{"id":7424,"date":"2015-05-12T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7424"},"modified":"2015-02-09T18:44:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T23:44:09","slug":"fill-flower-gardens-containers-with-sweet-alyssums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/05\/12\/fill-flower-gardens-containers-with-sweet-alyssums\/","title":{"rendered":"Fill Flower Gardens &#038; Containers With Sweet Alyssums"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7426\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Allysum-angelonia.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7426\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7426\" alt=\"White Alyssum (border) &amp; angelonia (in back)\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Allysum-angelonia-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Allysum-angelonia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Allysum-angelonia-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Alyssum (border) &amp; angelonia (in back)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b>Sweet alyssum (<i>Lobularia maritima<\/i>) is one of the easiest annuals to grow. A member of the mustard family (<em>Brassicaeae<\/em>), it is native in the Mediterranean region and the Canary and Azores Islands (AHS heat zones 3-8). Modern day cultivars\u00a0possess exceptional\u00a0heat, humidity, and drought tolerance in summer months once fully established.\u00a0\u00a0Alyssums may be utilized in mixed containers and hanging baskets; they are used to edge garden beds and borders.<\/p>\n<p>Low growing alyssums\u00a0lay down\u00a0a fragrant spreading carpet of\u00a0floral color. Medium green leaves are\u00a0barely\u00a01-inch in length. Alyssums grow 4-9 inches high and 18- 36 inches wide\u00a0depending on variety.\u00a0Flowers are self-cleaning and available in numerous color choices, including\u00a0pink, rose, lavender, purple and apricot.<\/p>\n<p>Dense clusters of sweetly fragrant white 4-petaled flowers cover the foliage mounds from spring to early summer. Individual flower clusters measure 2-3 inches in diameter, and they bloom from planting time up to hard frost. Alyssums are frequently planted as a winter annual in zone 9 and further south. In regions with long hot summers, alyssums tend to decline in summer&#8217;s heat unless planted sited under partial afternoon shade.<\/p>\n<p>Plant alyssums in sun to partial sun and\u00a0apply slow release fertilizer at planting time. Plants are shallow-rooted and do benefit from mulching and moderate irrigation in the summer heat. In mid-August alyssums may look tired, leggy or seedy; if so, clip back a few inches, irrigate, and re-fertilize. Plants will return to their glorious best within 1-2 weeks.\u00a0Alyssums are not troubled with serious disease or pest problems.<\/p>\n<p><b>Alyssum varieties:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Rosie O\u2019Day\u2019 &#8211; All-American Selection (AAS)\u00a0winner with rose pink flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Snow Princess\u00ae &#8211; AAS winner with outstanding performance and is very heat tolerant.<\/p>\n<p>White Knight\u00ae &#8211; new in 2014 with dark green foliage and covered with fragrant white blossoms<\/p>\n<p>Stream\u00aeseries &#8211; Lavender Stream and White Stream are real performers.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Caution<\/span>:<\/b> Gardeners with sensitive skin should wear gloves when working with alyssums<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) is one of the easiest annuals to grow. A member of the mustard family (Brassicaeae), it is native in the Mediterranean region and the Canary and Azores Islands (AHS heat zones 3-8). Modern day cultivars\u00a0possess exceptional\u00a0heat, humidity, and drought tolerance in summer months once fully established.\u00a0\u00a0Alyssums may be utilized in mixed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1204,707,747,749,521,645,806,665,602,1012,551,843,1059,601,705,706,646,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7424"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7446,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7424\/revisions\/7446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}