Spring flowers are a very welcomed sight, and when they are fragrant they bring more joy. 'Sweet alyssum' (Lobularia maritima) is a fragrant, cool-season annual flower. The small, fuzzy leaves are ...

Tomatoes are many gardeners' favorite summer crop, but pests can ruin those dreams of homegrown salads and pasta sauces. That's why some growers add a surprising companion plant to their garden beds.

A: One of my favorite flowers for planting in the fall and winter is Sweet Alyssum. It is known as Lobularia maritima to scientists and horticulturists and is classified in the same plant family as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large cucumber being held by hand in a garden - Aire Images/Getty Images Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) is a flowering plant ...

December may seem a strange time to write about a common annual. But by this time of the year most gardeners have a good idea of what worked or failed in the garden. Those plants remain fresh in our ...

Some refer to this low-growing annual with tiny clusters of white to purplish flowers as just alyssum. But to gardeners who really know the plant, it’s sweet alyssum with a pleasing fragrance that ...

Do you want to add magic to your bare wall or dull balcony? Hanging baskets and pots are the easiest way to add that wow ...

Researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers' more severe pests, aphids, with a remarkably benign tool: flowers. The discovery is a boon for organic as well as conventional tree fruit ...

Sweet alyssum is easy to grow, and gardeners love the mass of tiny, fragrant blossoms it produces, but the flower is also a botanical magnet for the Bagrada bug. This invasive stink bug is now ...