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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) — The flowers draw bees and butterflies with ease; spreading mound with a graceful trailing habit
Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — Best in part sun to sun with well-drained
Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — The flowers draw bees and butterflies with ease
Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — Its bloom is delicate in scale but generous in effect
Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — tolerating cool spring weather
Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — evenly moist soil and average water; deadheading is not necessary
Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — It prefers well-drained soil kept evenly moist; while easy to grow
Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — cherished for its clouds of tiny violet-purple flowers and soft green foliage
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) — evenly moist soil and average water
Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — especially in hanging baskets and smaller containers
Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — performing through much of summer
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) — it blooms from planting to hard frost
Violet Knight® Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) — is a fragrant trailing annual from the Proven Winners® collection
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) — where its violet blooms cascade over the rim and soften harder edges
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