Sweet Alyssum Royal Carpet

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Sweet alyssum royal carpet. Royal carpet is a purple flowered sweet alyssum variety growing to about 15cm tall. Colorful storybook edging for borders and beds. The royal carpet variety of alyssum is the taller and more colorful strain of its close cousin alyssum carpet of snow. It blooms quickly from seed is easy to grow and makes a great addition as an edging plant in the border.
Alyssum also makes a great addition to a butterfly or seaside garden. The following are the types of sweet alyssum flowers. A favourite nectar source for adult hoverflies and caterpillar parasitic trichogramma wasps. Its gray green leaves are slightly hairy narrow and lance shaped.
Alyssum carpet of snow short description. Plant where you can enjoy this such as in a window box. The low growing foliage covers the ground with tiny cross shaped four petal flowers for much of the growing season. Alyssum maritimum is a species of low growing flowering plant in the family brassicaceae its common name is sweet alyssum or sweet alison also commonly referred to as just alyssum from the genus alyssum in which it was formerly classified.
Royal carpet purple the name of this type refers to the cluster of purple alyssum flowers which bloom throughout the summer and are one of the most beautiful types of alyssum. Good for beds rockeries paths and edging. Approximately 650 seeds per packet. Plant alyssum between stepping stones or in paving cracks or grow it in containers.
Royal carpet has purple flowers and is very dwarf growing to only 2 4 inches tall. Alyssum makes a great temporary ground cover and grows nicely with dianthus violets and thyme. Low growing plant that produces masses of small fragrant violet flowers. Make sure alyssum royal carpet seeds are properly watered to stimulate healthy germination.
Royal carpet will produce clusters of beautiful purple flowers all summer long. Annual growing to 12cm. Growing to a mature height of only 2 to 4 inches tall alyssum royal carpet makes a perfect groundcover plant and is widely used in pots containers and raised beds. Sweet alyssum is a delicate carpet of tiny flowers with a subtle sweet scent.
A very versatile flower royal carpet can be planted just about any time throughout the season both indoors and out. Grow alyssum royal carpet from fresh lobularia maritima flower seeds. Dwarf sweet alyssum royal carpet is an heirloom variety that was an aas winner in 1953. Alyssum royal carpet short description.
It is popularly named as carpet because it is best when it is used as groundcover and grown about 2 4 inches.