Lobularia hybrida
Sweet alyssum excels with a sweet honey scent and aggressive growth rate, producing the appearance of a dense white or purple floral globe all summer.
Growing Guide & Production Protocols
Cultivation & Growing Guidelines
Lobularia hybrida – often called ‘sweet alyssum’ – is loved for its delicious honey fragrance and endless clusters of tiny blooms. Thriving in full sun to light shade, well‑drained soil, and moderate fertility, it flowers continuously from early spring through fall. Unlike traditional alyssum, Danziger’s genetics deliver outstanding heat tolerance, keeping plants fresh and floriferous even in midsummer. The result is season‑long “carpets” of color that draw pollinators and add softness to baskets, combos, and landscape edges.
Stick cuttings promptly, remove from mist early. Maintain 65°F–68°F (18°–20°C), pH 5.5–5.8, EC 0.8–1.0. Feed 50 ppm N, increasing to 100–125 ppm. Apply fungicide at sticking and week 2; avoid excessive humidity.
For more detailed growing tips – such as sticking guidelines, recommended PGRs, and scheduling protocols – check out our Lobularia hybrida Growing Tips.
Common Production Base Specs
Core agronomic requirements applying across all Lobularia hybrida series.
| Crop Type | Bedding - Annuals |
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| Growing Guide & Production Protocols | Lobularia hybrida, part of the Brassicaceae family, is known for its rapid, vigorous growth and massive, honey-scented floral canopy. This vigorous annual thrives in full sun to partial shade, well-drained, average soil. With exceptional heat tolerance compared to traditional alyssum, Lobularia hybrida blooms continuously from spring through fall, making it a favorite for large hanging baskets, landscape edging, and mixed combos that need fragrant, spreading mounds of color. |
| Cultivation & Groweing guidelines | Maintain 68-72°F (20-22°C) early for rooting, then cool to 55-60°F (13-15°C) to tone and encourage compact growth. pH 5.8-6.2, EC 0.8-1.2, feed 100-150 ppm N. Allow moderate dry down between irrigations. Apply preventative fungicide at transplant. Apply Daminozide at 1,500-2,500 ppm or Uniconazole as needed for height control. |
| Growth Habit | Trailing / Spreading |
| PGR Requirements | Minimal |
| Recommended Formats | Quarts, Baskets, Landscape |
| Flowering Season | Spring to Autumn |
Commercial Lobularia hybrida Series Overview
Danziger offers a specialized Lobularia hybrida lineup, with each series bred for specific growth habits and production goals. Danziger offers different series within this crop:
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STREAM™ Compact series
Explore Series: STREAM™ Compact series →- Controlled growth in the greenhouse then continues
to gain size to fill larger containers - Floriferous, ball-shaped plant structure
- Highly fragrant, pollinators love it!
- Flowers from early spring through autumn
- Little to no PGR needed
- Ideal as a filler in mixed containers, hanging baskets or window boxes
- Heat and cold tolerant, very versatile
- Controlled growth in the greenhouse then continues
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STREAM™ Series
Explore Series: STREAM™ Series →- Floriferous, ball-shaped plant structure
- Heat and cold-tolerant, very versatile
- Highly fragrant, pollinators love it!
- Flowers from early spring through autumn
- Available in a range of colors
- Ideal as a filler in mixed containers, hanging baskets, or window boxes
