When to plant sweet alyssum in Manjimup
- Move seedlings out: all yearManjimup area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in trays: all yearManjimup area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: all yearManjimup area, cool Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: all yearManjimup area, cool Mediterranean
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Manjimup. 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.