When to plant sweet alyssum in Packsaddle
- Sow in trays: early Mar to early AprPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: early Apr to mid MayPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: early Apr to mid MayPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: early Apr to mid MayPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Sow in trays: early Jul to mid JulPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: early Aug to mid AugPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: early Aug to mid AugPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: early Aug to mid AugPacksaddle area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Packsaddle. 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.