How to Use alyssum in a Sentence

alyssum

noun
  • Marigolds, alyssum, and herbs like basil, and oregano can work in small spaces.
    — Beth Engeleman, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2017
  • For fragrance in your bouquets, plant stocks, alyssum and sweet peas.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Some plants, like alyssum, have a bold and long-lasting fragrance.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2024
  • Spreading under the liquidambar is a field of white alyssum.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The foliage looks good on all but the calendulas and alyssum.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2018
  • One evening the Crums came to the bar, bearing a bouquet of rosemary, thyme and alyssum.
    — Anne Brockhoff, kansascity, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Stocks, petunias, dianthus and alyssum are following their lead.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2022
  • It’s surrounded, of course, by alyssum and near a couple of lavender bushes.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Sweet alyssum has delicate, sweetly scented blooms and flowers from spring to frost.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 26 May 2022
  • Bees, for example, may forage alyssum and dianthus on mild winter days.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 24 June 2017
  • According to Blazek, alyssum often does double duty as both a spring and fall bloomer.
    — Jeanne Ambrose, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The petite white flowers of alyssum will spread beneath peonies as a border plant, adding the softest touch of ivory tufts.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Plant dill, alyssum, and yarrow to attract beneficial bugs that eat harmful insects.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 24 June 2026
  • Sweet alyssum looks amazing tumbling out of baskets and window boxes or cascading over a wall.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 26 May 2022
  • The favorite cool-weather nectar sources seem to be dianthus, stock, alyssum, sweet pea and calendula.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Snapdragon, alyssum, calendulas, stock, petunias and roses out in the open all had their blooms frozen.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2018
  • For late fall and into the winter add coneflower, mint marigold, fall aster, calendula, dianthus and alyssum.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Their favorites include wild milkweed, alyssum, buckwheat, sunflowers and two herbs, dill and cilantro, which should be allowed to flower.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2019
  • Among the best nectar plants are mistflower, zinnias, tropical milkweed, blue curl, lantana, salvia, fall aster, mint marigold and alyssum.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 4 June 2021
  • When used as a groundcover, alyssum also helps lock in soil moisture and prevent weeds, which will help your potatoes grow larger and more vigorous.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2026
  • The white flowers of the alyssums attract pollinators while the pungent scent of the rosemary repels pesky insects to keep them from feeding on the stems or leaves.
    — Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 16 Feb. 2026
  • To replace them as a source of nectar for winter flying butterflies, plant dianthus, stock, calendula and alyssum.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • So did the vincas, snapdragons, kangaroo paws, salvia, sweet alyssum, begonias, primroses and false heather.
    — Susan Christian Goulding, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
  • In several poems evocative of mystical, moonlit summer evenings, alyssum makes an appearance as if summoned by a spell.
    — Laura Murphy, JSTOR Daily, 28 Feb. 2025
  • While rosemary’s fragrance deters many pest insects, alyssum’s flowers attract beneficial bugs that feed on nuisance pests.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Cool-season flowers come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from the ground-hugging alyssum and lobelia to the towering hollyhocks and delphiniums.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Planting and propagation Plant gladioli, hardy transplants of alyssum, phlox and marigolds, if weather and soil conditions permit.
    — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Planting and propagation Plant gladioli, hardy transplants of alyssum, phlox and marigolds, if weather and soil conditions permit.
    — oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2021
  • White alyssum, ferns, society garlic, aloes, aeoniums and other succulents surround the adjacent pond and nearby waterfall.
    — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2022
  • Now that the warm-weather annuals such as zinnias have frozen back, replace them with cool-weather blooming plants such as stocks, dianthus, snapdragons, calendulas ornamental kale or alyssum.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 18 Dec. 2020

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