When to plant sweet alyssum in Basket Range
- Sow in trays: late Jan to late MarBasket Range area, cool Mediterranean
- Move seedlings out: late Feb to late AprBasket Range area, cool Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: late Feb to late AprBasket Range area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: late Feb to late AprBasket Range area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in trays: mid May to late MayBasket Range area, cool Mediterranean
- Move seedlings out: mid Jun to early JulBasket Range area, cool Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: mid Jun to early JulBasket Range area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in trays: late Jul to early OctBasket Range area, cool Mediterranean
- Move seedlings out: late Aug to mid NovBasket Range area, cool Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: late Aug to mid NovBasket Range area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: early Sep to mid NovBasket Range area, cool Mediterranean
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Basket Range. 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.