Sweet Alice 'Carpet Of Snow'
Sweet Alice 'Carpet Of Snow' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Carpet of Snow' is a cottage garden favourite for edging or as a groundcover under roses. It is fragrant with masses of crisp white blooms that are highly attractive to bees and a range of beneficial insects. In trials of insectary plants in California, sweet alyssum was found to be the best at attracting 'good bugs'. This makes it ideal to use in the vege garden along pathways or in rows between crops. It is frost resistant but drought tender. Suitable for temperate, subtropical and tropical areas.
Product: Sweet Alice 'Carpet Of Snow'
Product type: SEED (500)
Botanical name: Lobularia maritima
Sweet Alice syn. Alyssum is a cottage garden favourite for edging or as a groundcover under roses. It is fragrant with clusters of tiny flowers that are highly attractive to a range of beneficial insects including lady beetles, predatory bugs and braconid wasps. In trials of insectary plants in California, white sweet alyssum was found to be the best at attracting 'good bugs'. This makes it ideal to use in the vege garden along pathways or in rows between crops. It is frost resistant but drought tender.
Plant type: Annual, low growing flower
Plant height: 12 cm; upright growth habit
Sow when: Germinate best at 20°C
Temperate: Early spring to autumn
Subtropical: All year if frost-free
Tropical: Dry season
Germination: 7 - 14 days
Depth: 2 – 5 mm deep, cover with fine sand
Position: Full sun to partial shade
Sow where: Sow direct or in in seedling trays for later transplanting
Soil type: Tolerant of a wide range soils
Details: Sow seed thinly, the germination rate is high; also self-sows in good conditions
Flowering: 56 days
*Good for bees
500 seeds per packet
Lobularia maritima
Annual, low growing flower
Sweet Alice 'Carpet Of Snow'
Carpet of Snow' is a cottage garden favourite for edging or as a groundcover under roses. It is fragrant with masses of crisp white blooms that are highly attractive to bees and a range of beneficial insects. In trials of insectary plants in California, sweet alyssum was found to be the best at attracting 'good bugs'. This makes it ideal to use in the vege garden along pathways or in rows between crops. It is frost resistant but drought tender. Suitable for temperate, subtropical and tropical areas.