Slugs can wreak havoc on your plants, but this sweet-smelling flower may help protect your garden while also attracting ...

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 ...

Sweet alyssum is more than just a pretty filler plant—it acts as a magnet for a wide range of beneficial insects that actively protect your vegetable garden from damaging pests. Its clusters of tiny, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gardeners can rejoice since it is pansy-planting time across much of the country. While this is a good thing, the question is always asked, “What do I plant with them?” One of my favorites to partner ...