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Grow a taste of the exotic at home with these exciting herbs and spices from around the globe.

JAPANESE GINGER

JAPANESE GINGER

The edible flower buds of Japanese Ginger are a prized delicacy, both fresh and preserved. The sterile flower buds are harvested during summer. They can be used as a delectable tempura or shredded for a spicy garnish. ...

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OLIVE 'FRANTOIO'

OLIVE 'FRANTOIO'

Famous for the most fruity and aromatic oil in Tuscany where the Italians call it Paragon. In fact the name 'Frantoio' refers to the village press used to extract the prized oil. With an oil content up to 25%, this is the olive to plant if you are looking to press you own. Will grow over a wide climatic range from inland Tasmania to southern Que...

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Watch out for this fascinating flower in mid summer, as leafless stems appear adorned with golden spider-like tendrils. Perfect for summer gardens, it relishes dry conditions and thrives on minimal attention. ...

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BABACO - Champagne Fruit

BABACO - Champagne Fruit

A feature plant in our sub-tropical food gardens at Heronswood, this tropical-looking small tree produces lemon sherbet-flavoured melons, also known as 'Champagne Fruit', in its second year. This is the paw-paw for ...

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Revelling in scorching, dry heat, this Mediterranean gourmet delight will start to produce the flower buds (which can be pickled or dry salted) in its second year. Produces up to 8kg of buds when mature. One year ...

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The sweet, aromatic seeds of green cardamom have been prized for centuries, and today remain one of the world's most expensive and versatile spices. The seed are a crucial ingredient of Indian garum ...

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CHOCOLATE PUDDING FRUIT

CHOCOLATE PUDDING FRUIT

A ready-made dessert, just scoop out the rich, chocolate mousse-like flesh and add some whipped cream! A handsome subtropical closely related to the persimmon and packed with four times more Vitamin C than an orange. ...

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CHOKEBERRY 'Black'

CHOKEBERRY 'Black'

Chokeberries are considered one of the world's superfoods due to the huge amount ofÿantioxidants packed into the berries. In fact, the black chokeberry has the highest antioxidant concentration of any berry! ...

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Imagine the delicious aroma of freshly-roasted coffee beans, made even more magical because you grew them yourself! An attractive small shrub with glossy dark-green leaves and fragrant white spring flowers, followed by delicious coffee beans. A must for any frost-free garden and also popular as an indoor plant in colder climates.

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HIPPEASTRUM PAPILIO (1 Bulb)

HIPPEASTRUM PAPILIO (1 Bulb)

Watch out for this fascinating flower in mid summer, as leafless stems appear adorned with golden spider-like tendrils. Perfect for summer gardens, it relishes dry conditions and thrives on minimal attention. Plant in clumps amongst salvias and sea lavenders for a blast of summer colour. Despatched from end November

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An elegantly upright plant, the Juniper forms a neat cone of grey-green foliage with berries used to flavour gin. Our plants are cutting-grown from a self-fertile plant, so you can expect berries from a single bush. ...

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KIWIBERRY 'ISSAI'

KIWIBERRY 'ISSAI'

We love this little garden treasure at Diggers, it's the perfect home garden fruit. It tastes gorgeous with bite-sized, zesty gems but it's far too delicate to make it into the grocers. A self-pollinating ...

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MACADAMIA 'PINKALICIOUS'

MACADAMIA 'PINKALICIOUS'

The perfect flowering and fruiting Australian native garden tree. The delectable nuts are reason enough to plant a macadamia, but this one also has bright pink flowers in spring. Growing to no more racemes of than 4- ...

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This deciduous woody vine produces unusual berries with five flavours in one - salty, sweet, sour, bitter and pungent. Self-fertile, the berries have been used in Eastern medicine for centuries.

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OCA - New Zealand Yam (5 tubers)

OCA - New Zealand Yam (5 tubers)

ORGANIC OCA - Harvest tubers in autumn and winter. Cook as per potatoes, or eat raw after 'sweetening' in the sun for ...

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OLIVE 'ITALIAN LECCINO'

OLIVE 'ITALIAN LECCINO'

A fast growing productive olive that makes a delicate style of olive oil and a delectable table olive. The dense habit makes this in ideal choice for a hedge or trained against a wall. Pendolino is the ideal pollinator, ...

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OLIVE 'MANZANILLO'

OLIVE 'MANZANILLO'

A beautiful spreading tree bearing early crops of medium-sized fruit that can be picked green or black. With the highest flesh-to-pit ratio of all olive varieties' 'Manzanillo' is well suited to stuffing and pickling. A very heavy cropper that out-yielded 14 other varieties in a trial in Mildura by the ...

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A standard of the Spanish olive oil producers, this cultivar is the highest oil yielding olive and has stood the test of time. Suited to cold winters and hot dry summers, `Picual' is ideal for inland regions of ...

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POMEGRANATE 'AZERBAIJANI'

POMEGRANATE 'AZERBAIJANI'

Available from 1st week of February 2020. Prepare your taste buds for this incredibly sweet and juicy pomegranate. Widely grown throughout the rest of the world, this beautiful mid-to-la...

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POMEGRANATE 'WONDERFUL'

POMEGRANATE 'WONDERFUL'

Exported from California throughout the world, this variety of pomegranate has become the world standard. Noted for its rich, red colour and piquant flavour, 'Wonderful' can be eaten as fresh fruit or juiced. Popular ...

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STEVIA 'CANDY' aka SUGAR PLANT

STEVIA 'CANDY' aka SUGAR PLANT

A natural alternative to synthetic and processed sugars, Stevia is not a new plant having been grown by Brazilian and Paraguayan tribes for centuries. Sweet herb (ka'a he'ˆ) 'Candy' grows extra large leaves, doubling your harvest with every snip. Stevia is 200-300 times sweeter than sucrose, with no calorific value and an extremely low glycemic ...

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TRUE CURRY LEAF

TRUE CURRY LEAF

A graceful evergreen shrub in the tropics and subtropics and an attractive indoor plant in cooler climates. The fern-like, highly aromatic leaves are dried for Madras style curry powders, or for maximum flavour, use ...

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An Indian spice that will grow in any frost free area in Australia (and even in areas where frost is very light). Canna-like leaves emerge from the rhizome during spring (year round in the tropics). Tubers are mild ...

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Grow your own vanilla pods! A beautifully decorative indoor vine for southern gardeners or small vine for those in tropical or subtropical climates, this curio is a must for the plant collector, edible gardener ...

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Member Exclusives

2021 Gardening Diary & calendar Combo

2021 Gardening Diary & calendar Combo

The complete garden combo for 2021! The beautifully illustrated Diggers Club Diary features a week to a page, seeds to sow each month, blank pages for seasonal observations, and handy pockets for your seed packets and plant labels, while The Diggers Calendar showcases stunning garden photography to inspire you throughout the entire year. This tr...

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STRAWBERRY 'FRESCA' 5 PACK

STRAWBERRY 'FRESCA' 5 PACK

A whole metre of strawberries for $20! This heavy cropping strawberry producing delicious deep-red fruit of medium size from late summer into autumn. Suited to pots or garden beds. Includes 5 plants.

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LAVENDER GROSSO (3 Plants)

LAVENDER GROSSO (3 Plants)

The most fragrant of all the lavenders, 'Grosso' produces an abundance of violet-blue spikes with a high oil content. This is the classic lavender for perfume, decorating the French countryside where it is farmed en masse. 'Grosso' is heat, drought and frost tolerant and adored by bees.

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