plants or keep them from spilling too far over a path.<br><br>In design

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — where its violet blooms cascade over the rim and soften harder edges

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — and regular feeding or compost-enriched soil supports its long season of bloom

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — Deadheading is not necessary

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — it blooms from planting to hard frost; is a fragrant trailing annual with green foliage and masses of

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — evenly moist soil and average water; deadheading is not necessary

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — It also excels as an edging plant

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — weaving fragrance and pollinator activity through sunny landscape compositions

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — purple flowers in the garden

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — It grows 8-12 inches tall and spreads 18-24 inches, making a lush spiller or edging plant; the flowers draw

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — is a fragrant trailing annual with green foliage and masses of violet-purple blooms; evenly moist soil and

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — Best in part sun to sun with well-drained; and reviving beautifully as autumn temperatures return

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — commonly referred to as Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum; cherished for its clouds of tiny violet-purple

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — honey-scented veil from planting time until hard frost; it blooms from planting to hard frost

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — Its bloom is delicate in scale but generous in effect; it also excels as an edging plant

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — cherished for its clouds of tiny violet-purple flowers and soft green foliage; especially in hanging

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — is a fragrant trailing annual from the Proven Winners® collection; this improved sweet alyssum is notably

Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — The flowers draw bees and butterflies with ease; spreading mound with a graceful trailing habit

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