When to plant sweet alyssum in Alexandrina
- Sow in trays: mid Feb to late MarAlexandrina area, cool Mediterranean
- Move seedlings out: mid Mar to late AprAlexandrina area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: mid Mar to late AprAlexandrina area, cool Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: mid Mar to late AprAlexandrina area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in trays: mid May to late AugAlexandrina area, cool Mediterranean
- Move seedlings out: mid Jun to early OctAlexandrina area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: mid Jun to early JulAlexandrina area, cool Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: mid Jun to early OctAlexandrina area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: late Jul to early OctAlexandrina area, cool Mediterranean
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Alexandrina. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A low carpet of tiny honey-scented flowers that feeds hoverflies and tiny parasitic wasps, two of the best aphid and caterpillar hunters. Edge your beds with it, or tuck it between lettuces and brassicas. Flowers most of the year in Adelaide.