When to plant sweet alyssum in Alice Springs
- Sow in trays: early Mar to mid MarAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: early Apr to mid AprAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: early Apr to mid AprAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: early Apr to mid AprAlice Springs area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Alice Springs. 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.