Sweet Alyssum

Lobularia maritima 'Snow Crystals' Brassicaceae

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Annual

Biocultural value

Flowers release a honey-like fragrance that scents the garden. Flowers release a sweet, floral-honey fragrance in the garden. The honey scented flowers denote beauty beyond worth.

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Thompson & Morgan

Description

This neatly-mounded plant grows just 4 inches tall but spreads 8 to 10 inches wide, every inch occupied by fragrant, tiny white blooms or small fresh green foliage.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

other ethnobotanical uses