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Alyssum royal carpet annual or perennial.
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.
Other names for this plant include aurinia saxatilis or aurinia saxitilis and the older classification of this flower is alyssum saxatile another classification has it listed as aurinia saxatilis compacta and its more common names are.
The type with white flowers carpet of snow is the most popular alyssum.
Suitable for rock gardens and borders.
You will most likely spot alyssum as border plants edging large flower beds in containers and hanging baskets as a low lying spiller or.
Hardy in zones 6 10 full sun part sun.
Full sun to partial shade.
Purple fading to pale lavender and white on top.
Royal carpet lobularia maritima.
Colorful storybook edging for borders and beds.
The low growing foliage covers the ground with tiny cross shaped four petal flowers for much of the growing season.
Annual up to zone 8.
Annuals complete their life cycles in one year.
Its gray green leaves are slightly hairy narrow and lance shaped.
Sweet alyssum is a delicate carpet of tiny flowers with a subtle sweet scent.
Its rounded clusters of flowers are fragrant.
Technically a perennial it is usually grown as an annual in most regions of the united states.
Make sure alyssum royal carpet seeds are properly watered to stimulate healthy germination.
The royal carpet variety of alyssum is the taller and more colorful strain of its close cousin alyssum carpet of snow.
Biennials produce foliage the first year and bloom and go to seed the second year.
Cbr perennial zones 7 9 annual that reseeds itself in all other zones.
But it is one of the hardier annuals capable of surviving light frosts that would kill more tender plants.
The plant produces a purple carpet of flowers.
Mounding habit with plants reaching 4 6 inches tall and 10 12 inches wide.
Honey scented small 1 4 purole flowers with 4 5 pedals that bloom quickly from seeds 45 days sown outside in early spring.
A very versatile flower royal carpet can be planted just about any time throughout the season both indoors and out.
Technically a perennial sweet alyssum is widely treated as if it were an annual plant in cold winter climates.
In warmer zones where it is grown as a perennial it doesn t last as long as other perennial plants.
This is an excellent low height spreading variety that is very easy to grow.
Alyssum royal carpet seeds short description.
For an easy to grow perennial and an alyssum by any other name yellow alyssum is a delightful plant.
Perennial in zones 9 11.
It is popularly named as carpet because it is best when it is used as groundcover and grown about 2 4 inches only.
