April is often a practical sowing window for fast-growing annual flowers, especially in gardens where the soil has started to ...

In response to a column about so-called blanket bloomers – plants that completely cover themselves with flowers – I received the following email. “I love alyssum because it reseeds itself. When it is ...

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 ...

Some refer to this low-growing annual with tiny clusters of white to purplish flowers as just alyssum. But to gardeners who really know the plant, it’s sweet alyssum with a pleasing fragrance that ...