When to plant sweet alyssum in Baradine
- Sow in trays: mid Feb to early MarBaradine area, humid subtropical
- Plant seedlings: mid Mar to early AprBaradine area, humid subtropical
- Move seedlings out: mid Mar to early AprBaradine area, humid subtropical
- Sow in the ground: late Mar to early AprBaradine area, humid subtropical
- Sow in trays: mid Aug to late AugBaradine area, humid subtropical
- Sow in the ground: mid Sep to early OctBaradine area, humid subtropical
- Move seedlings out: mid Sep to early OctBaradine area, humid subtropical
- Plant seedlings: mid Sep to early OctBaradine area, humid subtropical
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Baradine. 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.