How to Use sweet alyssum in a Sentence

sweet alyssum

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  • Asparagus fern and sweet alyssum trail over the sides.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Fill out your flower beds and containers with mat-forming sweet alyssum.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
  • According to one study, sweet alyssum is an optimal companion plant for squash.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
  • And ornamental cabbage and kale, snapdragons, sweet alyssum, and the list goes on and on.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Pretty purple and white flowers make sweet alyssum stand out, but these plants are magnets for all kinds of pollinators, too.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2026
  • Fillers such as sweet alyssum or calibrachoa help create a lush, layered container look.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 14 May 2026
  • If your sweet alyssum slows flower production in the summer, cut it back by a third to encourage flowering.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
  • Grow good tomato companions at the base, like marigolds, basil, and sweet alyssum, for a full and bountiful-looking garden.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 June 2026
  • Scheufele suggests planting low-growing, short-season flowers like sweet alyssum or nasturtium seeds at the same time as tomato seedlings.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Scheufele suggests planting low-growing, short-season flowers like sweet alyssum or nasturtium seeds at the same time as tomato seedlings.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 21 May 2026
  • Note that in California, sweet alyssum is considered an invasive plant.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Nasturtiums, million bells, trailing verbena and sweet alyssum also lend themselves nicely to the pots.
    — ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • While sweet alyssum is best known for its masses of white blooms, commercial varieties also include cultivars with lavender, pink, and purple blooms.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In warmer early spring areas, marigolds help deter pests later in the season, and sweet alyssum offers a low-growing, pollinator-friendly option.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
  • Boost the chances of pollination by planting marigolds, nasturtium, or sweet alyssum along the garden’s edges to attract the pollinators that will move pollen from male to female blooms.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Like yarrow, sweet alyssum flowers are irresistible to beneficial insects, and growing this flowering annual near veggie crops can keep culinary gardens pest-free.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Though marigolds and sweet alyssum don’t directly affect each other, sweet alyssum will work to bring in hoverflies and ladybugs, and marigolds can work as a trap plant that graphs pests and holds them for the predatory insects to feed upon.
    — Haniya Rae, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Late spring, after threat of frost has passed The nectaries of oregano blooms are a little larger than those of cilantro and sweet alyssum and thus attract larger insects such as honeybees, native bees, and syrphid (flower) flies.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • When grown as lettuce companion plants, sweet alyssum can draw in hoverflies, parasitic wasps, and other predatory insects that keep your lettuce plants and other vegetables naturally pest-free.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2026
  • For gardeners who want to keep the planting bed all white, adding white companion plantings like sweet alyssum, nemesia or daisies maintains the color scheme and helps provide diverse plantings to attract beneficial insects into the garden to help with pest problems.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Carrots and Sweet Alyssum As a cut flower grower, Lucas loves to cultivate beds that incorporate both florals and vegetables—and one of her favorite flowers to use when companion planting is sweet alyssum.
    — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 7 May 2026

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