Alyssum 'Dwarf Purple'

A highly fragrant ground-hugger with mounds of tiny purple blooms, Dwarf Purple Alyssum adds charm to borders, rock gardens, containers, and pathways. Bees and butterflies adore it, and it’s an excellent filler between stones or in cracks where little else will grow. Blooms from spring until frost with minimal care.

This cool-season annual thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers well-drained soil. Not winter-hardy, but may self-seed in Zones 2–9. In warmer regions, it may bloom through winter.

No pinching required—plants naturally mound and branch well on their own. Attracts and provides food for beneficial insects such as lacewings, parasitic wasps, syrphid flies, and tachinid flies.

Details:

TYPE: Annual

SITE: Full Sun / Part Shade

SEED DEPTH: Surface - Lightly press into soil

GERMINATION: 7-14 days at 18 - 21°C

HEIGHT: 8-16"

MATURITY: 50 - 60 Days

SPACING: 6-8"

How To Grow:

Start seeds 4–5 weeks before planting out. Sow several seeds per cell or pot. Do not cover, as seeds require light to germinate. Bottom water or mist to avoid displacing seeds. Harden off seedlings by growing them at night temperatures of 10–13°C. Transplant outdoors after the danger of frost has passed.

Direct Seeding:
Sow outdoors as soon as the soil can be worked. In warmer climates, sow from midsummer to late winter for blooms that will last until June. Press seeds lightly into the surface and do not cover. Thin when seedlings have developed their first true leaves.