All these plants are
sent as live plant material, not seeds, so so are only available at certain times of the year.
The following must be ordered by April 30th and will be sent in May STRAWBERRIES suckers
CAPTAIN COOK NZ
Early commercial
variety with excellent flavour, but small fruit.
 EARLY TIOGA NZ
The original Tioga had white flesh, rather than
red and they tasted better.
 SOCIETY GARLIC NZ
A perennial evergreen clumping
plant, this garlic is out standing for several reasons. It
is a stunning addition to the flower border in dry areas because
it
is drought
tolerant, it looks great all year round and it flowers for
about
10 months of the year.
The flowers are stunning purple and are also edible, as are
the leaves, with a garlic flavour. The flowers look great in
salads.
The following must be ordered by September 30th and will be
sent in October
 COMFREY ROOT.NZ
An essential plant for around the orchard or as a kikuyu barrier. Creates a living mulch in the orchard. The deep tap roots mine nutrients and do not compete with the shallow feeder roots of the fruit trees. Can be cut for mulch, as chook food or to make a liquid fertilizer.
CHINESE
ARTICHOKE NZ
These are the most amazing little
vegetables, they look like a mint plant above the ground,
and they are a
member of the mint family. Below the ground, when the
top dies back you'll
find these little tubers that look quite a lot like large
maggots.
They are pearly white, and bumpy and wriggly shaped, about
5cm long, and they taste really good. Some people like
them raw,
I like them
lightly steamed, when they taste just like kumara. They
crop prolifically and were brought into this country by
the Chinese
goldminers. They
can still be found growing in the old mining sites in
the South Island and around the Coromandel. I keep mine
in
a barrel because
like mint,
they creep into unwanted places!
DAHLIAS NZ
A
mix of our colourful collection from old gardens.
YACON NZ
A member of the sunflower family,
this is a perennial vegetable that grows huge crops
of crisp crunchy
underground tubers that are sweet, juicy and carrot-like
to eat. They grow in
clumps similar to Jerusalem artichokes and you harvest
the large tubers in late Autumn/Winter. If prefer
them raw. The
tops of
the plants grow to 2m and have ornamental purple
hairy leaves and small
yellow sunflower-like flowers.
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES NZ
Another
member of the sunflower family, like the yacon
these plants
with edible
underground
tubers
have tops that grow to 2m, and with their large
leaves are great places for the beneficial insects to lay
their eggs
and make
their homes. They are very showy in the Autumn
with their many small
yellow sunflowers and when the tops die back you
can harvest the tubers
which are very sweet and very good for those of
us with blood sugar disorders, as they contain slow
release sugars.
I love
these tubers.
The following must be ordered by October 30th and
will be sent in November.
HEIRLOOM KUMARA COLLECTION
A selection from our collection of heritage kumara plants, including
names descriptions
and planting
instructions. Click here for details.
The
following must be ordered by November 31st
and they'll be sent out in February.
COATES FAMILY HEIRLOOM BULB COLLECTION NZ
These bulbs are
still
all growing
on
private property at the base of Pukekaroro,
a reserve across the road from
us that used to be owned by the Coates
family. When my children were
little they would run up the mountain during
the weekend for fun then on the way down
pick these
flowers and
take them in
to Mrs
Coates (they were out of her garden) and
hope that she'd give them some
of her baking, she always did and it was
the best!
The bulbs are also pretty special. Apart
from the
Snow Drops
they all
have outstanding
scents and they're really old varieties.
 Snow Drops
Classic white bells with green
dots around them
 Paper Whites
Multiheaded
5 single
white petals
with a white
centre
 Bacon and Eggs
Multiheaded very double
yellow centres light yellow outside
petals
Sol d'or
Multi headed yellow
petals with gold centres.
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