| Description | Alyssum Carpet of Snow (Lobularia maritima) Forms a beautiful blanket of white flowers. Best in the color times of the growing season. A tender perennial grown as an annual. |
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| Pronunciation | (lob-U-la-ri-ah)(ma-RIT-i-ma) |
| Plant Type | Annuals, Perennial Tender, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | cool-season plant flowers best in the early spring, spring and fall, can have mid-summer slumps, in Zone #5 hardened plants can be put into the garden end of April to early May, reported to be hardy to 32 degrees F, also reported to be very heat tolerant |
| Flowers | small, white fragrant |
| Leaves | small lanceolate to linear leaves, matting foliage |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | 4-6 by 10-12 inches (HS) mat forming |
| Propagation | Instead of sowing in a seed flat and transplanting up to the growing container, it is better to sow directly into the finale growing container. Seedlings are very small. |
| Native Site | Grows as a perennial in Southern Europe, native to the Mediterranean |
| Notes & Reference | #27-Rodale's Annual Gardens (Paul Loewer), #28-Cottage Garden Annuals (Clive Lane), #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills) |
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