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Grow your own trees, shrubs, vegetables, flowers and more.

We collect and keep our own seeds for planting next year. Not only does this reduce the cost of growing a garden but it allows for an even greater connection with the food we eat and the ongoing cycle of growth, reproduction and renewal. Through careful selection it is possible to guide the evolution of the plant species, developing new strains or varieties that are better suited to the local climate, soil conditions and other site specific variables.

Browse our selection of organically grown vegetable, flower and tree seeds. Hand harvested in Autumn from healthy plants growing in the blockhill forest garden. Our collection sometimes includes imported seeds from popular permaculture shrubs and trees that are difficult to source locally.

 

Germination and propagation information

In order to achieve the best germination results it is important to research the appropriate procedure. Many plants require cold stratification or scarification of seeds. Sometimes it's as simple as soaking seeds in hot water prior to planting. Other species require months of cold to subzero temperatures.

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 Drought tolerance (15)
Lavender seed

Lavender seed

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  
Tags     bees  purple  flowers 
Price   $3.90  30-50 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Purple Akeake Seeds

Purple Akeake Seeds

Botanical name   Dodonea viscosa
Details   A reasonably fast growing NZ native bushy shrub or small tree with purple leaves. Good for creating shelter and controlling erosion. The timber from akeake is one of the hardest native woods. It was traditionally used for paddles, weapons, digging sticks and spade blades.
Drought tolerance  
Evergreen  
Perennial  
Tags     native 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   Purple
Flowers   Pink
Wind tolerance   Excellent
Thornless Honey Locust Seed

Thornless Honey Locust Seed

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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Osteospermum

Osteospermum

Common name   African daisies, daisybushes
Botanical name   Osteospermum
Details   Easy care plant for dry areas. Covered with bright flowers for much of the year. Enjoyed by bees.
Does not tolerate hard frost
Drought tolerance  
Frost sensitive  
Perennial  
Tags     flower  purple 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Out of stock
Red Broom Seeds

Red Broom Seeds

Common name   Ruby Scotch Broom
Botanical name   Cytisus Ruby
Details   Seed collected from Cytisus Ruby, a small, fast growing, shrub with an abundance of deep, crimson-red flowers from late spring and early summer.

Due to cross pollination or genetic diversity the seed may produce plants with some yellow flowers as per photos.
Drought tolerance  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Price   $2.90  20 seeds
Out of stock View 3 photos
Coulter Pine

Coulter Pine

Common name   Big Cone Pine
Botanical name   Pinus coulteri
Details   Native to the coastal mountains of Southern California.
Produces the heaviest cone of any pine tree, 20-40 cm in length and weighing 2-5 kg
Drought tolerance  
Edible  
Evergreen  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Kowhai seeds

Kowhai seeds

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  
Tags     native  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Catnip seeds

Catnip seeds

Botanical name   Nepeta cataria
Details   A short-lived perennial, plant that grows to be 50–100 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  
Tags     cat  seeds  herb 
Price   $3.90  30-50 seeds
Tagasaste (tree lucerne) seeds

Tagasaste (tree lucerne) seeds

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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  birds  bees 
Price   $2.90  20 - 30 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Teasel Seeds

Teasel Seeds

Botanical name   Dipsacus fullonum
Details   Fast growing tall flowering plant that needs no care or attention.

Values include: wind break, shade plant, water holding plant, soil improvement / stabilisation, biomass production, insect habitat, food source for birds, ornamental
Drought tolerance  
Perennial  
Tags     annual  birds  biomass 
Price   $3.90  100 seeds
Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Botanical name   Hippophae rhamnoides
Details   Supply update September 2021 - This seed will be unavailable for the foreseeable future as our last 2 shipments were destroyed by border biosecurity due to improper packaging by the supplier. Our own plants are unlikely to be producing viable seed for another season or 2. Check back here in autumn 2022.
Drought tolerance  
Edible  
Evergreen  
Fruit / berries  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  tree  berry  health 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Hardenbergia vine seeds

Hardenbergia vine 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  
Tags     perennial  vine  bees  legume 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Flowers   Pink / purple
Kakabeak seeds

Kakabeak seeds

Common 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  
Tags     perennial  shrub  legume  flowers  native 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Laburnum

Laburnum

Common name   Golden chain or golden rain tree
Details   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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  hardy 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
 Edible (21)
Parsley seeds (mixed)

Parsley seeds (mixed)

Common name   Garden parsley
Botanical name   Petroselinum crispum
Details   A mix of flat and curly leafed parsley. Great herb and insect plant.
Edible  
Tags     herb 
Price   $3.90  tea spoon of seed
Calendula Seed

Calendula Seed

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  
Tags     flowers  companion 
Price   $3.90  30-50 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Alexanders

Alexanders

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  
Tags     bees 
Price   $1.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Cape gooseberry

Cape gooseberry

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
Out of stock
Hopi Black Dye Sunflower

Hopi Black Dye Sunflower

Botanical name   Helianthus annuus macrocarpus
Details   Similar to the regular, common sunflower but often having multiple smaller flowers and dark purple / black seed casing that the Hopi people of North America have traditionally used to make a dye for cotton, wool and basketry
Edible  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags     annual  flowers  bees  birds 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Aronia Melanocarpa Seeds

Aronia Melanocarpa Seeds

Common name   Black Chokeberry
Botanical name   Aronia Melanocarpa
Details   Seeds from bushes planted in 2016
Edible  
Fruit / berries  
Perennial  
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Out of stock View 3 photos
Coulter Pine

Coulter Pine

Common name   Big Cone Pine
Botanical name   Pinus coulteri
Details   Native to the coastal mountains of Southern California.
Produces the heaviest cone of any pine tree, 20-40 cm in length and weighing 2-5 kg
Drought tolerance  
Edible  
Evergreen  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Viburnum trilobum dried fruit with seeds

Viburnum trilobum dried fruit with 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
Assorted capsicum seed

Assorted capsicum seed

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  
Tags     vegetable 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Globe Artichoke

Globe Artichoke

Botanical name   Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus
Details   The globe artichoke is a variety of a species of large thistle cultivated as a food. The edible matter is buds that form within the flower heads before the flowers come into bloom.
Edible  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  shrub  vegetable 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Rosa Rugosa Seeds

Rosa Rugosa Seeds

Details   Large edible hips, which resembles cherry tomatoes, 2–3 cm 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  
Tags     perennial  shrub  berries  health  flowers  thorns 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Flowers   White
Painted Mountain Corn Seed

Painted Mountain Corn Seed

Common name   Maize
Botanical name   Zea mays
Details   Brightly coloured cobs bred for hardiness, earliness and high nutrition flour. A dry corn rather than a sweetcorn. Height around 1.5m. Early maturing 90 days from sowing.
Edible  
Frost sensitive  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags     corn  seed  vegetable  annual 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Licorice Mint

Licorice Mint

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  
Tags     mint  licorice  bees  flowers 
Price   $3.90  40 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Broad beans

Broad beans

Botanical name   Vicia faba
Details   Large seeded bean that grows self supporting to about 1 meter. Plant most of the year for green manure, bee fodder and edible beans both raw or cooked.
Edible  
Nitrogen fixer  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags      
Price   $3.90  40 seeds
Sunflower Seeds

Sunflower Seeds

Botanical name   Helianthus annuus
Details   This easy to grow plant will produce a single large yellow flower 1 to 2 meters above the ground.
  • Plant climbing beans amongst the sunflowers when they are a meter high, the beans will climb the stem
  • The seeds ripen in April and can be fed directly to chickens or left for birds
  • Can get blown over by strong wind
Edible  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags     annual  flowers  bees  birds 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   Yellow
Watch Out of stock
Fennel

Fennel

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  
Tags     insects  health 
Price   $3.90  30-50 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Botanical name   Hippophae rhamnoides
Details   Supply update September 2021 - This seed will be unavailable for the foreseeable future as our last 2 shipments were destroyed by border biosecurity due to improper packaging by the supplier. Our own plants are unlikely to be producing viable seed for another season or 2. Check back here in autumn 2022.
Drought tolerance  
Edible  
Evergreen  
Fruit / berries  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  tree  berry  health 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Service berry seeds

Service berry seeds

Common name   June berry, Saskatoon
Botanical name   Amelanchier alnifolia
Details   Produces flowers and fruit after 5 - 6 years. Seed sourced from plants growing in North America.
Slow to germinate as seed requires sold stratification
Edible  
Fruit / berries  
Perennial  
Propagate     February   March   April   May  
Tags     perennial  shrub  tree  berries 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Zucchini

Zucchini

Common name   courgette
Details   A vigorous vining plant producing large numbers of dumpy fruit. Harvest regularly while small for a constant supply.
Edible  
Frost sensitive  
Tags     annual  vegetable 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   Pale green
 Evergreen (10)
Purple Akeake Seeds

Purple Akeake Seeds

Botanical name   Dodonea viscosa
Details   A reasonably fast growing NZ native bushy shrub or small tree with purple leaves. Good for creating shelter and controlling erosion. The timber from akeake is one of the hardest native woods. It was traditionally used for paddles, weapons, digging sticks and spade blades.
Drought tolerance  
Evergreen  
Perennial  
Tags     native 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   Purple
Flowers   Pink
Wind tolerance   Excellent
Yellow bush / tree lupine

Yellow bush / tree lupine

Botanical name   Lupinus arboreus
Details   A fast growing woody lupine with yellow flowers. Grows well in poor quality soil and makes a good source of biomass and quick low growing shelter and habitat.
Evergreen  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     legume  perennial  shrub 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Coulter Pine

Coulter Pine

Common name   Big Cone Pine
Botanical name   Pinus coulteri
Details   Native to the coastal mountains of Southern California.
Produces the heaviest cone of any pine tree, 20-40 cm in length and weighing 2-5 kg
Drought tolerance  
Edible  
Evergreen  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Kowhai seeds

Kowhai seeds

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  
Tags     native  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Senna Seeds

Senna Seeds

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 centimeters long. The leaves are studded with visible resin glands between the leaflets.
Evergreen  
Frost sensitive  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock Growing Senna
Tagasaste (tree lucerne) seeds

Tagasaste (tree lucerne) seeds

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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  birds  bees 
Price   $2.90  20 - 30 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Botanical name   Hippophae rhamnoides
Details   Supply update September 2021 - This seed will be unavailable for the foreseeable future as our last 2 shipments were destroyed by border biosecurity due to improper packaging by the supplier. Our own plants are unlikely to be producing viable seed for another season or 2. Check back here in autumn 2022.
Drought tolerance  
Edible  
Evergreen  
Fruit / berries  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  tree  berry  health 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Hardenbergia vine seeds

Hardenbergia vine 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  
Tags     perennial  vine  bees  legume 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Flowers   Pink / purple
 Frost sensitive (9)
Osteospermum

Osteospermum

Common name   African daisies, daisybushes
Botanical name   Osteospermum
Details   Easy care plant for dry areas. Covered with bright flowers for much of the year. Enjoyed by bees.
Does not tolerate hard frost
Drought tolerance  
Frost sensitive  
Perennial  
Tags     flower  purple 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Out of stock
Cape gooseberry

Cape gooseberry

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
Out of stock
Assorted capsicum seed

Assorted capsicum seed

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  
Tags     vegetable 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Senna Seeds

Senna Seeds

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 centimeters long. The leaves are studded with visible resin glands between the leaflets.
Evergreen  
Frost sensitive  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock Growing Senna
Painted Mountain Corn Seed

Painted Mountain Corn Seed

Common name   Maize
Botanical name   Zea mays
Details   Brightly coloured cobs bred for hardiness, earliness and high nutrition flour. A dry corn rather than a sweetcorn. Height around 1.5m. Early maturing 90 days from sowing.
Edible  
Frost sensitive  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags     corn  seed  vegetable  annual 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Hardenbergia vine seeds

Hardenbergia vine 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  
Tags     perennial  vine  bees  legume 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Flowers   Pink / purple
Kakabeak seeds

Kakabeak seeds

Common 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  
Tags     perennial  shrub  legume  flowers  native 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Zucchini

Zucchini

Common name   courgette
Details   A vigorous vining plant producing large numbers of dumpy fruit. Harvest regularly while small for a constant supply.
Edible  
Frost sensitive  
Tags     annual  vegetable 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   Pale green
 Fruit / berries (7)
Cape gooseberry

Cape gooseberry

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
Out of stock
Aronia Melanocarpa Seeds

Aronia Melanocarpa Seeds

Common name   Black Chokeberry
Botanical name   Aronia Melanocarpa
Details   Seeds from bushes planted in 2016
Edible  
Fruit / berries  
Perennial  
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Out of stock View 3 photos
Viburnum trilobum dried fruit with seeds

Viburnum trilobum dried fruit with 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
Rosa Rugosa Seeds

Rosa Rugosa Seeds

Details   Large edible hips, which resembles cherry tomatoes, 2–3 cm 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  
Tags     perennial  shrub  berries  health  flowers  thorns 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Flowers   White
Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Botanical name   Hippophae rhamnoides
Details   Supply update September 2021 - This seed will be unavailable for the foreseeable future as our last 2 shipments were destroyed by border biosecurity due to improper packaging by the supplier. Our own plants are unlikely to be producing viable seed for another season or 2. Check back here in autumn 2022.
Drought tolerance  
Edible  
Evergreen  
Fruit / berries  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  tree  berry  health 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Service berry seeds

Service berry seeds

Common name   June berry, Saskatoon
Botanical name   Amelanchier alnifolia
Details   Produces flowers and fruit after 5 - 6 years. Seed sourced from plants growing in North America.
Slow to germinate as seed requires sold stratification
Edible  
Fruit / berries  
Perennial  
Propagate     February   March   April   May  
Tags     perennial  shrub  tree  berries 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
 Jugulone tolerance (1)
Thornless Honey Locust Seed

Thornless Honey Locust Seed

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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
 Nitrogen fixer (15)
Thornless Honey Locust Seed

Thornless Honey Locust Seed

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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Yellow bush / tree lupine

Yellow bush / tree lupine

Botanical name   Lupinus arboreus
Details   A fast growing woody lupine with yellow flowers. Grows well in poor quality soil and makes a good source of biomass and quick low growing shelter and habitat.
Evergreen  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     legume  perennial  shrub 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Red Broom Seeds

Red Broom Seeds

Common name   Ruby Scotch Broom
Botanical name   Cytisus Ruby
Details   Seed collected from Cytisus Ruby, a small, fast growing, shrub with an abundance of deep, crimson-red flowers from late spring and early summer.

Due to cross pollination or genetic diversity the seed may produce plants with some yellow flowers as per photos.
Drought tolerance  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Price   $2.90  20 seeds
Out of stock View 3 photos
Kowhai seeds

Kowhai seeds

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  
Tags     native  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
False Indigo Seeds

False Indigo Seeds

Botanical name   Amorpha fruticosa
Details   Purple flowering large shrub to small tree growing to 4 meters.

Pour 80 degree water over seeds and soak overnight. Sow just below soil surface at at 20 degrees and water
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     legume   
Price   $4.90  30-50 seeds
Senna Seeds

Senna Seeds

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 centimeters long. The leaves are studded with visible resin glands between the leaflets.
Evergreen  
Frost sensitive  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
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Tagasaste (tree lucerne) seeds

Tagasaste (tree lucerne) seeds

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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  birds  bees 
Price   $2.90  20 - 30 seeds
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Russell Lupin

Russell Lupin

Botanical name   Lupinus polyphyllus
Details   This leafy plant can grow to a meter and a half with its tall colourful spires of flowers. 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. They are also a nectar source for bumblebees and other insects.
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     nitrogen  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   mixed
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Broad beans

Broad beans

Botanical name   Vicia faba
Details   Large seeded bean that grows self supporting to about 1 meter. Plant most of the year for green manure, bee fodder and edible beans both raw or cooked.
Edible  
Nitrogen fixer  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags      
Price   $3.90  40 seeds
Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Botanical name   Hippophae rhamnoides
Details   Supply update September 2021 - This seed will be unavailable for the foreseeable future as our last 2 shipments were destroyed by border biosecurity due to improper packaging by the supplier. Our own plants are unlikely to be producing viable seed for another season or 2. Check back here in autumn 2022.
Drought tolerance  
Edible  
Evergreen  
Fruit / berries  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  tree  berry  health 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Hardenbergia vine seeds

Hardenbergia vine 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  
Tags     perennial  vine  bees  legume 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Flowers   Pink / purple
Kakabeak seeds

Kakabeak seeds

Common 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  
Tags     perennial  shrub  legume  flowers  native 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Laburnum

Laburnum

Common name   Golden chain or golden rain tree
Details   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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  hardy 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
 Perennial (28)
Lavender seed

Lavender seed

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  
Tags     bees  purple  flowers 
Price   $3.90  30-50 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Purple Akeake Seeds

Purple Akeake Seeds

Botanical name   Dodonea viscosa
Details   A reasonably fast growing NZ native bushy shrub or small tree with purple leaves. Good for creating shelter and controlling erosion. The timber from akeake is one of the hardest native woods. It was traditionally used for paddles, weapons, digging sticks and spade blades.
Drought tolerance  
Evergreen  
Perennial  
Tags     native 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   Purple
Flowers   Pink
Wind tolerance   Excellent
Columbine

Columbine

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  
Tags     flowers  purple  bees 
Price   $2.90  20 - 30 seeds
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Yellow bush / tree lupine

Yellow bush / tree lupine

Botanical name   Lupinus arboreus
Details   A fast growing woody lupine with yellow flowers. Grows well in poor quality soil and makes a good source of biomass and quick low growing shelter and habitat.
Evergreen  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     legume  perennial  shrub 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Osteospermum

Osteospermum

Common name   African daisies, daisybushes
Botanical name   Osteospermum
Details   Easy care plant for dry areas. Covered with bright flowers for much of the year. Enjoyed by bees.
Does not tolerate hard frost
Drought tolerance  
Frost sensitive  
Perennial  
Tags     flower  purple 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Out of stock
Paulownia Seed

Paulownia Seed

Common name   princess tree, empress tree, or foxglove-tree
Botanical name   Paulownia tomentosa
Details   Deciduous hardwood tree with very large leaves. Fragrant flowers, large and violet-blue in colour are produced before the leaves, in early spring.
Native to central and western China.
An extremely fast-growing tree in the right conditions reaching a height of 10 - 25m
Perennial  
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
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Red Broom Seeds

Red Broom Seeds

Common name   Ruby Scotch Broom
Botanical name   Cytisus Ruby
Details   Seed collected from Cytisus Ruby, a small, fast growing, shrub with an abundance of deep, crimson-red flowers from late spring and early summer.

Due to cross pollination or genetic diversity the seed may produce plants with some yellow flowers as per photos.
Drought tolerance  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Price   $2.90  20 seeds
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Aronia Melanocarpa Seeds

Aronia Melanocarpa Seeds

Common name   Black Chokeberry
Botanical name   Aronia Melanocarpa
Details   Seeds from bushes planted in 2016
Edible  
Fruit / berries  
Perennial  
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
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Kowhai seeds

Kowhai seeds

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  
Tags     native  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Viburnum trilobum dried fruit with seeds

Viburnum trilobum dried fruit with 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
Catnip seeds

Catnip seeds

Botanical name   Nepeta cataria
Details   A short-lived perennial, plant that grows to be 50–100 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  
Tags     cat  seeds  herb 
Price   $3.90  30-50 seeds
False Indigo Seeds

False Indigo Seeds

Botanical name   Amorpha fruticosa
Details   Purple flowering large shrub to small tree growing to 4 meters.

Pour 80 degree water over seeds and soak overnight. Sow just below soil surface at at 20 degrees and water
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     legume   
Price   $4.90  30-50 seeds
Globe Artichoke

Globe Artichoke

Botanical name   Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus
Details   The globe artichoke is a variety of a species of large thistle cultivated as a food. The edible matter is buds that form within the flower heads before the flowers come into bloom.
Edible  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  shrub  vegetable 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
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Senna Seeds

Senna Seeds

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 centimeters long. The leaves are studded with visible resin glands between the leaflets.
Evergreen  
Frost sensitive  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
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Rosa Rugosa Seeds

Rosa Rugosa Seeds

Details   Large edible hips, which resembles cherry tomatoes, 2–3 cm 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  
Tags     perennial  shrub  berries  health  flowers  thorns 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Flowers   White
Tagasaste (tree lucerne) seeds

Tagasaste (tree lucerne) seeds

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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  birds  bees 
Price   $2.90  20 - 30 seeds
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Teasel Seeds

Teasel Seeds

Botanical name   Dipsacus fullonum
Details   Fast growing tall flowering plant that needs no care or attention.

Values include: wind break, shade plant, water holding plant, soil improvement / stabilisation, biomass production, insect habitat, food source for birds, ornamental
Drought tolerance  
Perennial  
Tags     annual  birds  biomass 
Price   $3.90  100 seeds
Russell Lupin

Russell Lupin

Botanical name   Lupinus polyphyllus
Details   This leafy plant can grow to a meter and a half with its tall colourful spires of flowers. 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. They are also a nectar source for bumblebees and other insects.
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     nitrogen  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   mixed
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Fennel

Fennel

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  
Tags     insects  health 
Price   $3.90  30-50 seeds
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Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Botanical name   Hippophae rhamnoides
Details   Supply update September 2021 - This seed will be unavailable for the foreseeable future as our last 2 shipments were destroyed by border biosecurity due to improper packaging by the supplier. Our own plants are unlikely to be producing viable seed for another season or 2. Check back here in autumn 2022.
Drought tolerance  
Edible  
Evergreen  
Fruit / berries  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  tree  berry  health 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Service berry seeds

Service berry seeds

Common name   June berry, Saskatoon
Botanical name   Amelanchier alnifolia
Details   Produces flowers and fruit after 5 - 6 years. Seed sourced from plants growing in North America.
Slow to germinate as seed requires sold stratification
Edible  
Fruit / berries  
Perennial  
Propagate     February   March   April   May  
Tags     perennial  shrub  tree  berries 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Hardenbergia vine seeds

Hardenbergia vine 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  
Tags     perennial  vine  bees  legume 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Flowers   Pink / purple
Kakabeak seeds

Kakabeak seeds

Common 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  
Tags     perennial  shrub  legume  flowers  native 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Laburnum

Laburnum

Common name   Golden chain or golden rain tree
Details   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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  hardy 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
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Hopi Black Dye Sunflower

Hopi Black Dye Sunflower

Botanical name   Helianthus annuus macrocarpus
Details   Similar to the regular, common sunflower but often having multiple smaller flowers and dark purple / black seed casing that the Hopi people of North America have traditionally used to make a dye for cotton, wool and basketry
Edible  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags     annual  flowers  bees  birds 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
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Coulter Pine

Coulter Pine

Common name   Big Cone Pine
Botanical name   Pinus coulteri
Details   Native to the coastal mountains of Southern California.
Produces the heaviest cone of any pine tree, 20-40 cm in length and weighing 2-5 kg
Drought tolerance  
Edible  
Evergreen  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
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Painted Mountain Corn Seed

Painted Mountain Corn Seed

Common name   Maize
Botanical name   Zea mays
Details   Brightly coloured cobs bred for hardiness, earliness and high nutrition flour. A dry corn rather than a sweetcorn. Height around 1.5m. Early maturing 90 days from sowing.
Edible  
Frost sensitive  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags     corn  seed  vegetable  annual 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Broad beans

Broad beans

Botanical name   Vicia faba
Details   Large seeded bean that grows self supporting to about 1 meter. Plant most of the year for green manure, bee fodder and edible beans both raw or cooked.
Edible  
Nitrogen fixer  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags      
Price   $3.90  40 seeds
Sunflower Seeds

Sunflower Seeds

Botanical name   Helianthus annuus
Details   This easy to grow plant will produce a single large yellow flower 1 to 2 meters above the ground.
  • Plant climbing beans amongst the sunflowers when they are a meter high, the beans will climb the stem
  • The seeds ripen in April and can be fed directly to chickens or left for birds
  • Can get blown over by strong wind
Edible  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags     annual  flowers  bees  birds 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   Yellow
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Fennel

Fennel

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  
Tags     insects  health 
Price   $3.90  30-50 seeds
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Lavender seed

Lavender seed

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  
Tags     bees  purple  flowers 
Price   $3.90  30-50 seeds
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Parsley seeds (mixed)

Parsley seeds (mixed)

Common name   Garden parsley
Botanical name   Petroselinum crispum
Details   A mix of flat and curly leafed parsley. Great herb and insect plant.
Edible  
Tags     herb 
Price   $3.90  tea spoon of seed
Honesty seeds

Honesty 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.
Tags     flowers  bees  pioneer 
Price   $2.90  20 seeds
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Purple Akeake Seeds

Purple Akeake Seeds

Botanical name   Dodonea viscosa
Details   A reasonably fast growing NZ native bushy shrub or small tree with purple leaves. Good for creating shelter and controlling erosion. The timber from akeake is one of the hardest native woods. It was traditionally used for paddles, weapons, digging sticks and spade blades.
Drought tolerance  
Evergreen  
Perennial  
Tags     native 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   Purple
Flowers   Pink
Wind tolerance   Excellent
Columbine

Columbine

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  
Tags     flowers  purple  bees 
Price   $2.90  20 - 30 seeds
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Calendula Seed

Calendula Seed

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  
Tags     flowers  companion 
Price   $3.90  30-50 seeds
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Alexanders

Alexanders

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  
Tags     bees 
Price   $1.90  20 seeds
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Thornless Honey Locust Seed

Thornless Honey Locust Seed

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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Yellow bush / tree lupine

Yellow bush / tree lupine

Botanical name   Lupinus arboreus
Details   A fast growing woody lupine with yellow flowers. Grows well in poor quality soil and makes a good source of biomass and quick low growing shelter and habitat.
Evergreen  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     legume  perennial  shrub 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
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Mixed Poppy

Mixed Poppy

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.
Tags     flowers  annual  bees 
Price   $3.90  tea spoon of seed
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Osteospermum

Osteospermum

Common name   African daisies, daisybushes
Botanical name   Osteospermum
Details   Easy care plant for dry areas. Covered with bright flowers for much of the year. Enjoyed by bees.
Does not tolerate hard frost
Drought tolerance  
Frost sensitive  
Perennial  
Tags     flower  purple 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
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Cape gooseberry

Cape gooseberry

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
Out of stock
Paulownia Seed

Paulownia Seed

Common name   princess tree, empress tree, or foxglove-tree
Botanical name   Paulownia tomentosa
Details   Deciduous hardwood tree with very large leaves. Fragrant flowers, large and violet-blue in colour are produced before the leaves, in early spring.
Native to central and western China.
An extremely fast-growing tree in the right conditions reaching a height of 10 - 25m
Perennial  
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
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Red Broom Seeds

Red Broom Seeds

Common name   Ruby Scotch Broom
Botanical name   Cytisus Ruby
Details   Seed collected from Cytisus Ruby, a small, fast growing, shrub with an abundance of deep, crimson-red flowers from late spring and early summer.

Due to cross pollination or genetic diversity the seed may produce plants with some yellow flowers as per photos.
Drought tolerance  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Price   $2.90  20 seeds
Out of stock View 3 photos
Hopi Black Dye Sunflower

Hopi Black Dye Sunflower

Botanical name   Helianthus annuus macrocarpus
Details   Similar to the regular, common sunflower but often having multiple smaller flowers and dark purple / black seed casing that the Hopi people of North America have traditionally used to make a dye for cotton, wool and basketry
Edible  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags     annual  flowers  bees  birds 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Snapdragon seeds

Snapdragon seeds

Common name   African daisies, daisybushes
Botanical name   dragon flowers, dog flower
Price   $3.90  40 seeds
Out of stock
Aronia Melanocarpa Seeds

Aronia Melanocarpa Seeds

Common name   Black Chokeberry
Botanical name   Aronia Melanocarpa
Details   Seeds from bushes planted in 2016
Edible  
Fruit / berries  
Perennial  
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
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Coulter Pine

Coulter Pine

Common name   Big Cone Pine
Botanical name   Pinus coulteri
Details   Native to the coastal mountains of Southern California.
Produces the heaviest cone of any pine tree, 20-40 cm in length and weighing 2-5 kg
Drought tolerance  
Edible  
Evergreen  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
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Kowhai seeds

Kowhai seeds

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  
Tags     native  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Viburnum trilobum dried fruit with seeds

Viburnum trilobum dried fruit with 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
Catnip seeds

Catnip seeds

Botanical name   Nepeta cataria
Details   A short-lived perennial, plant that grows to be 50–100 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  
Tags     cat  seeds  herb 
Price   $3.90  30-50 seeds
Assorted capsicum seed

Assorted capsicum seed

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  
Tags     vegetable 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
False Indigo Seeds

False Indigo Seeds

Botanical name   Amorpha fruticosa
Details   Purple flowering large shrub to small tree growing to 4 meters.

Pour 80 degree water over seeds and soak overnight. Sow just below soil surface at at 20 degrees and water
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     legume   
Price   $4.90  30-50 seeds
Phacelia seed

Phacelia seed

Common name   Blue tansy or purple tansy
Botanical name   Phacelia
Details   Quick and easy to grow, this fantastic bee plant can get up to a meter tall, covered in purple flowers. As it produces a large amount of plant matter it is also useful as green manure or mulch. Produces plenty of seed for next season.
Tags     annual  purple  bees  seed 
Price   $3.90  100 seeds
Hollyhock

Hollyhock

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.
Tags     flowers  bees 
Price   $3.90  30 seeds
Flowers   Pink / dark red
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Globe Artichoke

Globe Artichoke

Botanical name   Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus
Details   The globe artichoke is a variety of a species of large thistle cultivated as a food. The edible matter is buds that form within the flower heads before the flowers come into bloom.
Edible  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  shrub  vegetable 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Watch Out of stock
Senna Seeds

Senna Seeds

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 centimeters long. The leaves are studded with visible resin glands between the leaflets.
Evergreen  
Frost sensitive  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
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Rosa Rugosa Seeds

Rosa Rugosa Seeds

Details   Large edible hips, which resembles cherry tomatoes, 2–3 cm 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  
Tags     perennial  shrub  berries  health  flowers  thorns 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Flowers   White
Painted Mountain Corn Seed

Painted Mountain Corn Seed

Common name   Maize
Botanical name   Zea mays
Details   Brightly coloured cobs bred for hardiness, earliness and high nutrition flour. A dry corn rather than a sweetcorn. Height around 1.5m. Early maturing 90 days from sowing.
Edible  
Frost sensitive  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags     corn  seed  vegetable  annual 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Licorice Mint

Licorice Mint

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  
Tags     mint  licorice  bees  flowers 
Price   $3.90  40 seeds
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Tagasaste (tree lucerne) seeds

Tagasaste (tree lucerne) seeds

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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  birds  bees 
Price   $2.90  20 - 30 seeds
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Teasel Seeds

Teasel Seeds

Botanical name   Dipsacus fullonum
Details   Fast growing tall flowering plant that needs no care or attention.

Values include: wind break, shade plant, water holding plant, soil improvement / stabilisation, biomass production, insect habitat, food source for birds, ornamental
Drought tolerance  
Perennial  
Tags     annual  birds  biomass 
Price   $3.90  100 seeds
Russell Lupin

Russell Lupin

Botanical name   Lupinus polyphyllus
Details   This leafy plant can grow to a meter and a half with its tall colourful spires of flowers. 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. They are also a nectar source for bumblebees and other insects.
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     nitrogen  legume  flowers 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   mixed
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Broad beans

Broad beans

Botanical name   Vicia faba
Details   Large seeded bean that grows self supporting to about 1 meter. Plant most of the year for green manure, bee fodder and edible beans both raw or cooked.
Edible  
Nitrogen fixer  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags      
Price   $3.90  40 seeds
Sunflower Seeds

Sunflower Seeds

Botanical name   Helianthus annuus
Details   This easy to grow plant will produce a single large yellow flower 1 to 2 meters above the ground.
  • Plant climbing beans amongst the sunflowers when they are a meter high, the beans will climb the stem
  • The seeds ripen in April and can be fed directly to chickens or left for birds
  • Can get blown over by strong wind
Edible  
Seeds / nuts / tubers  
Tags     annual  flowers  bees  birds 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   Yellow
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Fennel

Fennel

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  
Tags     insects  health 
Price   $3.90  30-50 seeds
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Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry seeds

Botanical name   Hippophae rhamnoides
Details   Supply update September 2021 - This seed will be unavailable for the foreseeable future as our last 2 shipments were destroyed by border biosecurity due to improper packaging by the supplier. Our own plants are unlikely to be producing viable seed for another season or 2. Check back here in autumn 2022.
Drought tolerance  
Edible  
Evergreen  
Fruit / berries  
Nitrogen fixer  
Perennial  
Tags     perennial  tree  berry  health 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Service berry seeds

Service berry seeds

Common name   June berry, Saskatoon
Botanical name   Amelanchier alnifolia
Details   Produces flowers and fruit after 5 - 6 years. Seed sourced from plants growing in North America.
Slow to germinate as seed requires sold stratification
Edible  
Fruit / berries  
Perennial  
Propagate     February   March   April   May  
Tags     perennial  shrub  tree  berries 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Hardenbergia vine seeds

Hardenbergia vine 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  
Tags     perennial  vine  bees  legume 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Flowers   Pink / purple
Osage Orange seeds

Osage Orange seeds

Botanical name   Maclura pomifera
Details   Thorny tree with very hot burning wood, also used for making excellent bows and natural livestock fencing.
Tags     perennial  tree 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Kakabeak seeds

Kakabeak seeds

Common 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  
Tags     perennial  shrub  legume  flowers  native 
Price   $4.90  20 seeds
Zucchini

Zucchini

Common name   courgette
Details   A vigorous vining plant producing large numbers of dumpy fruit. Harvest regularly while small for a constant supply.
Edible  
Frost sensitive  
Tags     annual  vegetable 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds
Colour   Pale green
Foxglove

Foxglove

Botanical name   Digitalis purpurea
Tags     biennial  flower  bees 
Price   $3.90  half teaspoon (hundreds of seeds)
Family   Plantaginaceae
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Laburnum

Laburnum

Common name   Golden chain or golden rain tree
Details   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  
Tags     perennial  tree  legume  hardy 
Price   $3.90  20 seeds