Thyme - The (extra) healthy herb
We just discovered that the humble thyme plant is more than an aromatic garnish for certain dishes, it's full of health giving properties.
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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
Price $4.90
20 seeds
Chaste Tree seeds
Common name vitex, chaste tree, chasteberry, Abraham's balm, lilac chastetree, monk's pepper
Botanical name Vitex angus castus
Drought tolerance
Price $4.90
20 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
Price $3.90
20 seeds
Flowers White
Large fruited thornless hawthorn seeds
Common name Chinese Hawthorn
Botanical name Crataegus pinnatifida
Details Seed collected from largest fruit that have been under the tree over winter. This is the only type of hawthorn we grow and there are no wild ones in close proximity (that I am aware of) so seed should be pure.
Price $3.90
20 seeds
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
Price $3.90
30-50 seeds
Forest layer herbaceous