Sweet alyssum
Aliso · Alysse
🧩 Role in the garden
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Height
- low (< 40 cm)
- Shape
- compact
- Roots
- shallow
- Sun
- tolerates some shade
- Season
- cool season
- Grows in
- summer or winter beds
Jobs in the bed
- Feeds beneficial insectsSmall open flowers feed hoverflies, parasitic wasps and lacewings, which eat aphids and caterpillars.
- Covers the soilShades the soil, keeps moisture in and holds weeds back. Best on the edge of the bed.
Rotation
Do not return Brassicaceae to the same spot for 3–4 years. Same family:
✿ Benefit
Tiny flowers attract hoverflies whose larvae devour aphids; ground cover
✓ Place near
- ✓ Lettuce
- ✓ Cabbage
- ✓ Broccoli
- ✓ Cauliflower
- Living-mulch borders
✗ Keep apart
None listed.