Lobularia ‘Blushing Princess’

Common Name:
Sweet Alyssum ‘Blushing Princess’

Description:
Lobularia ‘Blushing Princess’ is a compact, trailing perennial renowned for its dense clusters of fragrant, soft mauve-pink blooms that flower continuously through the warmer months. A modern, sterile hybrid bred for prolific blooming and extended performance, ‘Blushing Princess’ produces mounds of honey-scented flowers that attract bees and other beneficial pollinators. In Melbourne gardens, this plant thrives in full sun to part shade and appreciates regular watering in well-drained soil, although it is surprisingly tolerant of heat and light drought once established. Unlike older alyssum varieties, ‘Blushing Princess’ doesn’t set seed, which means it blooms longer without becoming untidy. Ideal for borders, hanging baskets, window boxes, or spilling over retaining walls, it’s also excellent as a soft underplanting around roses or larger perennials. With its gentle blush tones and vigorous flowering habit, it adds texture, colour, and fragrance to any sunny garden space.

Form:
Ground Cover
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:
Height: 15–25 cm
Width: 30–60 cm

Aspect:
Full Sun
Part Shade

Flowering:
Flowers in Spring
Flowers in Summer
Flowers in Autumn
Flowers all year round (in mild Melbourne winters)

Flower Colour:
Soft Pink
Mauve
Blush Lavender
White flushed with pink (fading tones)

Key Attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Bee Attracting
Scented Flowers
Perennial
Low Maintenance
Non-invasive (sterile hybrid)
Excellent for Edging, Baskets, and Mass Planting
Heat Tolerant
Frost Tolerant (light frost)
Flowers Continuously

Toxicity:
Not known to be toxic to humans or animals.

Companion Plants:
Petunia ‘Supertunia Vista Bubblegum’
Lantana montevidensis
Verbena ‘Tapien’
Calibrachoa hybrids
Salvia ‘So Cool Pale Blue’

Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.