Alyssum Carpet Of Snow Perennial Or Annual

Tiny pure white blossoms blanket the ground like new fallen snow.

Alyssum carpet of snow perennial or annual.

The low growing foliage covers the ground with tiny cross shaped four petal flowers for much of the growing season. Its rounded clusters of flowers are fragrant. Sweet alyssum is a delicate carpet of tiny flowers with a subtle sweet scent. The bushy plants trail along the ground filling in spaces between larger annuals and perennials.

Royal carpet lobularia maritima. Annual sow method this refers to whether the seed should be sown early indoors and the seedlings transplanted outside later or if the seed should be sown directly in the garden at the recommended planting time. Technically a perennial sweet alyssum is widely treated as if it were an annual plant in cold winter climates. Blooms again and again if trimmed back to remove faded blossoms.

A fragrant choice for well drained soils in rock gardens and borders. Learn how to grow and care for this annual ground cover and what to plant it with. Full sun to partial shade. The most common type of alyssum has white attractive flowers known as a carpet of snow and it s also flowers in yellow gold dust and pink with purple colours.

Mounding habit with plants reaching 4 6 inches tall and 10 12 inches wide. The flowers have a light sweet fragrance. But it is one of the hardier annuals capable of surviving light frosts that would kill more tender plants. Alyssum carpet of snow 0 99 6 49 outstanding early blooming quick flowering low border annual which produces a blanket of thimble shaped clusters of pure white blossoms with a sweet honey like fragrance and delicate beauty all season.

Alyssum snow carpet improved strain seeds. Annual up to zone 8. Biennials produce foliage the first year and bloom and go to seed the second year. It s great in containers and hanging baskets.

They are a perennial and annual herbaceous plant. One of the finest cool weather performers. The type with white flowers carpet of. Ha hardy annual.

It belongs to the family brassicaceae and is a genus of over 100 to 150 species of flowering plants. Perennial in zones 9 11. Perennials can live for more than two years. Its gray green leaves are slightly hairy narrow and lance shaped.

An easy to grow fragrant choice for edging. Purple fading to pale lavender and white on top. Annuals complete their life cycles in one year. Hugs the ground and freely produces a carpet of white flowers.