Alyssum Rising Information | Tui

Alyssum is often known as candy alyssum and is an easy-care flowering annual that isn’t too fussy and self-seeds prolifically. Plant one alyssum plant and you might by no means must plant one other!

Alyssum might be discovered rising fortunately in cracks and crevices and different sudden locations within the backyard and is equally blissful in pots and containers placing on a summer time show of plenty of sweetly scented clusters of dainty flowers in white, cream, apricot, shades of pink and lilac.

This very drought tolerant flowering annual grows 10-15 cm excessive and as vast, and is a superb filler for rockeries, backyard beds, pots and hanging baskets.

Plant in full solar or half shade in a heat sunny spot, in free draining soil from September to March. Crops might be smothered in dainty flowers from early summer time by means of to late autumn. Alyssum tolerates gentle frosts, however not frozen floor, and in hotter areas will flower by means of winter.

Earlier than planting, dig in beneficiant quantities of Tui Compost and Tui Sheep Pellets to the soil to replenish vitamins, add natural matter and to help moisture retention.

Widespread varieties embrace white ‘ Snow Fabric’, ‘Snow Crystals’ and ‘Carpet of Snow’, apricot ‘Peaches n Cream’, Easter Bonnet Pink, Easter Bonnet Violet.

Store Tui Alyssum Seed – Snow Fabric to create a carpet of candy scented pure-white flowers which are warmth tolerant and bee-attracting. 

Rising from seed

You possibly can sow seeds indoors in winter into seed elevating trays or small pots utilizing Tui Seed Elevating Combine or instantly into the backyard in early spring.  If sowing instantly into the backyard add a 5cm layer of Tui Seed Elevating Combine to plant into and area rows 30cm aside.

• Sow seeds and area as per seed packet directions.
• Press down flippantly to verify the seed is in direct contact with the seed elevating combine and water in nicely.
• Alyssum wants gentle to germinate so don’t cowl the seed.
• Don’t enable seed to dry out throughout germination, cowl with a sheet of plastic or glass and hold moist.
• If sowing in seed elevating trays, as soon as the seedlings have two true units of leaves they are often hardened off and planted right into a ready backyard mattress.

Planting in backyard beds

• Earlier than planting, soak seedlings, nonetheless of their pots, in a bucket of Tui Natural Seaweed Plant Tonic.
• Take away the vegetation as soon as the bubbles cease rising and permit to empty earlier than planting. 
• Dig a gap twice the diameter of the unique pot.
• Gently take away the seedling from its pot with minimal root disturbance.
• Place the plant within the centre of the opening.
• Fill and agency soil across the plant.
• Water in nicely.

Tui Natural Seaweed Plant Tonic helps forestall transplant shock to the seedlings and stimulates root development. 

Planting in pots, containers & hanging baskets

• Earlier than planting soak seedlings, nonetheless of their pots, in a bucket of Tui Natural Seaweed Plant Tonic.
• Take away the vegetation as soon as the bubbles cease rising and permit to empty earlier than planting. 
• Half fill your container with Tui Pot Energy or Tui Outside Container Combine.
• Gently take away the plant from its present container, loosen the basis ball and take away any free or useless plant materials and roots.
• Place the plant within the centre of the brand new container and fill as much as 3cm from the highest to permit for watering. The brand new potting stage needs to be on the identical stage because it was within the earlier container.
• Gently agency combine across the base of the plant.
• Water your plant nicely and proceed to water commonly.

Apply Tui Novatec Premium Fertiliser to backyard beds in spring and summer time to extend flowering. Take away spent flower heads to encourage repeat flowering by means of summer time and autumn. Toss the flower heads on to backyard beds for self seeding vegetation subsequent season.

For pots and containers use Tui Enrich Pots & Containers managed launch fertiliser which feeds for as much as six months, in spring and once more in late summer time, early autumn.

Liquid feed vegetation within the backyard, pots, containers and hanging baskets each 2-4 weeks with Tui All Objective Liquid SuperFood by means of the rising season to supercharge your plant development, assist extend flowering and to maintain vegetation trying contemporary.

Water constantly all through summer time, relying upon the climate.

A nicely watered, nicely nourished backyard can have a greater likelihood of preserving insect pests and illnesses at bay. Frequently apply Tui Natural Seaweed Plant Tonic to present them a fine addition all through the rising season.

Alyssum is a superb companion plant attracting useful bugs to the backyard, plant in amongst greens and underplant fruit bushes with alyssum to encourage pollinators to the backyard.  Uncover our companion planting information right here >