Tomatoes are many gardeners' favorite summer crop, but pests can ruin those dreams of homegrown salads and pasta sauces. That's why some growers add a surprising companion plant to their garden beds.

In response to a column about so-called blanket bloomers – plants that completely cover themselves with flowers – I received the following email. “I love alyssum because it reseeds itself. When it is ...

Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) is a flowering plant that can help add depth to your garden, but it's the benefit it offers to cucumber plants that makes it a popular choice for some gardeners. As ...

A: One of my favorite flowers for planting in the fall and winter is Sweet Alyssum. It is known as Lobularia maritima to scientists and horticulturists and is classified in the same plant family as ...

One of the many benefits of living in Santa Barbara County is the ability to grow citrus trees in your backyard. There is nothing like making fresh-squeezed orange juice (or a margarita for that ...

Some refer to this low-growing annual with tiny clusters of white to purplish flowers as just alyssum. But to gardeners who really know the plant, it’s sweet alyssum with a pleasing fragrance that ...

Researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers' more severe pests, aphids, with a remarkably benign tool: flowers. The discovery is a boon for organic as well as conventional tree fruit ...