Thank you Taqiyyah for the response. I have never grown the alyssum before so in my haste I started a tray of 72 of them about one week ago. They have all germinated so I may have wished I had waited as you suggest. It seems that the growing charts that I read said to start them indoors in January for my zone.
It is always nice to hear from someone with experience with a particular plant instead of relying on charts. Thank you !!