Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) is a flowering plant that can help add depth to your garden, but it's the benefit it offers to cucumber plants that makes it a popular choice for some gardeners. As ...

*Growth habit: An annual with a rounded mound-forming shape growing to 12 inches tall and wide. The leaves are medium green, linear to oblong in shape and growing to 2 inches long and a half inch wide ...

Gardeners can rejoice since it is pansy-planting time across much of the country. While this is a good thing, the question is always asked, “What do I plant with them?” One of my favorites to partner ...

Spring flowers are a very welcomed sight, and when they are fragrant they bring more joy. 'Sweet alyssum' (Lobularia maritima) is a fragrant, cool-season annual flower. The small, fuzzy leaves are ...

Gardeners can rejoice since it is pansy-planting time across much of the country. While this is a good thing, the question is always asked, "What do I plant with them?" One of my favorites to partner ...

One of the many benefits of living in Santa Barbara County is the ability to grow citrus trees in your backyard. There is nothing like making fresh-squeezed orange juice (or a margarita for that ...

Q. My daughter has been learning about Native American culture and seems particularly taken with the crops she called the Three Sisters. I think seed packets of them would be a fun addition to her ...

A: One of my favorite flowers for planting in the fall and winter is Sweet Alyssum. It is known as Lobularia maritima to scientists and horticulturists and is classified in the same plant family as ...

Answer: A sure-fire sign of spring is the sight and smell of tiny sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima). Inexpensive, colorful and dependable, alyssum is ideal as a border plant, for filling in empty ...