Alyssum Royal Velvet Seeds

Alyssum Royal Velvet is an easy to grow annual, which produces spectacular mounds of fragrant pink/purple flowers with little effort. Alyssum Royal Velvet is a compact variety of Alyssum, which flowers very quickly and produces beautiful flowers throughout the year. This self-seeding variety is an ideal cottage plant, as it will generally grow as a quasi-perennial, by renewing itself through naturalised seedlings. Alyssum is commonly used as a border plant in cottage gardens and a companion plants in vegetable and herb gardens, as they act as a natural pest repellent for many common vegetable pests.

Advantages of Alyssum Royal Velvet

• Early and extended flowering season (all year round, provided there are no frosts)
• Dwarf compact plant producing abundant flowers
• Spectacular pink/purple fragrant flowers
• Easy to grow, with seeds typically germinating in 10 - 14 days from sowing

Features

• 10 - 15cm height at maturity
• 10 - 15cm apart is suitable planting distance
• Flowers 7 - 8 weeks after sowing
• Prefers full sun but will grow in part shade
• Suitable for pots and will grow in most regions of Australia
• Hardy annual, although depending on soil moisture, can be self-seeding

Seed Sowing Instructions

• Easy to follow seed propagation notes are provided with every seed purchase
• Seeds of this variety are best started in seed raising mix or Jiffy® pellets before planting into the garden

What am I Purchasing?

• Premium seeds of Alyssum Royal Velvet
• Easy to follow seed propagation notes