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Rhubarb – Cherry Red
$9.50Add to cartA PERENNIAL growing to 1.2m. Prefers moist well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade, and can grow in heavy clay soil.
The leaf stem is cooked and eaten with fruit in tarts. The leaf itself is toxic and should not be eaten. Roots are used medicinally.
Victoria is said to be the best cooking rhubarb with sweeter and milder slender green stems with a red blush that are very tender. -
Salad Burnett
$7.50Add to cartSalad Burnet is an EVERGREEN PERENNIAL growing to 60cm, forming a rosette of attractive pinnate basal leaves with oval and lightly serrated leaflets. Flowers are rounded clusters of pink tiny blooms. Prefers any moist well-drained soil in full sun, and can grow in nutritionally poor soil or very alkaline soils.
Leaves are edible, fresh or cooked, and dried leaves can be made into a tea. It has some domestic medicinal use. -
Shungiku
$7.50Add to cartThis leafy ANNUAL grows up to 1.2m and has yellow-and-white daisy-like flowers and finely divided green leaves. Prefers moist and well-drained soil in a full sun or semi-shaded position.
Flowers and leaves are edible. -
Sorrel – Garden
$8.50Add to cartSorrel is a PERENNIAL plant growing to 60cm with deep roots, juicy stems and edible, arrow-shaped leaves that taste sour.
Prefers moist soil in a semi-shade to full sun position. Can tolerate acidic soil.
All parts of the plant are edible. It is a good household and dye plant and has medicinal use. -
Okinawa Spinach
$12.50Read moreA PERENNIAL growing to 90cm with a sprawling habit. Prefers a well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade.
Eaten as a medicinal vegetable. -
Orach – Green Mountain Spinach
$7.50Read moreOrach (Atriplex hortensis), or Mountain Spinach, is an annual leafy green in the Amaranthaceae family that grows 1–2m tall and 40–60cm wide. It prefers full sun and well-drained, fertile soil. Orach produces tender, spinach-like leaves with a mild, slightly salty flavour, used as a culinary green fresh or cooked. It is heat-tolerant, ornamental, and self-seeding, making it a useful food and cottage garden plant. Florists also make use of the spectacular seed spikes in floral arrangements.
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Orach – Red Mountain Spinach
$8.50Read moreOrach (Atriplex hortensis), or Mountain Spinach, is an annual leafy green in the Amaranthaceae family that grows 1–2m tall and 40–60cm wide. It prefers full sun and well-drained, fertile soil. Orach produces tender, spinach-like leaves with a mild, slightly salty flavour, used as a culinary green fresh or cooked. It is heat-tolerant, ornamental, and self-seeding, making it a useful food and cottage garden plant. Florists also use the striking seed heads in flower arrangements.