When to plant sweet alyssum in Bookabie
- Sow in trays: late Feb to mid MarBookabie area, semi-arid
- Move seedlings out: early Apr to late AprBookabie area, semi-arid
- Sow in the ground: early Apr to late AprBookabie area, semi-arid
- Plant seedlings: early Apr to late AprBookabie area, semi-arid
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Bookabie. 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.