When to plant sweet alyssum in Mansfield
- Plant seedlings: late Jan to mid MarMansfield area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: late Jan to mid MarMansfield area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: late Jan to mid MarMansfield area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in trays: early Oct to mid OctMansfield area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: early Nov to mid NovMansfield area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: early Nov to mid NovMansfield area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: early Nov to mid NovMansfield area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in trays: mid Dec to mid FebMansfield area, temperate oceanic
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Mansfield. 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.