Students for Stewardship The Cork Board
← Back to the library

Snow Princess Alyssum

Lobularia (lob-yoo-LAIR-ee-uh)

Family: Brassicaceae Unknown Herbaceous (3-15 ft)

Snow Princess ® alyssum is a vigorous hybrid, low-growing annual or perennial that is a cross between Lobularia canariensis and Lobularia maritima . It has a mounding spreading form and produces abundant blooms with tiny white fragrant flowers from spring into fall. This hybrid is tolerant of hot southern summer temperatures and does well in hanging baskets, where it may droop for several feet, or cascading over a rock wall. Snow Princess ® alyssum is winter hardy perennial in USDA Zones 10-11, but is typically grown as an annual in zones north of zone 10. The plant does well in average, medium to moist, well-drained soils in full sun. Purchased plants should be set out at the last frost date. It tolerates high summer temperatures with afternoon shade in hot weather. Provide consistent watering (daily in hot weather) and regular fertilization. This is a patented, sterile plant. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No serious problems though slugs can attack small plants.

Source: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ↗ NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox, 36 attributes.

How it fits the guild

Guild layer 4 - Herbaceous (3-15 ft)
See companions & conflicts ↓

Companions & Conflicts

Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.

No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.

Also noted by NC State

Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.

Often confused with Lobularia maritima
Fills a similar niche Buddleja Lo & Behold® 'Blue Chip Jr.' Euphorbia hypericifolia Breathless™ Group Lantana camara Bandito™ Group

Full plant profile

Growing Conditions
Plant type
Annual; Herbaceous Perennial
Life cycle
Annual; Perennial
USDA zones
10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
Light
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) | Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Soil texture
High Organic Matter; Loam (Silt)
Soil drainage
Moist | Occasionally Wet
Available space
12 inches-3 feet
Mature size
Height: 1 ft. 0 in. - 3 ft. 0 in. | Width: 2 ft. 0 in. - 3 ft. 0 in.
Maintenance
Low
Canopy layer
4 - Herbaceous (3-15 ft)
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Cascading; Mounding; Spreading
Leaf color
Gray/Silver; Green
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf shape
Elliptical; Lanceolate
Leaf size
< 1 inch long
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Tiny 1 inch long gray-green narrow lanceolate elliptic leaves.
Flower color
White
Flower value
Fragrant; Long Bloom Season; Showy
Flower shape
Cross
Flower size
< 1 inch
Flower detail
Clusters of tiny white 4 petaled fragrant flowers from May until the first frost in October.
Bloom time
Fall; Spring; Summer
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Unknown
Wildlife value
Attracts bees and butterflies.
Attracts
Bees; Butterflies
Landscape Use
Landscape location
Hanging Baskets; Rock Wall
Design feature
Accent; Specimen
Garden tags
#long bloom time #fall flowers #white flowers #summer flowers #cascading #spring flowers #small spaces #fragrant flowers #hanging baskets #gray-green leaves #low maintenance #container plant #garden walls

Planted at Hunnicutt

Nobody’s planted this one yet.