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Common name
alisanders, horse parsley, smyrnium
Botanical name
Smyrnium olusatrum
Details
With a taste live celery or parsley, this easy care plant can be eaten raw or cooked. I have grown this plant with good results in areas infested with twitch / cooch grass. The plants self seed and grow again the following season, replacing the grass.
Edible
Price
$1.90
20 seeds
Botanical name
Rosa Rugosa
Details
Large edible fruits (hips), which resembles cherry tomatoes, 2-3cm diameter, in late summer and early autumn. Plants often bear fruit and flowers at the same time. The leaves typically turn bright yellow before falling in autumn.
Edible
Fruit / berries
Perennial
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
Flowers
White
Flowers
Pink / dark red
Botanical name
Alcea rosea
Details
Easily grown in most soils and climate with plants reaching up to 2 meters tall. Large bright flowers over an extended period, loved by bees. Produces masses of big seeds.
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Botanical name
Amorpha fruticosa
Details
Purple flowering large shrub to small tree growing to 4 meters. Amorphous fruticosa is a deciduous nitrogen fixing shrub in the legume family. Found wild in most of the contiguous United States, southeastern Canada, and northern Mexico and introduced to Europe. Asia and other continents. It is often cultivated as an ornamental plant. It has minor edible use and some additional uses including: Bedding; Dye; Insecticide; Oil; Repellent; Shelterbelt; and Soil stabilization. Common names, including desert false indigo, false indigo-bush, and bastard indigobush.
Nitrogen fixer
Perennial
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
Botanical name
Lavandula
Details
Seed collected from a selection of different lavendar plants of varying type, some seed grown and some commercial cultivars.
Drought tolerance
Perennial
Price
$3.90
40 seeds
Botanical name
Lupinus arboreus
Details
A fast growing woody lupine with yellow flowers and a sweet scent. Grows well in poor quality soil and makes a good source of biomass and quick low growing shelter and habitat. Short lived perennial bush or shrub that grows in poor conditions. Nitrogen fixing
Evergreen
Nitrogen fixer
Perennial
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
Common name
goldenberry, ground cherry
Botanical name
Physalis peruviana
Details
Easily grown in warm climate, this unruly plants can get quite large and produce masses of small yellow / orange fruits a bit like cherry tomatoes, in papery cases. Frequently self seeds in areas where it has grown previously.
Edible
Frost sensitive
Fruit / berries
Price
$4.90
20 seeds
Botanical name
Nepeta cataria
Details
A short-lived perennial, plant that grows to be 50â100 cm tall and wide, which blooms pink or white from late spring through autumn.
Loved by felines, catnip is also used in herbal teas. It can be a repellent for certain insects, including aphids.
Drought tolerance
Perennial
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$3.90
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Botanical name
Digitalis purpurea
Details
Foxglove, scientifically known as Digitalis, is a striking and charming biennial or perennial flowering plant renowned for its tall spires of tubular, bell-shaped flowers. These flowers come in a range of colors, including purple, pink, white, and occasionally yellow, adding a touch of elegance to gardens and natural landscapes.
Notably, foxglove is a favorite among gardeners and pollinators alike.
The plant is characterized by its rich green, lance-shaped leaves and can reach heights of 2 to 5 feet (60-150 cm). However, its exquisite beauty conceals its toxic nature, as all parts of the foxglove plant contain compounds known as cardiac glycosides, which can be highly toxic if ingested. While its toxic properties make it unsuitable for consumption, foxglove has been historically used in traditional medicine for its potential cardiovascular effects, though its use in modern medicine is carefully controlled and regulated.
Whether for its aesthetic appeal in gardens or its historical significance in medicine, the foxglove plant remains a captivating and enigmatic botanical specimen.
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100 seeds
Family
Plantaginaceae
Forest layer
herbaceous
Botanical name
Chamaecytisus palmensis
Details
Fast growing, drought resistant nitrogen fixer (legume). This small tree has white flowers which are loved by bees, bumblebees and native pigeon.
Grown as a nurse or support tree during the establishment of more long term tree plantings. Useful as a quick canopy / umbrella over citrus, avocados etc. or used as physical scaffold for climbers such as grape, kiwifruit etc.
Good firewood from mature trees.
Pour hot water over the seeds and soak for 24 hours before planting into course sand.
Drought tolerance
Evergreen
Nitrogen fixer
Perennial
Price
$2.90
20 seeds
Flowers
Yellow
Common name
Evergreen Laburnum
Botanical name
Piptanthus nepalensis
Details
This Himalayan shrub grows easily from seed, is evergreen in mild sheltered sites, semi-evergreen elsewhere, losing its leaves in hard frost but soon recovering again in spring. The growth is upright and flexible, allowing plants to be trained on warm walls where they are sheltered and flower more profusely. The blooms are large and bright yellow, like those of laburnum but in short upright clusters. Although good drainage is important, make sure plants are watered in summer to prevent sudden die-back.
Evergreen
Nitrogen fixer
Perennial
Price
$4.50
20 seeds
Colour
mixed
Botanical name
Lupinus polyphyllus
Details
This leafy plant can grow to a meter and a half with its tall colourful spires of flowers which are a nectar source for bumblebees and other insects. Being a legume, lupins fix nitrogen in the surrounding soil for use by other plants making them a useful as well as attractive addition to the garden or orchard.
Nitrogen fixer
Perennial
Price
$3.20
20 seeds
Botanical name
Gleditsia triacanthos f.inermis
Details
Excellent shade and autumn colour tree.
Produces very large pods with sticky sweet pulp, valued for stock fodder.
Thrives in the heat and dry.
Drought tolerance
Jugulone tolerance
Nitrogen fixer
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20 seeds
Common name
Black Chokeberry
Botanical name
Aronia Melanocarpa
Details
Most commonly found in wet woods and swamps, however it grows and fruits acceptably in an elevated location in North Canterbury. Seeds from bushes planted in 2016
Edible
Fruit / berries
Perennial
Price
$4.90
20 seeds
Common name
Coral vine
Botanical name
Hardenbergia
Details
Vigorous evergreen climber native to Australia.
Requires a warm, sheltered location. Can grow in dry conditions.
Purple or pink and white flowers loved by bees in early spring.
Drought tolerance
Evergreen
Frost sensitive
Nitrogen fixer
Perennial
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
Flowers
Pink / purple
Botanical name
Agastache foeniculum
Details
Also known as Anise Hyssop, this strongly licorice scented mint has a distinctive sweet taste and nice purple flower spikes for the insects.
Edible
Price
$3.90
40 seeds
Common name
granny's bonnet, columbine
Botanical name
Aquilegia
Details
Purple flowers, loved by bumblebees. Grows well in a range of sites. Seeds are poisonous.
Perennial
Price
$3.10
40 seeds
Common name
Rocoto Manzano Red
Botanical name
Capsicum pubescens
Details
Originating from Bolivia and Peru, the Rocoto is a robust perennial chilli pepper variety. Its distinctive apple-shaped fruits encase unique black seeds.
This remarkable plant boasts a lifespan of over a decade, often towering many meters in height. Each year, it can yield copious 5-7cm red fruits characterized by a delightful blend of sweetness and spice.
While it can withstand cooler climates, it requires shelter from harsh winds and frosts to thrive.
Edible
Evergreen
Frost sensitive
Fruit / berries
Perennial
Propagate
November
December
Price
$3.80
20 seeds
Forest layer
shrub
Common name
glandular senna, downy senna, buttercup bush
Botanical name
Senna multiglandulosa
Details
A fast growing evergreen shrub which become treelike. The leaves are each made up of several pairs of thick, hairy, oval-shaped leaflets each measuring up to about 4 centimetres long. The leaves are studded with visible resin glands between the leaflets.
Evergreen
Frost sensitive
Nitrogen fixer
Perennial
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20 seeds
Common name
Clianthus
Botanical name
Clianthus
Details
Seeds collected from assorted red and pink flowering shrubs in the blockhill gardens. Seed can contain some white fluff, the dried pulp from the seed casing, this is NOT mould or fungus.
Drought tolerance
Frost sensitive
Nitrogen fixer
Perennial
Propagate
November
January
December
October
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20 seeds
Common name
African daisies, daisybushes
Botanical name
Antirrhinum
Details
Antirrhinum is a genus of plants commonly known as dragon flowers, snapdragons and dog flower because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are native to rocky areas of Europe, the United States, Canada, and North Africa.
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50 seeds
Common name
Garden parsley
Botanical name
Petroselinum crispum
Details
A mix of flat and curly leafed parsley. Great herb and insect plant.
Edible
Price
$3.90
40 seeds
Common name
Pepper
Botanical name
Capsicum
Details
A random selection of sweet to mild peppers. We find these plants will last for several seasons in the glasshouse but die off in winter outside in North Canterbury.
Edible
Frost sensitive
Propagate
November
September
October
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
Common name
Strawberry guava
Botanical name
Psidium cattleianum
Details
Small evergreen tree or shrub slowly growing to 6 meters. Native to Brazil.
Red fruit, up to 3cm in diameter, with numerous hard small seeds. Rich in vitamin C
Edible
Evergreen
Frost sensitive
Fruit / berries
Perennial
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
Botanical name
Dipsacus fullonum
Details
Fast growing tall short lived perennial flowering plant that needs no care or attention. The distinctive seed heads are popular in floral arrangements.
Values include: wind break, shade plant, water holding plant, soil improvement / stabilisation, biomass production, insect habitat, food source for birds, ornamental
Drought tolerance
Perennial
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
Forest layer
herbaceous
Propagation method
Sow direct
Forest layer
herbaceous
Botanical name
Foeniculum vulgare
Details
Super easy to grow requiring no care or attention. Grown as part of our food forest conversion process for transitioning from grass.
- Produces a lot of biomass in a season.
- Deep root system for soil stabilisation and building via organic mater injection.
- Flowers loved by beneficial insects.
- Seeds harden in autumn and can be used for tea or left to feed the birds and self seed.
Edible
Perennial
Seeds / nuts / tubers
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
Common name
American cranberry bush
Botanical name
Viburnum trilobum
Details
Fruit - raw or cooked. Juicy but acid. The fruits are rich in vitamin C, and about 8mm in diameter, containing a single large seed.
Edible
Fruit / berries
Perennial
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
Botanical name
Papaver
Details
Easy to grow annual flowering plant with bright coloured flowers. This collection of seed includes a range of colours and sizes.
Price
$2.90
20 seeds
Common name
pot marigold, common marigold or Scotch marigold
Botanical name
Calendula officinalis
Details
Yellow or orange flowers, the petals of which can be added to salad. Makes a great companion plant in the garden.
Edible
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
Common name
Maize
Botanical name
Zea mays
Details
A dry corn rather than a sweetcorn, featuring brightly coloured cobs bred for hardiness, earliness and high nutrition flour.
Height around 1.5m. Early maturing 90 days from sowing.
Edible
Frost sensitive
Seeds / nuts / tubers
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
Propagation method
Sow direct
Botanical name
Sophora tetraptera
Details
Large yellow flowers from September to November loved by bellbird and tui.
Seed requires scarification before sowing. Mechanical scarification works best for this species. Reasonable results can also be achieved with hot water treatment.
Drought tolerance
Evergreen
Nitrogen fixer
Perennial
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
Common name
Annual honesty
Botanical name
Lunaria annua
Details
Easy to grow from seed and tends to naturalize. An annual or biennial growing to 90 cm with large, coarse, pointed oval leaves. In spring and summer it bears terminal racemes of violet flowers, followed by showy, light brown, translucent, disc-shaped seedpods the skin of which falls off to release the seeds, revealing a central membrane which is white with a silvery sheen, 3 - 8 cm in diameter.
Price
$2.90
20 seeds
Common name
Golden chain or golden rain tree
Botanical name
Laburnum anagyroides
Details
Also known as golden rain or golden chain due to yellow pea-flowers in pendulous leafless racemes 10–40 cm long in spring, which makes them popular garden trees. All parts of the plant are poisonous, although mortality is very rare.
Drought tolerance
Nitrogen fixer
Perennial
Price
$3.90
20 seeds
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