When to plant sweet alyssum in Porepunkah
- Plant seedlings: late Jan to mid MarPorepunkah area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: late Jan to mid MarPorepunkah area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: late Jan to mid MarPorepunkah area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in trays: mid Sep to mid OctPorepunkah area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: late Oct to mid NovPorepunkah area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: late Oct to mid NovPorepunkah area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: late Oct to mid NovPorepunkah area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in trays: mid Dec to early FebPorepunkah area, temperate oceanic
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Porepunkah. 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.