Sweet Alyssum, Sweet Alison, Seaside Lobularia 'New Carpet of Snow'

We have used this species as a seasonal bedding plant. Performs adequately here, though the species and some seed-propagated cultivars te...Read Morend to poop out in August when summers are hot. We've switched to Lobularia 'Snow Princess', a sterile hybrid with more vigor and heat tolerance, which blooms much longer and more consistently here than the species, up till first frost and a little beyond.

According to BONAP, this species has naturalized in 41 of the lower 48 states and 4 provinces.

CAL-IPC has placed it on their list of species invasive and destructive of natural habitat in California. The sterile 'Snow Princess' would be a good substitute there.

A sweet little plant with a nice fragrance. It will self seed, but not invasively. I bought a few plugs several years ago, and I get an...Read Moreother patch every year.

A nice, fragrant white alyssum that stays compact and blooms profusely as long as the weather is cool. It did get tall and shabby looking...Read More on me in the heat of summer, but that appears to be true of all alyssums.