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Artichoke – Green Globe
$9.50Add to cartArtichoke is a PERENNIAL vegetable growing to 1.5m. The plant is quite big and statuesque, with long, arching, deeply lobed, silvery, glaucous-green leaves. When the flower buds (the vegetable) are allowed to open into flowers, they are very attractive to bees and bumblebees. The plant prefers well drained soil in most soils (tolerant of saline soils) in a sunny position. The flower buds are known as a gourmet vegetable and the whole plant has medicinal applications. Leaves yield a dark grey dye.
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Artichoke – Imperial Star
$9.50Read morePerennial vegetable. A productive and high quality green glove artichoke that produces 6-8 mature buds averaging 10cm on a bushy plant in the first season from seed.
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Artichoke – Purple de Jesi
$9.50Add to cartArtichoke is a PERENNIAL vegetable growing to 1.5m. The plant is quite big and statuesque, with long, arching, deeply lobed, silvery, glaucous-green leaves. When the flower buds (the vegetable) are allowed to open into flowers, they are very attractive to bees and bumblebees. The plant prefers well drained soil in most soils (tolerant of saline soils) in a sunny position. The flower buds are known as a gourmet vegetable and the whole plant has medicinal applications. Leaves yield a dark grey dye.
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Artichoke – Purple of Romagna
$9.50Add to cartPerennial vegetable. A beautiful French heirloom artichoke variety with finer flavoured artichokes.
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Artichoke – Violet de Provence
$9.50Add to cartPerennial vegetable. A beautiful French heirloom artichoke variety with finer flavoured artichokes.
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Cardoon
$8.50Add to cartA large PERENNIAL growing to 2m with at least a 1m spread. Cardoon is a thistle-like plant in the sunflower family and grows to be a stout plant with large, deeply lobed and heavily spined green to grey-green leaves. Flowers are violet-purple, produced in a large, globose, massively spined flowerhead.
It can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soil although it prefers well-drained soil in full sun. Somewhat drought tolerant it can grow in saline soil.
Flowers, leaves, roots and stems are eaten. Flower buds are eaten as a globe artichoke substitute. Some important medicinal use, and can be used as a dye plant. -
Chilli – Basket of Fire
$6.50Add to cartCapsicums are frost and cold tender EVERGREEN PERENNIAL that is often grown as an annual. Prefers growing in a moist well-drained soil in full sun. Basket of Fire has white flowers that are followed by upright growing fruits. Productive and decorative with a bushy growth habit and small, hot (80,000 SHU) chillies maturing from deep purple through yellow, orange and bright red.
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Chilli – Habanero Yellow
$6.50Add to cartA frost and cold tender EVERGREEN PERENNIAL that is often grown as an annual, 60cm- 90cm in height. Typically, a ripe habanero chili is 26 cm and are very hot (100,000 350,000 SHU) and with its heat, sweet flavour and floral aroma make them popular in hot sauces and spicy foods. Prefers growing in a moist well-drained soil in full sun.
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Chilli – Jalapeno
$7.50Add to cartCapsicums are a frost and cold tender EVERGREEN PERENNIAL that is often grown as an annual, reaching up to 1m in height. A medium-sized chili pepper pod is 510 cm long and hangs down with a round, firm, smooth flesh. It is mild to medium (1,000 – 20,000 SHU). Commonly picked and consumed while still green, it is occasionally allowed to fully ripen and turn red, orange or yellow. Prefers growing in a moist well-drained soil in full sun.
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Chilli – various
$6.50Add to cartA variety of the chillies and peppers I am growing from my collection of over 150 varieties. Chillies come in a great variety of colours, shapes, heat levels and taste profiles. Please contact me to see which varieties are on offer this season.
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Earth Gem – Ulluco
$9.50Add to cartUlluco, also known as Earth Gems (Ullucus tuberosus) is a perennial in the Basellaceae family. This South American tuber showcases vibrant, jewel-toned tubers in hues of red, pink, and yellow, with heart-shaped leaves and small, colorful flowers. Ulluco is primarily grown for its flavorful and nutritious tubers, often used in traditional dishes. It thrives in well-drained, fertile soil with a preference for cool, moist conditions.