When to plant sweet alyssum in Palmer
- Sow in trays: early Jan to late JunPalmer area, tropical savanna
- Plant seedlings: mid Feb to late JulPalmer area, tropical savanna
- Sow in trays: mid Feb to mid MarPalmer area, cool Mediterranean
- Move seedlings out: mid Feb to late JulPalmer area, tropical savanna
- Move seedlings out: mid Mar to mid AprPalmer area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: mid Mar to mid AprPalmer area, cool Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: mid Mar to mid AprPalmer area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: late May to late JulPalmer area, tropical savanna
- Sow in trays: mid Aug to late AugPalmer area, cool Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: mid Sep to early OctPalmer area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: mid Sep to early OctPalmer area, cool Mediterranean
- Move seedlings out: mid Sep to early OctPalmer area, cool Mediterranean
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Palmer. 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.