Alissum flowers "mountain snow", c/p, 0.1 g

Favorite to many, a summer with a magnificent honey aroma. It forms low, strongly steaming coats 10-15 cm high and 30-40 cm in diameter, strewn with numerous small flowers so that they resemble a cloud. Plants are unpretentious, cold -resistant, develop quickly, bloom a month after the shoots. It is widely used for edging flower beds, along the paths and near the resting places, also on rocky hills. Suitable for growing in balcony boxes. It is an excellent honey plant, attracting bees and bumblebees to the garden.

Sowing seeds in open ground in the spring, as soon as the soil allows. To extend the season of decorativeness, faded shoots are cut or repeated crops are carried out 2-3 times per season. Prefers light, drained soils with neutral acidity. He does not like waterlogging. For early flowering, sowing for seedlings in March, planting seedlings in late April and early May. Regular watering, weeding, loosening and top dressing are needed.