When to plant sweet alyssum in Mantamaru
- Sow in trays: early Mar to early AprMantamaru area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: early Apr to mid MayMantamaru area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: early Apr to mid MayMantamaru area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: mid Apr to mid MayMantamaru area, hot desert
- Sow in trays: mid Jun to early JulMantamaru area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: late Jul to early AugMantamaru area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: late Jul to early AugMantamaru area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: late Jul to early AugMantamaru area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Mantamaru. 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.