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The Edible Hedge

Hedges create privacy, help to form microclimates within the garden, screen ugly views and help to define areas of your garden into rooms, but did you ever think of using these to provide you with food for your table too? These are our most popular edible hedging plants. You can also use climbers where space is limited. Think outside the square and create a garden that is beautiful, functional and productive.

CAROB TREE HEDGE PACK (5 PLANTS)

PLANTS: WCATH

One of the world’s best natural sweeteners, the leathery pods are commonly ground as a substitute for cocoa and have been cultivated throughout the Mediterranean as a staple food source for thousands of years. A tough drought-tolerant tree requiring both male and female plants to set pods, making a hedge the best way of securing an abundant crop...

Member $60.00
Non-Member $84.00

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CINNAMON MYRTLE

PLANTS: WCIMY

The fragrant foliage of this native bushfood can be used wherever cinnamon is called for desserts, curries and even as a calming herbal tea. A compact tree from the rainforests of northern NSW and Queensland, becomes adorned with star shaped clusters of cream flowers in summer. Useful as a hedge or feature tree. Protect from frost while young.

Member $14.95
Non-Member $18.95

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CINNAMON MYRTLE HEDGE PACK (5 PLANTS)

PLANTS: WCIMYH

"The fragrant foliage of this native bushfood can be used wherever cinnamon is called upon for desserts, curries and even as a calming herbal tea. A compact tree from the rainforests of northern NSW and QLD, this hedge will be adorned with star shaped clusters of cream flowers in summer and copper coloured new leaf growth. Useful as a hedge or f...

Member $55.00
Non-Member $75.00

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FEIJOA - PINEAPPLE GUAVA

PLANTS: WPIG

Highly aromatic and delicious torpedo-shaped fruits are produced in abundance from fluffy red and white flowers with edible petals. A tough screening shrub, hedge or small tree, feijoas are drought-tolerant once established. Queen Victoria is rumoured to have adored them. Try them yourself and you’ll be enchanted by their unusual flavour.

Member $9.95
Non-Member $12.95

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JUNIPER BERRY HEDGE PACK (5 PLANTS)

PLANTS: WJUBH

An elegantly upright plant, easily clipped to form a dense hedge. The berries are used to flavour gin and brine. Our plants are cutting-grown from a self-fertile plant, so you can expect berries from a single bush. Thriving in sun or part shade, the berries can take up to two years to ripen. 5 plants.

Member $110.00

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ROSEMARY 'TUSCAN BLUE'

PLANTS: PROT

Spangled with deep lilac-blue flowers over spring and summer, this shrub is clothed in fine richly-scented foliage, which contrasts beautifully with grey-leaved plants. This aromatic herb is both ornamental and edible, and is the best variety for topiary and formal hedges. Popular in cottage gardens and parterres, ‘Tuscan Blue’ is also suited to...

Member $8.95
Non-Member $10.50

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BAY TREE HEDGE PACK (5 PLANTS)

PLANTS: WBATH

Popular for its aromatic deep green leaves, which are best-known as an essential ingredient in casseroles and bolognese. Bay can be planted as a feature tree, pruned to maintain compact height and width as a hedge and even clipped for topiary. Drought and salt-tolerant once established. Slow growing, they rarely reach their height potential, mak...

Member $45.00
Non-Member $60.00

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BLUEBERRY 'BRIGITTA'

PLANTS: WBLBR

"A vigorous Australian-bred highbush cultivar with masses of sweet, tasty pale blue berries. Sweet bunches hang like grapes in abundance toward the end of the season making this the ideal blueberry variety for jams and preserves, or for gardeners who just want to gorge their crop all at once! Requires pollination from `Blue Rose' 'Sunshine Blue'...

Member $9.95
Non-Member $12.95

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BLUEBERRY 'BRIGITTA' HEDGE PACK (5 PLANTS)

BLUEBERRY 'BRIGITTA' HEDGE PACK (5 PLANTS)

PLANTS: WBLBRH

A vigorous Australian-bred highbush cultivar with masses of sweet, tasty pale blue berries. Sweet bunches hang like grapes in abundance toward the end of the season making this the ideal blueberry variety for jams and preserves, or for gardeners who just want to gorge their crop all at once! Clip to form a neat hedge in soils with a low pH. 5 pl...

Member $45.00
Non-Member $60.00

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CHILEAN GUAVA

PLANTS: WCHG

A fruiting replacement for traditional box hedging, Chilean Guava is dense, compact, responds well to pruning and gives you fruit too. Suited to full sun and part shade, it has no pest or disease problems and a fragrance reminiscent of strawberry. You can now have your hedge and eat it too!

Member $6.95
Non-Member $8.95

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MIDYIM BERRY

PLANTS: WMID

A native plant and a food of First Nations people, Midyim Berry is the quintessential edible Aussie plant. Cultivate as a low-growing hedge and prune as you would a box hedge, or plant in the garden as a decorative shrub. The delicate summer berries are sweet and tangy, the new leaves are burgundy coloured and the spring flowers appear as small ...

Member $9.95
Non-Member $12.95

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Member Exclusives

ORANGE LONG HARVEST COLLECTION

PLANTS: WCITLH

Pick oranges all year round with this long harvest collection. Includes one plant each of Navel ‘Washington’, with fruit from May to September, Navel ‘Lane’s Late’ with fruit from September to December, and Valencia 'Delta Seedless' fruiting from September to March with fruit that stores on the tree for up to seven months.

Member $99.00

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LOW PRESSURE COUNTRY SPRINKLER x 3

HARDWARE: HLOP3

A tried and true design, popular with all Diggers gardeners. Safe to use with dirty tank or washing machine water, as it does not get blocked. Covers a diameter of 10m. Not for high pressure.

Member $35.00

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2 year membership + Garden Calendar and 2 Seed Packets

2 year membership + Garden Calendar and 2 Seed Packets

Membership: MNE2CA2

Join the club and receive an exclusive gift, valued at $30. A stunning calendar featuring key dates, a guide to which seeds to sow each month and plenty of space to add your own events. Plus two free packets of some popular seeds – Tomato 'Black Cherry' and Lettuce Heirloom Mix.

Member $79.00
Non-Member $79.00

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