sweet alyssum
noun
: a widely cultivated European herb (Lobularia maritima) of the mustard family having narrow leaves and clusters of small fragrant usually white or pink flowers
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For gardeners who want to keep the planting bed all white, adding white companion plantings like sweet alyssum, nemesia or daisies maintains the color scheme and helps provide diverse plantings to attract beneficial insects into the garden to help with pest problems.
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Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Sweet Alyssum Also popular in spring gardens, sweet alyssum is a hardy annual that can handle light frost.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2025
While sweet alyssum is best known for its masses of white blooms, commercial varieties also include cultivars with lavender, pink, and purple blooms.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
Examples include euphorbia, sweet alyssum, verbena, creeping Jenny and calibrachoa.
—Suzanne S. Brown, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
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Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Sweet Alyssum Also popular in spring gardens, sweet alyssum is a hardy annual that can handle light frost.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2025
While sweet alyssum is best known for its masses of white blooms, commercial varieties also include cultivars with lavender, pink, and purple blooms.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
Examples include euphorbia, sweet alyssum, verbena, creeping Jenny and calibrachoa.
—Suzanne S. Brown, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
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“Sweet alyssum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweet%20alyssum. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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