What is Alyssum?
Alyssum is a perennial flower annual plant, which is often used in landscaping, especially in Mediterranean areas. Some varieties of the family alyssum have distinctive fragrances that gardeners consider quite pleasant, and fast -growing flowers are often set in large blocks to provide scent and color. Alyssum thrives in the USDA zones three to nine and in warmer areas can be grown as a constantly flowering perennial if the plants are well maintained. The plant has a large growth habit that is low to the ground, which is ideal for trim flower beds. The exception of the rule is Sweet Alyssum, which is sometimes marked as alyssum maritima , but more often divided as lobularia maritima . Sweet Alyssum is a significantly sweet fragrant Alyssum with white to purple flowers and has cultivated them one of the most common varietals. Other varieties Alyssum have flowers in color from white to yellow to dark purple, although all species have characteristic tight clustersFlowers and a creeping custom that allows the plant to quickly take over the garden area if it is left uncontrollable.
, along with other plants in the mustard family, Alyssum deer and drought resistant and will grow in almost any environment, even if it suffers in frost. If dead flowers are regularly cropped, the plant will bloom for many months and will also release a large amount of seeds. These seeds can be harvested and used to initiate seedlings to replace Alyssum after died completely back in regions with cold winters. In warmer areas, alessum will allow for a vigilant pruning throughout the year.
Full sun to partial shadow is the preferred growth environment for Alyssum, which grows in any typeplup. Because it acts as a ground cover, Alyssum can be used to prevent weeds from taking over the flower beds and also help keep a healthy topsoil in the garden. Can also be grownIn the hanging floral boxes and the long suspended tendrines of flowers will develop, which can be aesthetically pleasant.
Most varieties Alyssum uses "alyssum" in their name, with a qualifier such as the creeping basket of gold, Rosie O'Day, or Hoary added to distinguish the species from other Alyssums. Another common name for Alyssum is Madwort, because in the Middle Ages the plant was associated with drugs for rabies and madness. In some parts of the world, Alyssum is still called Madwort, while in others the term "Madwort" refers to Asperugo Procumbens , unrelated herb in the Borage family.