When to plant sweet alyssum in Monkey Mia
- Sow in trays: mid Mar to mid AugMonkey Mia area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: mid Apr to mid SepMonkey Mia area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: mid Apr to mid SepMonkey Mia area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: late Apr to mid SepMonkey Mia area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Monkey Mia. 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.