The Lobularia ‘Easy Breezy Purple’ (Lobularia maritima) is a floriferous annual with a rounded to slightly trailing habit, prized for its small purplish-mauve flowers grouped in delicate clusters. It offers abundant and continuous blooms from spring until the first frosts.
Known for its light sweet fragrance, it attracts beneficial insects and adds softness and texture to hanging baskets, planters, and mixed containers.
It prefers full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. Heat-tolerant, it requires little maintenance and regenerates well after light pruning.
The flowers are visited by pollinators, especially bees.
Botanical name: Lobularia maritima ‘Easy Breezy Purple’
Type: Floriferous annual
Bloom time: May until frost
Flower color: Purplish-mauve
Height: 15 to 25 cm
Spread: 30 to 45 cm
Exposure: Sun to partial shade
Watering: Moderate
Use: Hanging baskets, planters, mixed containers
The Lobularia ‘Easy Breezy Purple’ is ideal for those seeking a fragrant, floriferous, and easy-to-maintain annual, perfect for summer plantings in Quebec.