For Sale - seasonally
Delivery available free to local the area;
small fee to cover costs if further afield.
Most vegetable plants are sold as advanced seedlings in bottomless pots or newspaper pots
to ensure minimal root disturbance when planted out and maximum success rate.
Larger plants may be in pots.
Assorted plants - food for you, for bees or for the eyes!
Food plants:
- Miners'
Lettuce
- watercress
- silverbeet
- golden marjoram
- youngberries
- thornless loganberries
- cabbage, broccoli and kale seedlings
- asparagus plants (1year old)
Flowering plants:
- Feverfew (flowers can be made
into a pesticide)
- Calendula (edible as well as beautiful)
- Cotula
(ground cover with yellow button flowers)
- Lambs' ears
- Diascia
- Plectranthus argentatus (native ground cover, copes with dry shade)
- Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia elata)
- Aphanopetalum resinosum (native vine
with cream flowers/sepals, copes with dry shade)
- White liliums
- Red
hot pokers
- White windflower
- Campion (perennial with tall stems of small pink flowers)
- Maroon iris
Photos above, from left to right: miners' lettuce; windflower; borage; tomatoes; Chinese foxglove; feverfew; tree dahlia; silverbeet (red stemmed); diascia; giant purple mustard; winter red hot pokers; winter iris; cotula; maroon iris; calendula; campion.
grow plants which will provide food for
bees and other beneficial insects throughout the
year. Some are common, but are of value
because of their year-round flowers, others are
less frequently seen. May include lamb's ears,
giant purple mustard, borage, seaside daisy,
shasta daisy, nasturtium,calendula, parsley,
sunflower, salvia sp, lemon balm, dill, coriander,
fennel.
'Eat Your Greens' is a collection of seasonal
greens which may
include beans, peas,
cabbage, broccoli, chard, rocket, mustard,
lettuce and parsley.
'Herb Patch' is a collection of the basic herbs
for your kitchen
garden - oregano, thyme,
marjoram, rosemary, mint, vietnamese mint,
parsley and annual herbs in season (dill, fennel,
coriander, basil).
All boxed plant collections include both seeds and potted plants (usually 8 plants, in newspaper tubes
for easy transplanting). There are information sheets with details of each plant and instructions for
planting out and general care. Recipes are also provided.
Our prices are very reasonable:
- pots $2 - $5 depending on size
- boxed plant collections $15
Contact us to purchase or for any further information.
Mini greens:
Available by order and according to season.
Tubs of greens for salads or
garnishes; mixes of 'Ruby Streaks' mustard,
cress, chard. Cut top leaves
and let them grow
again for further harvesting.
Can be kept on a porch or sunny window sill.
Keep well watered and feed regularly with fish
emulsion or equivalent.
