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When to plant sweet alyssum in Deniliquin

  • Sow in trays: mid Feb to late FebDeniliquin area, semi-arid
  • Sow in the ground: mid Mar to early AprDeniliquin area, semi-arid
  • Plant seedlings: mid Mar to early AprDeniliquin area, semi-arid
  • Move seedlings out: mid Mar to early AprDeniliquin area, semi-arid
  • Sow in trays: late Aug to late AugDeniliquin area, semi-arid
  • Sow in the ground: early Oct to early OctDeniliquin area, semi-arid
  • Move seedlings out: early Oct to early OctDeniliquin area, semi-arid
  • Plant seedlings: early Oct to early OctDeniliquin area, semi-arid

Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Deniliquin. 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.

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