When to plant sweet alyssum in Katanning
- Sow in trays: mid Feb to mid MarKatanning area, Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: mid Mar to late AprKatanning area, Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: mid Mar to late AprKatanning area, Mediterranean
- Move seedlings out: mid Mar to late AprKatanning area, Mediterranean
- Sow in trays: mid Aug to late AugKatanning area, Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: mid Sep to early OctKatanning area, Mediterranean
- Move seedlings out: mid Sep to early OctKatanning area, Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: mid Sep to early OctKatanning area, Mediterranean
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Katanning. 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.