When to plant sweet alyssum in Healesville
- Sow in trays: early Jan to mid MarHealesville area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: early Feb to late AprHealesville area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: early Feb to late AprHealesville area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: early Feb to late AprHealesville area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in trays: late Aug to mid OctHealesville area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: early Oct to mid NovHealesville area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: early Oct to mid NovHealesville area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: early Oct to mid NovHealesville area, temperate oceanic
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Healesville. 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.