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Wandering Mixture

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Wandering Mixture

Flower

Lobularia maritima

  • Partial sun
  • Zones 5–9
  • 50 days to maturity
  • Flowers
  • 6" spacing
  • High water
  • Perennial
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  • Overview

    Highly fragrant mix of soft pastel flowers in shades of white, lavender, purple, and pale yellow. Densely mounding plant habit. Plants are less vigorous, more compact, and have a more contained habit compared to our white Sweet Alyssum (#1932). Sweet alyssum is fast and low growing, trouble free, and low cost, making it a popular choice for use as beneficial insect habitat in vegetable and fruit production. Because of its very manageable plant habit, sweet alyssum is a good choice for beneficial planting in greenhouses and containers, in addition to outdoor production. Field-grown mixture. Tender perennial in Zones 9-11. Attracts and provides a food source for beneficial insects such as lacewings, parasitic wasps, syrphid flies, and tachinid flies.

  • Planting

    Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost, or direct sow after last frost

  • Growing

    Sun: partial. Water: high. Soil: Well-drained soil, tolerates poor to average fertility. Space plants 6" apart. Germination: 7-14 days.

  • Pests & diseases

    Common pests: Flea beetles, spider mites, whiteflies. Common diseases: Root rot in waterlogged soil, powdery mildew in humid conditions.