When to plant sweet alyssum in Queanbeyan
- Sow in trays: early Jan to late JanQueanbeyan area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: early Feb to late FebQueanbeyan area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: early Feb to late FebQueanbeyan area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: early Feb to late FebQueanbeyan area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in trays: early Oct to mid OctQueanbeyan area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: early Nov to mid NovQueanbeyan area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: early Nov to mid NovQueanbeyan area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: early Nov to mid NovQueanbeyan area, temperate oceanic
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Queanbeyan. 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.