A sea of fragrant blooms for edging.
Is carpet of snow invasive.
Perfect choice for lining walkways or in window boxes.
This fragrant garden favorite produces masses of crisp white blooms and a cloud of butterfly admirers.
Snow in summer ground cover is very easy to maintain but will spread rapidly and may become invasive even earning the nickname mouse ear chickweed.
If you give them enough years to spread your entire lawn can be covered in tens of thousands of blue flowers creating a virtual carpet of color.
In a less than ideal environment snow in summer can be temperamental.
The foliage is barely visible under abundant clusters of white blooms.
Space the snow in summer flower 12 to 24 inches apart to give plenty of room for spread.
Mature plants grow to 6 to 12 inches and have a spread of 12 to 18 inches.
Similar to the regular carpet of snow but more compact.
Alyssum carpet of snow seeds short description.
These plants really resemble neat piles of snow when viewed from a distance.
Care of snow in summer ground cover.
But if its ideal conditions are met snow in summer can become aggressive and even invasive one way to control the spread is to remove spent blooms and any potential seeds right after the plant flowers.
What makes these plants my favorite early spring site is their ability to spread into drifts of color in lawns.
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