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Vegetable Seeds Catalogue
An unusual lettuce with crisp, deep red leaves that have green undersides. While this lettuce has ornamental value, with the wavy dark red leaves, it is a great addition to the garden as it is slow to bolt in summer. This loose leafed lettuce can be used as a ‘cut and come again’ or harvested when mature. A delicate flavour from baby leaf to mature. 600 seeds.
This compact, semi-cos lettuce is an old English favourite & a reliable winter salad staple. Its unusually dark-green leaves are so tightly-folded even the outer ones form part of the head. Hardy & very frost tolerant, this early-to-crop lettuce can be grown throughout winter. Not to WA. 400 seeds.
A ‘Lollo Rossa’ style lettuce that has shades of intensely red leaves. The leaves are dense and very wavy/curly creating plenty of pools for those salads with super tasty dressings. A dual-purpose lettuce; the leaves are ideal for use as baby leaf or wait until the plants mature to harvest a full, stunning head of deep red leaves. Slow to bolt. 500 seeds.
A great mix of salad greens that is bound to set you mouth watering. A mix of ‘cut and come again’ lettuces and some spicier greens (Rocket, Chicory and Tatsoi). Simply add feta, olive oil & balsamic for a basic salad. About 500 seeds.
With deeply lobed, curl/ frilly dark red leaves the ‘Spritzer’ is perfect in salads due to its loft/bulk and ability to hold up to heavy lashings of salad dressing! The rosettes stay tight and upright, making them easy to harvest. An oak leaf/tango style variety popular with both home and market gardeners as it a ‘cut and come again’ variety. 500 seeds.
A perfect ‘cut and come again’ lettuce with deeply lobed, curl/ frilly leaves. The green leaves are perfect in salads due to its loft/bulk and ability to hold up to heavy lashings of salad dressing! The rosettes stay tight and upright, making them easy to harvest. An oak leaf style variety popular with both home and market gardeners. 500 seeds.
A popular English heirloom variety that has a compact bush, is early to mature and heavy yielding. These attractive striped fruits can be cut at 10-15cm (like zucchini) or left to ‘size up’ as marrows. Excellent eating when freshly picked and lightly cooked, or suitable for short autumn storage. 10 seeds.
A classic cantaloupe variety, with disease resistance, that can be grown in your backyard. A good cropping vine which produces fruit weighing about 1 kg. Loves a sunny position. In cooler districts start early indoors, transplant once frosts have passed. Treated seed. 30 seeds.
A sweet, warm weather melon with lime-green flesh. Melons are ripe when the stem turns brown and the ‘flick test’ sounds a little hollow. Fruits are 2-2.5 kg. Needs full sun & a sheltered spot. Can be slow growing in cooler climates, so start early in a greenhouse and on a hot bed and transplant out once cooler nights have passed. For good germination 20+oC is required. Treated seed. 30 seeds.
A Japanese salad green that will supply you with aromatic leaves over the cooler months. Mibuna is a fast-growing, cold-tolerant annual plant for a sunny position with average garden soil, growing to 30-40 cm high. Enjoy the light mustard flavour that is perfect raw in salads, steamed or stir-fried. 200 seeds.
These Japanese greens belong to the Oriental brassicas and will supply you with spicy salad leaves over winter and spring.This very attractive, deeply dissected foliage grows well in ordinary soil with plenty of moisture. Good for inter-cropping with sweet corn, asparagus or artichokes. Can be sown from early spring until late autumn. 500 seeds
These Japanese greens belong to the oriental brassicas and will supply you with spicy salad leaves over winter and spring.This very attractive, deeply dissected foliage grows well in ordinary soil with plenty of moisture. Good for inter-cropping with sweet corn, asparagus or artichokes. Can be sown from early spring until late autumn. 500 seeds