4. Sweet Alyssum: The Honey-Scented Carpet
If you want a low-growing plant that blankets your containers with an unmistakable aroma of warm honey, sweet alyssum is your perfect match. This delicate, frothy flower blooms profusely from early spring until the first frost, producing clusters of tiny white, pink, or purple blossoms.
Alyssum grows quickly from seed and serves as a fantastic filler plant around the base of taller container specimens. It possesses a shallow root system, so it thrives in small window boxes or shallow bowls.
Position sweet alyssum in full sun to partial shade, and trim the plant back by half if the blooms start looking tired mid-summer; this simple haircut forces a massive flush of new, heavily scented flowers.
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