Like a confetti-soft carpet for the garden, Summer Romance blends lavender, violet, rose-pink, and white sweet alyssum flowers above compact green foliage. The low plants spill gently along paths, soften border edges, fill small bare spaces, and tuck beautifully into sunny containers.
The tiny blossoms carry a lovely honeyed perfume and offer nectar to bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects. This is a single-species color blend rather than a multi-species wildflower mix, so the flowers share the same general growing habit while providing a playful range of colors. Its compact growth and long flowering season make it an inviting choice for an easy, colorful groundcover.
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Botanical name: Lobularia maritima
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Packet type: Single-species color blend
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Colors: Lavender, violet, rose-pink, and white
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Life cycle: Annual
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Exposure: Full sun
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Sowing: Direct sow in spring or fall
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Planting depth: Cover very lightly
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Germination: 10–14 days
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Mature height: 4–6 in.
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Spacing: 3–5 in.
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Approximate seed count: 500
Sow as thinly as practical in a well-worked seedbed and keep the surface evenly moist during germination. Thin or transplant carefully before seedlings become crowded. After the first heavy flush of flowers, cutting plants back by about half encourages another generous round of bloom.
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