Like a banner to welcome spring, this carpet of soft pastel shades hugs the ground with gentle color and a vigorous spreading habit. Pastel Carpet is the most floriferous, vigorous, and colorful sweet alyssum yet, with soft shades of rose, pink, violet, blue, white, and creamy-yellow all over low-growing, 3-inch-tall plants.
The flowers begin just 8 to 10 weeks from early-spring sowing, and don't let up until frost. The plants spread up to a foot wide, every inch covered in gentle color. A mass planting of Pastel Carpet is an arresting sight, and even the humblest basket or border looks like a spring paradise with this free-blooming, low-growing, miniature delight.
Plant in full sun for edging, ground cover, low beds, and containers. Trim back to get constantly-returning blooms.
Genus | Lobularia |
Species | maritima |
Variety | Pastel Carpet |
Item Form | (P) Pkt of 100 seeds |
Bloom Start To End | Mid Spring - Early Summer |
Habit | Prostrate |
Seeds Per Pack | 100 |
Plant Height | 3 in - 9 in |
Plant Width | 10 in - 12 in |
Additional Characteristics | Bloom First Year, Butterfly Lovers, Cool Season, Direct Sow, Easy Care Plants, Flower, Fragrance, Free Bloomer, Rose Companions |
Bloom Color | Blue, Cream, Mix, Pink, Purple, Rose, White, Yellow |
Light Requirements | Full Sun |
Moisture Requirements | Dry, Moist, well-drained |
Soil Tolerance | Normal, loamy, Poor |
Uses | Baskets, Beds, Border, Containers, Cut Flowers, Ground Cover, Outdoor |