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Browse our selection of easy to grow plants that are an excellent addition to to any food forest garden or natural orchard.

Egyptian walking tree onion bulbs

Egyptian walking tree onion bulbs

Botanical name   Allium proliferum
Details   These onions are easy to grow as they start from a powerful bulb and not tiny seed. Leave them growing until mid to late summer when they produce more bulbs (usually 5) at the top of the plant. Harvest and eat the bottom, keep the bulbs for planting next season.
Propagation method   Sow direct
Price   $9.90  20 bulbs
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Babaco cutting

Babaco cutting

Common name   Mountain papaya
Botanical name   Vasconcellea × heilbornii or Carica pentagona
Details  

Stem cuttings from mature plants growing under cover in North Canterbury

Propagate and grow your own babaco plants quick and easy with stem cuttings. Simply place the cutting 1 third into the soil (right way up) and keep damp in a sunny, sheltered, warm location. Roots will form around the bottom cut surface.

Plants are self fertile, so only one plant is required to set fruit.

High success rate and should produce fruit in 12 – 18 months.
Wind tolerance   poor due to big leaves
Flowers   white
Forest layer   low-tree
Frost sensitive  
Edible  
Fruit / berries  
Perennial  
Propagation method   Cutting
Tags     subtropical  fruit  cuttings  propagation 
Price   $3.90  15cm stem cutting
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Jerusalem artichoke tubers

Jerusalem artichoke tubers

Common name   sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple
Botanical name   Helianthus tuberosus
Details   Easy to grow, highly productive plant that needs little care or watering. Produces tall leafy stems above ground and masses of knobbly, edible tubers.
Forest layer   rhizosphere
Edible  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Propagation method   Tubers
Price   $5.90  6 tubers
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Comfrey root pieces for growing

Comfrey root pieces for growing

Botanical name   Symphytum officinale
Details   Easily grown from root pieces, comfrey is a valuable and popular addition to any food forest garden. Widely used in organic and permaculture gardening, this plant is a fantastic soil improver and mulch producer. Suitable for a wide range of conditions and situations.
Perennial  
Price   $4.90  5 root pieces
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Female oak leaf papaya cutting

Female oak leaf papaya cutting

Common name   Oak leaf papaya / pawpaw
Botanical name   Carica quercifolia
Details   Grow your own papaya plant from cutting.

This species is dioecious, having separate male and female plants. You will need at least one of each to get fruit.
Handles temperatures down to -5 celcius
Wind tolerance   poor due to big leaves
Forest layer   low-tree
Frost sensitive  
Edible  
Fruit / berries  
Propagation method   Cutting
Tags     cutting  subtropical  fruit 
Price   $3.90  15 cm stem cutting
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Perennial multiplying leek plants

Perennial multiplying leek plants

Common name   Perennial leeks, Multiplier leeks, Perpetual leeks
Details   Easy to grow leek or spring onion substitute that will, once well established and managed, supply a constant supply of fresh leeks. Plants develop new baby leeks around the base. Just pull out the largest, central leek to eat and leave the rest to develop or replant space out the young ones if required.
Edible  
Perennial  
Tags     vegetable  perennial 
Price   $9.90  20 baby leeks
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Sapphire berry cutting

Sapphire berry cutting

Common name   Asiatic sweetleaf
Botanical name   Symplocos paniculata
Details   The optimal time to propagate sapphire berry from cutting is during autumn and early winter.

Rooting hormone can enhance success rates by promoting root development.

Plant the cuttings in a well-draining, fertile soil mix and maintain consistent moisture without overwatering to prevent rot.
Flowers   White
Forest layer   shrub
Fruit / berries  
Perennial  
Propagation method   Cutting
Price   $2.90  15cm cutting
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