When to plant sweet alyssum in Brady Creek
- Sow in trays: late Jan to late FebBrady Creek area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: early Mar to early AprBrady Creek area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: early Mar to early AprBrady Creek area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: early Mar to early AprBrady Creek area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in trays: late Aug to early SepBrady Creek area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: early Oct to early OctBrady Creek area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: early Oct to early OctBrady Creek area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: early Oct to early OctBrady Creek area, temperate oceanic
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Brady Creek. 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.