When to plant sweet alyssum in Haasts Bluff
- Sow in trays: mid Mar to early AprHaasts Bluff area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: mid Apr to early MayHaasts Bluff area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: mid Apr to early MayHaasts Bluff area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: mid Apr to early MayHaasts Bluff area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Haasts Bluff. 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.