sweet alyssum
noun
: a widely cultivated European herb (Lobularia maritima) of the mustard family having narrow leaves and clusters of small fragrant usually white or pink flowers
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Options for your new plantings include pinks, sweet alyssum, larkspurs, snapdragons, Iceland poppies, stocks, foxgloves, wallflowers, ornamental Swiss chard and, a little closer to March, petunias.
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Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
This book offers planting and growing tips to create a moon garden, which includes plants and flowers that reflect moonlight, attract nocturnal creatures, and release scent after sundown such as a tuberose and sweet alyssums.
—L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024
Also, make sure to plant flowers, such as sweet alyssum, nearby to attract pollinators because squash requires pollination to form fruit.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 12 May 2023
The same is true of snapdragons and low-growing sweet alyssum.
—Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
The frost-proof flowers include pansies, chrysanthemums, snapdragons, calendulas and sweet alyssum, and the vegetables include plants from the brassica family ― cabbage, brussels sprout and radishes ― as well as root vegetables, leafy greens, peas, and fava beans.
—Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2023
Between the rows, tiny, scented sweet alyssum flowers offer a refuge to beneficial insects.
—Sarah Henry, SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2020
Layer sweet alyssum with spring bulbs or other more upright flowers that tolerate the cold, such as snapdragons.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 4 Feb. 2023
Consider planting it in a container as a vertical accent alongside smaller cool-tolerant flowers, such as sweet alyssum or nemesia.
—Ashley Abramson, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
This book offers planting and growing tips to create a moon garden, which includes plants and flowers that reflect moonlight, attract nocturnal creatures, and release scent after sundown such as a tuberose and sweet alyssums.
—L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024
Also, make sure to plant flowers, such as sweet alyssum, nearby to attract pollinators because squash requires pollination to form fruit.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 12 May 2023
The same is true of snapdragons and low-growing sweet alyssum.
—Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
The frost-proof flowers include pansies, chrysanthemums, snapdragons, calendulas and sweet alyssum, and the vegetables include plants from the brassica family ― cabbage, brussels sprout and radishes ― as well as root vegetables, leafy greens, peas, and fava beans.
—Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2023
Between the rows, tiny, scented sweet alyssum flowers offer a refuge to beneficial insects.
—Sarah Henry, SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2020
Layer sweet alyssum with spring bulbs or other more upright flowers that tolerate the cold, such as snapdragons.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 4 Feb. 2023
Consider planting it in a container as a vertical accent alongside smaller cool-tolerant flowers, such as sweet alyssum or nemesia.
—Ashley Abramson, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
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