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Seeds To Sow Now - Hot Zone

Seeds to sow now if you live in areas like Geraldton, Warburton, Mt Isa and Longreach or places where there are 39 weeks a year or more with temperatures over 15°C.

ARTICHOKE 'IMPERIAL STAR' (PVP) ORGANIC

ARTICHOKE 'IMPERIAL STAR' (PVP) ORGANIC

Delicious flavour and smotth buttery texture with an average of 6-8 buds per plant in the first year. Cut back after flowering for increased yields in the following years. Offsets can be divided to propagate new plants.

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ARTICHOKE 'PURPLE'

ARTICHOKE 'PURPLE'

From Northern Italy this violet artichoke produces fat, fleshy hearts that are considered decorative and good eating. Cut back hard after harvest for fresh new growth. Harvest 2-3 buds per plant in the first yea...

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ASPARAGUS 'Mary Washington'

ASPARAGUS 'Mary Washington'

This traditional open-pollinated variety is still a garden favourite. Mary Washington is a proven performer due to its vigour and good resistance to rust. Abundant slender spears producedduring spring. Grow in the dark to ...

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ASPARAGUS 'SWEET PURPLE'

ASPARAGUS 'SWEET PURPLE'

With a 20% higher sugar content than the green asparagus this purple variety of asparagus has a wonderful mild earthy flavour when cooked or eaten raw. Cut spears back in second year to increase harvest.

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BABY BROCCOLI 'HAPPY RICH' F1

BABY BROCCOLI 'HAPPY RICH' F1

A perfect smaller variety for the compact vegetable patch. Harvest the stems, flowers and leaves which can be stir-fried or steamed for delicious results. Prolong the harvest by picking before the flower buds ...

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BASIL 'CINNAMON'

BASIL 'CINNAMON'

Cinnamon scented, attractive plants that have pinkish flowers and purple-red stalks. The sweet spicy flavour is well matched in tomato, pasta, vegetable and soup dishes.

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BASIL 'FINO VERDE' ORGANIC

BASIL 'FINO VERDE' ORGANIC

Neat compact growth makes this the perfect potted herb for the balcony. Leaves are small, tender and aromatic with a sweet basil taste and a hint of spice. Continual harvest for an extended period as it resists bolting ...

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An intensely fragrant lemon annual herb, ideal in pot pourri and tea. Ideal for small spaces as it is a small bush. v30cm.

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BASIL 'LETTUCE LEAF'

BASIL 'LETTUCE LEAF'

This spectacular variety of sweet basil made a big impression at the Diggers stand at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show in 2019 due to its highly aromatic large leaves.

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BEAN 'AUSTRALIAN BUTTER' ORGANIC

BEAN 'AUSTRALIAN BUTTER' ORGANIC

A climbing butter bean that ticks all the boxes. The long round beans are golden yellow and have the taste, texture and appearance of having already being daubed with butter. Flowers are mauve and the seeds ...

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BEAN 'BABY SUN'

BEAN 'BABY SUN'

Attractive round and stringless beans, jsut as productive as they are tasty. Crops continuously from 40cm tall bushes. Harvest in 10 weeks. Yields 350g per plant.

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BEAN 'BLACK VALENTINE'

BEAN 'BLACK VALENTINE'

An old Heirloom that dates back to 1897. This black bean is excellent as a fresh snap bean and an equally good soup bean which makes this the perfect all-purpose bean. A bush bean the has 15cm long green pods with ...

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BEAN 'BLUE LAKE' CLIMBING

BEAN 'BLUE LAKE' CLIMBING

A home garden favourite since 1885 with an exceptional rating in our taste test of 32 beans. 12cm long tasty fat pods.

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BEAN 'BORLOTTI'

BEAN 'BORLOTTI'

An old Italian favourite for using as dried beans from late summer to winter. The best bean for minestrone soup.

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BEAN 'CHRISTMAS LIMA'

BEAN 'CHRISTMAS LIMA'

Dating back to the 1840's the beautiful flat white seeds splashed with maroon make a healthy addition to soups and casseroles. The health benefits of Limas extend far beyond other beans with much higher levels of ...

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BEAN 'DRAGON'S TONGUE'

BEAN 'DRAGON'S TONGUE'

Extremely beautiful bush bean with wide succulent pods of pale lemon streaked with purple. Delicious as both a fresh or dried bean. Harvest in 9 weeks. Yields over 250 grams per plant.

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BEAN 'FLAGEOLET FLAGRANO'

BEAN 'FLAGEOLET FLAGRANO'

Succulent and sweet seeds can be eaten fresh like peas or left to dry for hearty winter soups. Harvest in 9 weeks, yields 500g/plant.

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BEAN 'FROST' ORGANIC

BEAN 'FROST' ORGANIC

A very rare semi-climbing bean well regarded by British and American gardeners since the 1790's for its cold tolerance, it keeps producing well into late autumn thus the name Frost. It is known as a pea bean for its ...

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BEAN 'GIANT OF STUTTGART' ORGANIC

BEAN 'GIANT OF STUTTGART' ORGANIC

This giant climbing bean from the continent produces a bumper harvest that just keeps on coming. The stringless beans are long, straight and lose none of their fleshy tenderness as they continue to grow ... and grow, ...

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BEAN 'HARICOT' ORGANIC

BEAN 'HARICOT' ORGANIC

Just like Champagne, this gourmet bean has bean awarded Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) so we can't call it by its original name, Haricot Tarbais, unless it is grown in a specified region of France. It's ...

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BEAN HEIRLOOM MIX ORGANIC

BEAN HEIRLOOM MIX ORGANIC

Nothing says heirloom more than this mix of our most beautiful beans. We have included Speckled Cranberry, a stunning pole bean that has graced the pages of American cookbooks as far back as 1796 and can be used as a ...

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BEAN 'ITALIAN ROMANO'

BEAN 'ITALIAN ROMANO'

Out of Seed Savers' collection of 2000 beans, these are the favourite of farm manager, David Cavagnaro. Quickly gaining popularity in Australia, this wide, flat 12cm bean is delicious as a green bean and also provides ...

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BEAN ITALIAN ROMANO - FARMERS 500G

BEAN ITALIAN ROMANO - FARMERS 500G

FARMERS MARKET BULK PACKET Wide, flat beans are a Mediterranean favourite to be used fresh or dry. 68 days to harvest. 214g/plant. ...

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BEAN 'LAZY HOUSEWIFE' ORGANIC

BEAN 'LAZY HOUSEWIFE' ORGANIC

Our oldest climbing bean dating back to 1802. Described in Burpee's 1888 Farm Annual as being "broad thick and very fleshy and entirely stringless...and being peculiarly luscious... it derived its name which ...

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Member Exclusives

Old World Rose Collection

Old World Rose Collection

Cultivate romance in your garden with an easy collection of heirloom bare root roses both fragrant and dreamy. Collection includes three old world rose varieties 'Crepuscule', 'Souvenir De La Malmaison' and climber 'Veilchenblau' for wonder and beauty.

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The Two Muscatels Grape Collection

The Two Muscatels Grape Collection

PLANTS: WGRCOL4

A duo of our most popular muscat grape varieties. Suited to eating as both a table grape, or used to make highly aromatic wine, this white and black combo is the perfect partnership for your garden and table.

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2yr membership +FREE vegie seeds

2yr membership +FREE vegie seeds

Membership: MNE2VS

Grow the best tasting vegies with free Tomato 'Tigerella, Beetroot 'Bulls Blood, Silverbeet 'Fordhook' and Spring Onion 'Red' seeds (one packet of each, valued at $21).

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