Winter can be something of a slow season for gardeners. If you are among those champing at the bit to do a little gardening as winter enters its homestretch, sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) may ...

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 ...

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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 ...

December may seem a strange time to write about a common annual. But by this time of the year most gardeners have a good idea of what worked or failed in the garden. Those plants remain fresh in our ...

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Researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers' more severe pests, aphids, with a remarkably benign tool: flowers. The discovery is a boon for organic as well as conventional tree fruit ...

Sweet alyssum is easy to grow, and gardeners love the mass of tiny, fragrant blossoms it produces, but the flower is also a botanical magnet for the Bagrada bug. This invasive stink bug is now ...

Don't have the time or space to grow the usual hummingbird-friendly plants? This low-maintenance hanging plant will fit ...