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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) is fall-blooming ground-cover herb of the mustard family. Originally from the Mediterranean, it is now widespread in coastal provinces (of California, for example). The name comes from Gk alysson, for “against madness”. This etymology makes you wonder if there is method in the reshaping of Sweet Alyssum as sweet asylum.
A couple of dozen hits, I think. Makes a neat border for the garden.
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My grandmother always had her own little vocabulary for things that wasn’t necessarily shared by the rest of the planet (she used to call the plant Sweet Alyssum “Sweet Asylum”, for instance).
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A garden can offer asylum, and a safe arbor:
This structure provides storage space for tall tools, including a lawnmower, and shelf space for sprayer and hand tools, while at the same time it is a garden harbor with seats and trellises for roses.
(http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/dc/my-g … hed-087704)
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