Alyssum Marine or Marine alyssum

(Alyssum maritimum L am . ) Perennial plant of the cabbage family . It comes from the Mediterranean . It is used as an annual. Image of a compact or spreading, spherical or prostrate shrub 10 - 35 cm . Fibrous root system . The leaves are small, narrow-lanceolate . The flowers are small, white or pale purple, fragrant, honey-flavored,collected into small florets - brush . fruits Shaft-pod with a pointed tip, Seeds oval, yellow or orange-brown, remain viable for 3 - 4 years . 1 g of seeds produced 2 thousand . plants . By ground alyssum undemanding, but grows best in light, rich in nutrients and lime garden soils containing moderatehumidification . resistant to drought and frost, love of light . Alissum propagated by sowing seeds in open ground . Sow seeds in mid - late April . Shoots appear 5 - 14 minutes per day . Care of crops is thinning, weeding, loosening the soil and watering . Plants easily tolerate transplant at any age, to bloom in 30 - 40 days after theplanting and bloom until frost. Cross-pollination . Therefore, to maintain a pure-grade individual varieties recommended to grow with spatial isolation not less than 200 m . Use alyssum sea (1) for the Rabatte, curbs, flower beds and rocky hills .