When to plant sweet alyssum in Bendoc
- Plant seedlings: mid Jan to mid MarBendoc area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: mid Jan to mid MarBendoc area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: mid Jan to mid MarBendoc area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in trays: early Sep to mid OctBendoc area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: mid Oct to mid NovBendoc area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: mid Oct to mid NovBendoc area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: mid Oct to mid NovBendoc area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in trays: early Dec to mid FebBendoc area, temperate oceanic
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Bendoc. 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.