Companion plants for Sweet Alyssum
Lobularia maritimaflower
36 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Excellent pair
- Chaytor's Lavender attracts Hoverflies and Parasitic wasps, which prey on the Aphids and Flea beetles and more that attack Sweet Alyssum
- Sweet Alyssum draws Bees and Bumblebees and more that improve pollination for both
- Chaytor's Lavender roots deep while Sweet Alyssum feeds near the surface β no competition
- Excellent pair
- Common Vetch attracts Ladybugs and Parasitic wasps and more, which prey on the Aphids and Flea beetles that attack Sweet Alyssum
- Common Vetch fixes nitrogen in the soil that Sweet Alyssum feeds on
- Sweet Alyssum acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Common Vetch
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Sweet Alyssum β no account needed.
Also works well
- Agastache
- Amistad
- Bishop's Flower
- Black & Blue
- Black-eyed Susan
- Bog Sage
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Bugloss
- CafΓ© au Lait Royal Dahlia
- Charentais melon
- Chia
- Christiana Lavender
- Clary Sage
- Clover
- Collard Greens
- Curly Kale
- Dead-nettle
- Elephant Garlic
- Fernleaf Lavender
- Fernleaf Lavender
- Gingins Lavender
- Green lavender
- Honey Rock melon
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Sweet Alyssum
White Sage releases compounds that inhibit Sweet Alyssum
