Chives Garlic

A strong scent of garlic can be found in these popular herbs that are used for flavouring. Lightly spread the seed directly in the area required - plants will then grow together forming a tight "clump".

Chives Common

Mild onion flavoured leaves. Cut regularly to ensure a supply of new young leaves. Lightly spread the seed directly in the area required. Plants will then grow together forming a tight "clump".

Chionochloa Flavicans

Tough yet elegant, Chionochloa flavicans provides shapely foliage all year round and elegant pale creamy-green flower plumes in mid-summer. Flower heads grow to approx. 1.5m. Resembles a mini Toe Toe. "Cold Stratify" required - detailed cultural information on packet.

Chicory Italiko

An heirloom variety from Italy, it is also known as "Red Dandelion" due to its beautiful dark-red stems. Popular in salads with its bitter spicy taste. It is also great to harvest as a baby leaf variety. Cut leaves off as required and the plant will continue to produce new ones.

Chicory Grumolo Verde (Green)

Dark green head with rosette. Harvest as a cut-and-come-again or loose leaves for salads and risottos.Slightly bitter tasting but the bitterness will reduce if exposed to frost, soaking in ice cold water or cooking. If grown for Autumn harvest, initial growth is a somewhat elongated head with large rounded leaves. After cutting, leave the root and crown and you will get the grumolo rosettes in the spring. Alternately, plant later in summer and you should get rosettes the following spring.

Chervil

Finely cut Chervil leaves add a sensational subtle seasoning in fish, vegetable and cheese dishes. Very good for soups and herb butter. Add Chervil to dishes at the last moment of preparation to maximize anise taste - cooking / boiling the leaves will result in a very bland flavour.

Chamomile (German)

German chamomile is a sweet variety that has been used for centuries in teas as a mild, relaxing sleep aid. Research has identified chamomiles specific anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, muscle relaxant, antispasmodic, anti-allergenic and sedative properties, validating its long-held reputation. It is an annual plant, flowers have a yellow centre and white outer petals.

Centranthus Pretty Betsy Deep Red

Easy to grow and a great border filler, has dense crimson flowers that billow out above the grey green foliage. Perfect for creating that natural looking effect in gardens.

Centaurea Sweet Sultan Mix

Soft thistle-like flowers with a delicate honey scent in shades of Lilac, Rose and White. A very old heirloom variety used in cottage gardens or as a cut flower. Natural attractor of bees and other beneficial insects.

Celosia Kimono Mix

A dwarf selection suitable for container planting and formal bedding displays. Very even growth habit, clear bright colours. A huge improvement over old strains.

Celosia Flamingo Feather

An interesting "wheat-type" celosia with soft purpley-pink feathery blooms, fading to blush as the bloom matures. Strongly branched in the upper part of the stems. These delicate plumes are fantastic in both the garden and in the vase. If harvesting for cut flowers, do so when the flower head reaches the desired size, but it's best done before the flower goes to seed. For similar flowers consider Ptilotis or Lagurus (Bunny Tails) they all have delicate, graceful flowers.

Celosia Brains Trust

A special compact and dwarf variety suitable for pots container planting and bedding. The unusual flower form creates an interesting option for containers. Celosia like it warm and require full sun.

Celery Utah

Deep green foliage. Widely used variety. Prefers moist soil. A nutritious vegetable that is good for salads soups and stews.

Celeriac Mars

A modern bred variety with round roots, light coloured skin and dark green upright foliage. Mars has good resistance to Septorioa (a common Celeriac disease). The roots store well.

Cauliflower Twister F1 Hybrid

Twister is here, no more snapping your cauliflower leaves for protection of the lovely, white crisp heads. Twister forms a natural twisted leaf wrapper to protect the snowy-white curds from sun and rain discolouring. Well adapted to most areas of NZ. Like all cauliflowers Twister prefers the cooler months of Autumn, Winter and Spring.

Cauliflower Romanesco

Wondrous spiraling, vibrant apple-green heads. This fascinating gourmet Italian vegetable has recently been incorporated in Wattie's frozen vege ranges - now you can have it fresh!

Cauliflower Igloo

Specially bred for close planting to produce mini-cauliflowers or at wider spacing for larger heads. Early variety, fast and easy to grow. Igloo replaces Majestic Mini that has been discontinued.

Cauliflower All Year Round

This variety is very adaptable, and as the name suggests it can be planted "all year round". An old favourite, maturing in 15 weeks.

Carthamus Grenade Orange

Usually grown specifically for cut flowers but makes a novel and unusual addition to outdoor gardens. Commonly called Safflower. Deep orange thistle-like blooms, with round, thornless leaves and round flower buds. A hardy annual plant that can handle a wide range of temperatures. Easy to grow from seed, they can simply be sown directly where they are to grow.

Carrot Yellow

Rumour has it that the yellow carrot is The Carrot for pickling! Not sure where the rumour came from or how true it is, but give it a try and let us know what you think. Yellow carrots contain high levels of the carotenoid lutein, this is excellent for preventing macular degeneration of the retina. A study (quite a few years ago, but no less significant) showed that getting lutein from yellow carrots versus taking a supplement was more successful as the supplements had the effect of reducing the beta-carotene concentrations. This just confirms what we already know, you can't beat the value of eating home-grown, fresh produce, good on you for making the effort.

Carrot Touchon

An even more refined French selection of Manchester Table. Good value for money.

Carrot Topweight

Strong topped variety with bolting resistance. A good all round carrot, you can't go wrong choosing this one.

Carrot Senior F1 Hybrid

Look who's back!! Our best carrot. Huge, strong, vigourous roots with excellent "Alternaria" and "Bolting" tolerance. Cylindrical nantcs shape with a slight taper. Early maturing. Very flexible for a range of soil types and temperatures.

Carrot Rainbow Mixed

Coax the kids with these assorted, brightly coloured carrots! Great bright colours that will hopefully encourage the kids to try out their gardening skills. You'll hear squeals of delight as they harvest these red, green, yellow and even purple carrots. Not only fun for the kids though, these intriguing, bright carrots look fantastic on the plate... and taste great

Carrot Purple

Like many deep coloured vegetables, purple carrots are loaded with antioxidants which are great for repairing and preventing cell damage. When boiling this variety, colour will leach out dramatically in the water but the carrots still remain a deep purple for serving. (The core may remain white). Very young, raw thinnings are a colourful addition to your salads.

Carrot Manchester Table

Please select either Tape or Seeds Small cored and fine texture. Medium long "blunt" ended. Excellent eating quality.

Carrot Ladies Fingers

Rich orange roots that are great for gourmet cooking. Sweet flavour and delicate shape, approx 8cm long. Great in the garden, will tolerate "heavy" soil.

Carrot Kuroda

This is a New Zealand produced carrot. An interesting fact is that here in NZ we grow 40% of the worlds carrot seeds - not bad for such a wee country - Good on yah Mate. Kuroda is a conical, orange main crop carrot, known for its high yields and tender, sweet taste. For those of you who are into smoothies and juicing, it is also a great juicing carrot. Thin plants to between 5-9cm apart for harvest. Grows to approx 20cm in length.

Carrot Chantenay Red Core

Chantenay Red Core are a popular home gardeners choice that is suitable for heavy soils. It is a blocky, blunt shaped carrot that is a deep reddish orange all the way through. It is crisp and sweet, and grows to approx 10-12cm long. Chantenay Red Core can have massive erect tops growing as high as 50cm.

Carrot Baby

Small round roots. Very early baby carrot. Excellent shape for making creative edible decorations to garnish your salads. Mini Vegetable

Carrot All Seasons

Please select either Tape or Seeds Probably the most adaptable variety we offer. Tapered roots are of high quality and good colour.

Carnation Chabaud Picotee Fantasy Mix

A beautiful selection of striped and picotee, double flowers in an array of colours. Long stems make it ideal for picking so you can enjoy the delightful blooms indoors too. Mostly doubles and semi-doubles, but a percentage of single flowers can be expected.

Carex Testacea

A great landscape plant, becoming more popular in the new easy-care garden environments! Densely tufted foliage is green below with bright orange on the upper half, this gives it an overall golden appearance. Grows quickly and forms abundant drooping flower stems in summer. "Cold Stratify" required, detailed cultural information on packet.

Capsicum Trinidad Butch T

Another oddly shaped pepper with a “Scorpion-like” tail. Once again, a record breaker in years gone by, the burn from this pepper is almost unbearable. SHU : 1.4 million We are unsure why anyone would want to torture themselves with these peppers, but they are still widely sought after by extreme eaters for their mega-heat, fruity flavour, and wicked looks.

Capsicum Sweet Shishito

Shishito peppers are a Japanese heirloom variety with a crisp, fruity flavour. Just a tiny hint of heat and smokiness is brought out by cooking them. About 5% of Shishito peppers are pungent.

Capsicum Sweet Pepper California Wonder

California Wonder is a bell-shaped pepper that produces green to red fruit. This very popular all purpose sweet pepper is easy to grow and is right up there with great yields

Capsicum Sweet Classic F1 Hybrid

Improved Double Up. Quality, thick-walled fruit. Large smooth fruit on sturdy upright plants. F1 hybrid vigour ensures a prolific crop of first class quality, blocky, bell-shaped sweet peppers. Colour goes from green to red.

Capsicum Mad Hatter F1 Hybrid

Mad Hatter is a flat disc pepper that is crunchy and crisp. Its not unlike our previous Habanera Flyer that we used to supply - looks a bit like a spaceship. This very popular all purpose sweet pepper is easy to grow and is right up there with great yields. It has a delicate floral scent and rich flavour that intensifies/sweetens as it matures. The plant habit is extra large and vigourous. In hot, dry climates a small number of fruit will have a touch of heat close to the seed cavity, but the fruit wings are always sweet. Its a bit like a lucky dip or should we say Russian Roulette... you get accustomed to the sweet flavour and then whamo you get a hot one! Its unique shape makes an intriguing addition to the table. Try stuffing them with cream cheese, suffused in olive oil... yum!

Capsicum Hot Jalwa India

Capsicum Hot Jalwa was bred in India - pretty much says it all, got to be worth a try for all you hot pepper lovers! Tall plants with strong branching habit. Fruit are 13-14cm long and a nice light-green colour. Jalwa will turn red when fully ripe but like most peppers will become sweeter and lose a bit of heat. These peppers are medium to hot.

Capsicum Ghost Bhut Jolokia F1 Hybrid

Once the hottest pepper in the world, now rated 7th. This was the first pepper to test over 1 million Scovilles! Ripe, conical shape peppers measure 6-8cm. SHU : 1.04 million.

Capsicum Chilli Jalapeno Megatron F1 Hybrid

Megatron is an exciting new hybrid Jalapeno that boasts dense, extra large fruit averaging around 11cm. This variety has good shelf life and a nice deep-green colour.

Capsicum Chilli Jalapeno

Deep solid green, turning red on maturity. Fruit are 7.5cm long. Hot and zesty flavour without being over powering. Use when green or red.

Capsicum Chilli Hot Mix

Contains a mixture of Mexican; Asian peppers and chillies in various colours and shapes. From mild to pungent flavour.

Capsicum Chilli Habanero Caribbean Red

Right up there with the hottest chilli's available! This fantastic item turns a bright scarlet-red on maturity. 200 times hotter than Jalapeno. Use with care as it is "alarmingly hot".

Capsicum Chilli Arapaho (Cayenne) F1 Hybrid

This large fruited and very attractive cayenne pepper produces high yields of early maturing fruit on a compact plant. Being a hybrid, Arapaho not only drastically out-yields standard cayenne varieties, but matures about 2 weeks earlier. Perfect for the locations with a shorter growing season.

Capsicum Cayenne Anmol

Fruit begins dark green and turns bright red. Length is approximately 14-16cm. Good variety for drying - pods dry flat. Prolific fruiter with medium pungency.

Capsicum Carolina Reaper

The hottest pepper in the world! Carolina Reaper is 200 times hotter than a Jalapeno. It gets this insane heat from being a cross between a Ghost Pepper and a Red Habanero. The pepper is red and gnarled, with a bumpy texture and a small pointed tail. Every pod is unique. SHU : 2.2 million

Capsicum Candy Cane F1 Hybrid

We only have a finite amount of vegetables - right? Well I guess so, and probably that is why breeders continue to breed for something different and exciting, not only for taste but for a unique look within a variety. Capsicum Candy Cane is an interesting Sweet Pepper that has eye-catching variegated foliage, along with fruit that ripen from green striped to solid red. Its thin walls have a crispy texture and sweet flavour and are perfect for fresh eating at any stage of ripeness. Candy Cane is a medium snack pepper growing to approximately 9-10cm in length and 3-4cm across. This medium sized plant can be grown in the garden and containers - a perfect candidate for our new Pot Plant Cage containers.