Lobularia maritima Wandering Mix - seeds

'Wandering Mix' is a mix of Lobularia maritima or fragrant Alyssum selected for their pastel and varied, pleasantly scented flowers. The plants in this selection form lovely dense cushions that bloom all summer. Their infinitely delicate little flowers are so numerous that they completely hide the foliage. Fragrant alyssum is a perfect annual plant for rock gardens and flower pots. Robust and sturdy, resistant to bad weather and sea spray, it is also very useful by the seaside and in dry gardens. Plant in the sun, in well-drained, even poor and chalky soil.

Maritime alyssum is an annual plant belonging to the Brassicaceae family. This species is native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean region. Widely cultivated in gardens, it has given rise to numerous horticultural varieties. Alyssum 'Wandering Mix' brings together several varieties in white, cream, mauve, pink, and even purple tones. Each plant forms woody-based, dense and prostrate herbaceous clumps, 15-20 cm in height and 25 cm in width, in the year after sowing. Resembling a weed at first, it then transforms into an imposing clump of branched stems, adorned with small glaucous green, alternate, simple and entire, narrow (from lanceolate to linear), quite hairy leaves. Flowering extends from June to September, completely covering the plant with small flowers with a delightful honey fragrance. This flowering attracts many pollinating insects.

Too rarely used in gardens, maritime alyssum thrives in the sun in well-drained soils. They are perfect plants for covering the tops of walls, the spaces between rocks in rockeries and filling the base of perennials and shrubs. They can also be planted along a path, in well-drained soil. They perform very well in pots and containers. Some ideas for associations: with rock cresses, candytufts, and rock cresses.