When to plant sweet alyssum in Templers
- Sow in trays: mid Feb to late MarTemplers area, Mediterranean
- Move seedlings out: mid Mar to late AprTemplers area, Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: mid Mar to late AprTemplers area, Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: mid Mar to late AprTemplers area, Mediterranean
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Templers. 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.