Sweet alyssum blooms for months in full sun to partial shade, but it does best in moderate temperatures. Encourage new growth in fall by cutting it back a bit.

Celebrate National Pollinator Month this June by creating and maintaining a garden that attracts and supports these important members of our ecosystem.

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Sweet alyssum is more than just a charming ground cover—this delicate flowering plant pulls double duty in the orchard. “It attracts beneficial insects that help reduce pests,” says master ...

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1. Sweet Alyssum (Image credit: Shutterstock) If you’re growing tomatoes in containers, then companion planting can be a little tricky as space is limited.

We learned how to plant a container filled with edible flowers. Rachel combined dianthus, pansies, lavender, and sweet alyssum to create a planter that was both beautiful and functional.

Heat-tolerant plants like zinnias, sunflowers, King’s Mantle, Crinums, and perennial salvias thrive in high temperatures. Torenia (Wishbone Flower), sweet alyssum, Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost ...

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Complementing the sweet alyssum, we chose flowering tobacco to produce an intensely sweet fragrance during summer nights and draw beneficial moths to its long, slender, tubular blooms.