noun
- a low-growing plant of the cabbage family, widely cultivated for its small fragrant white, pink, or purple flowers
Usage: often used in gardens and as a border plant; also called sweet alyssum
Examples
- The gardener planted alyssum along the edge of the flower bed.
- Alyssum flowers bloom throughout the summer and into fall.
- Sweet alyssum is popular for hanging baskets because of its trailing growth habit.
- The delicate white alyssum flowers attracted bees to the garden.
- She chose alyssum as a ground cover because it requires minimal maintenance.
- Alyssum is often paired with other annuals in mixed flower arrangements.