Violet Knight sweet alyssum
Lobularia maritima 'Violet Knight'
Proven Winners Award Winner
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Violet Knight' sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima 'Violet Knight') is an annual for borders, containers, rock gardens, and cottage gardens. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It forms a dense, fragrant mat and grows at a moderate pace. Butterflies, bees, and birds visit it, and it is drought tolerant once settled in.
Pairs well with Munstead lavender, Purple Coneflower coneflower, Casa Blanca lily, and Karl Foerster feather reed grass.