When to plant sweet alyssum in Yarram
- Sow in trays: early Jan to late MarYarram area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: early Feb to late AprYarram area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: early Feb to late AprYarram area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: early Feb to late AprYarram area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in trays: late Jul to early OctYarram area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: early Sep to mid NovYarram area, temperate oceanic
- Move seedlings out: early Sep to mid NovYarram area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: early Sep to mid NovYarram area, temperate oceanic
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Yarram. 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.