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Sweet alyssumBotanical Name: Lobularia Maritima
Plant Family: Mustard/Brassica family (Brassicaceae) Description: An annual that blooms early and holds its blooms throughout the growing season. Features a sweet fragrance that attracts many butterflies, bees, (and humans too!) Low grown forming small dense clumps, but not aggressive. Growing Conditions: Easily grown from seed in average, moist, or well draining soils. Full sun. Bloom Time: April - Jun Bloom Color: White Benefit to pollinators/wildlife: Host for cabbage white, attracts a variety of native bees and butterflies. Beneficial early nectar source. Native Status: Not a US native, though non-invasive Location in habitat: Pollinator Demonstration Garden |