Vegetables

Pumpkin Squash Rambling Roger - 60965_FREE

A vigourous Delica type pumpkin, which has dark green mottled colour skin, with deep yellow flesh.

Pumpkin Squash Spaghetti Tivoli F1 Hybrid - 61015

We have been amazed at the resurged interest in this item. Simply grow as you would a Courgette. Tivoli is a non trailing variety producing short vines giving it a small plant habit. Ideal for home gardens. Tivoli has a creamy flesh, suggested cooking methods are noted in the back of our catalogue.

Pumpkin Sugar Pie - 60847

Sugar pumpkins have a firm, sweet flesh that is much smoother than that of larger pumpkins. Sugar pumpkins are only about 15cm to 20cm in diameter. Although they don’t boast being the biggest of all, they have a good pumpkin flavour, this combined with their firmer and less stringy flesh, means they have a much more pleasant consistency than that of the larger pumpkin varieties. They’re great for roasting, making soups and for making pumpkin puree for delicious homemade pumpkin pies.

Pumpkin Triamble - 60810

Another old fashioned favourite returns. Large, three-lobed fruit weighing up to 6kg!  Tough grey rind (excellent for storage), deep orange flesh that is sweet, firm and dry.... what more can one expect from a high grade pumpkin. Fruit are kept for winter eating. Likes rich soil.

Pumpkin Whangaparoa Crown - 60760

Best known as a "Standard Storage Pumpkin" Whangaparoa Crown has a grey skin colour and is very popular.

Radicchio Palla Rosa - 61030

Though growth habit and colour may be somewhat variable in this variety, Palla Rosa has an excellent tangy flavour and is easy to grow. The green wrapper leaves on the heads enclose red hearts with pure white ribs. Great for adding colour and zing to your coleslaws.

Radicchio Red Traviso - 61035

A classic tall Italian Radicchio. Upright with red and white striped leaves and large pure white stems. Good for harvesting from the end of summer and throughout the winter. Radicchio also grows well in containers, pots, or raised beds.

Radish Amethyst - 61160

A round radish with striking purple skin that contrasts very well with the crisp white flesh. Slow to go pithy, good shape and strong tops. Great colour for those salads.

Radish Black Spanish - 61040

As the name suggests this variety is black skinned! These medium-hot, white fleshed, 6-8cm radishes are harvested in winter. Plant the seeds in late summer and begin enjoying your crop in autumn. Very good keepers... up to 50 days.

Radish Cabernet F1 Hybrid - 61050

Tall red globe style radish. Fast maturing with lush hardy tops. Deep red colour with crisp flesh. Great all-purpose radish.

Radish Champion - 61100

Please select either Tape or Seeds This traditional round globe shaped variety is deep scarlet in colour. Brighten up your salads with this spicy condiment.

Radish Cherriette F1 Hybrid - 61055

A bright-red radish that performs really well during the warmer season. Maturity is a quick 25-30 days from sowing. Roots are globe-shaped, very uniform and have silky smooth shoulders with a refined tap root. Excellent yield potential. A quality variety.

Radish Daikon Omny F1 Hybrid - 61130

A favourite vegetable for oriental dishes. Diverse usage such as... Grated - use as an alternative to salt and pepper. Baked, grilled, stir-fried, boiled and of course as we are mostly accustomed to, raw in salads. Allow more spacing than common radish varieties as Diakon Omny produces massive fruits.

Radish French Breakfast - 61300

French Breakfast is an earlier variety than other long red radishes. It is oblong in shape, red towards the top, tapering to white at the tip This delicious hot, crisp radish is best pulled immediately at maturity, as the flavour and texture do not hold in the garden.

Radish Mixed - 61200

This mix has all the common shapes of salad radish. Very easy to grow. Fast maturing.

Radish Pink Beauty - 61250

This lovely radish displays a unique rosy-pink colour. Mild tasting, crisp flesh. Very early.

Radish Round Mix - 61260

A mix of red, purple, yellow and white round radishes. Maturing over an extended period of time. Stays crisp and mild even when large.

Radish Sparkler - 61400

Zesty and spectacularly colourful. This delightful two-tone jewel has three key selling points and great for quick harvests mild peppery bite (great for kids) and looks terrific on your plate!

Rhubarb - 61500

No garden is complete without a rhubarb patch! Strong, healthy upright growth - produces thick green shaded red stalks. Plants regenerate quickly after cutting. Sow seeds in spring and autumn.

Rock Melon Honey Dew - 58860

Honey Dew has a really sweet flavour, it's lovely and juicy and delicious served chilled. Flesh is pale green to green. Prefers hot dry climates. Fruit grows approx 10-12cm in diameter.

Seed Tape - Spinach Hybrid Number 7 - 81300

A new and improved tape, the middle tape contains the seed with the side tapes containing a row of fertiliser, giving the seedlings a healthy start ahead of the weeds. The Seed tapes now use a thicker layer of blotter on each side of the seed row, this helps reduce the amount of weeds that can get through early on in germination. No more worrying about rain or watering washing your seeds away. Spinach Hybrid Number 7 is a semi-savoyed variety. Sow in spring and autumn. Useful for winter and spring production. 2 x 2.5 metre tapes per packet Our 2024 catalogue says 1x 4m Tape, this is incorrect, it is currently 2x 2.5m Tapes Seed Tape

Seed Tape - Spring Onion Lisbon - 81200

A new and improved tape, the middle tape contains the seed with the side tapes containing a row of fertiliser, giving the seedlings a healthy start ahead of the weeds. The Seed tapes now use a thicker layer of blotter on each side of the seed row, this helps reduce the amount of weeds that can get through early on in germination. No more worrying about rain or watering washing your seeds away. Lisbon is a popular spring onion that can be sown through late winter-spring for spring-summer production. 1 x 4 metre tape per packet Seed Tape

Silverbeet Brightlights - 51800

Bright multicoloured stems including gold, pink, orange, purple, red and white. Leaves lightly savoyed green and bronze in colour. Mild tasting, a natural in salad mixes. Can be sown most of the year round.

Silverbeet Envy - 51600

Dwarf, compact, uniform plants produce very dark green savoyed glossy leaves. Suitable for leaf and whole plant harvest. Sow practically all year round.

Silverbeet Fordhook Dark Green - 51700

Large savoy (blistered) deep green leaves with white stems. A traditional popular variety.

Silverbeet Golden Sunrise - 51850

Rich green crumpled leaves offset with deep golden stalks mid-ribs and veins. Baby leaves can be harvested at just 4 weeks. Great addition to leafy salad mixes enhancing both flavour and colour.

Silverbeet Peppermint - 51855

Peppermint is in a class by itself. Beautiful white petioles with pink stripes from bottom to top create a visual pop that will catch any eye. Silverbeet Peppermint has glossy, dark green, savoy leaves and is bolt tolerant. Can also be used in ornamental planters and flower beds!

Spinach - Water Spinach - 61740

A popular vegetable in Asian cuisine, Water Spinach grows very readily in ideal environments. As the Botanical name Ipomoea aquatica suggests, this plant likes to grow in wet soggy soil, which can be achieved in pots with minimal or no drainage holes. Both the leaves and hollow stems are edible, its mild taste is like a cross between spinach and watercress.

Spinach Andromeda - 61720

A modern bred Dutch spinach with high resistance to the disease Pernospera. Fast maturing and easy to grow. Excellent hybrid vigour. Best for spring, autumn and winter. This is a treated seed.

Spinach Baby Lakeside F1 Hyb - 61770

Perfect for the new-age patio garden, container or window. Formerly Baby Teton

Spinach New Zealand - 61800

There is a loyal group of gardeners that seek out and enjoy NZ Spinach. It has a strong, quite unique flavour - almost the opposite of Spinach Perpetual which has a lovely sweet flavour. Unsure which one will suit you? - try them both! Soaking seeds in warm water for two to eight hours prior to sowing may help soften the seed coat and improve germination results.

Spinach Orach - 61700

Sometimes known as Red Mountain Spinach, Orach has purple lance-shaped leaves that made a tasty addition to your salad mixes or can be cooked like spinach. The leaves can also be used for "stuffing" or making attractive food parcels. It can also make a lovely border plant in the garden, bearing purple flowering spikes in summer which complement the foliage.

Spinach Oriental Imperial Green - 61715

An Asian Spinach often used raw in salads but equally useful as a traditional spinach. Erect plant habit keeps leaves clean. Rapid growing and resists bolting. Good mildew resistance.

Spinach Perpetual - 61730

An attractive dark green variety noted for its fast growth and holding ability. Also known as Spinach Beet.

Stevia Rebaudiana Sugar Grass - 61900

Other common names are Sweetleaf, Sugarleaf or Sugar Grass. Overseas it is widely grown for its sweet leaves. Easy to grow. As a sugar substitute, Stevia's taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar. Cooking with Stevia does require a learning curve, but since the advantages of reducing sugar in your diet (as well as eliminating your consumption of aspartame and other artificial sweeteners) are so important, it's well worth the effort. The most important thing to remember is not to use too much, which can result in excessive sweetness and an aftertaste. Try this website: www.cookingwithstevia.com

Sunflower Snack - 57140

Beautifully ornamental with a bonus! This vibrant golden-yellow flower measures up to 24cm across and has a contrasting dark disk. It produces very large seeds which are much easier to process. Height is about 150cm Once flowers have finished and seed heads have dried, keep these aside for yourself or to feed the birds. If you are struggling to de-husk the seed, there is lots of information on the internet with different methods people have used. Please note also that while this is called a mix, this is a single variety but there may be a variation in flower colour. This is treated seed due to Biosecurity requirements. This very small amount of treatment will not affect the edibility of the seeds that are subsequently produced from plants grown.

Swede Invitation F1 Hybrid - 62340

Regardless of whether you have the disease ‘Club Root’ or not, Invitation is the best Swede to grow. Hybrid vigour offers a strong-growing, Club Root & Powdery Mildew resistant variety. Swedes, being in the ground for a long time, are very susceptible to club root, making Invitation the natural choice.

Swede Purple Champion - 62350

Excellent tasting globe shaped swede. Tender yellow flesh with a purple crown and shoulders. Also commonly known as Rutabega Purple Champion.

Tomato Big Beef F1 Hybrid - 62400

Produces large juicy tomatoes combined with the old-fashioned beefsteak flavour - very tasty. Plants are multi-disease resistant and produce high yields. Big Beef is the perfect sandwich tomato. Fruit weigh up to 350 grams.

Tomato Birdie Yellow Canary - 63645

Super early, delicious and brightly attractive!. Birdie Yellow Canary has 2-3cm round, excellent tasting, yellow cherry tomatoes that are nicely displayed against deep green foliage. Plants are perfect for hanging baskets and mixed patio containers.

Tomato Chocolate Sprinkles F1 Hybrid - 62415

First in this type with resistance to Fusarium, Nematode and Tobacco Mosaic Virus. The 2-4cm fruit are a unique chocolate and green striped colour. This variety is best grown in the ground.

Tomato Cocktail Sweet 100 F1 Hybrid - 63500

This cherry type tomato produces amazing yields (in the hundreds!). It is VF (two nasty tomato diseases) tolerant, and produces large numbers of branched clusters of fruit.

Tomato Cocktail Sweet Gold F1 Hyb - 63490

This is an extra early, tall growing F1 Hybrid variety. Yellow cherry tomatoes with excellent flavour. Plants are vigourous with good fruit sets. Each fruit weighs about 14 grams. Probably best described as a yellow fruiting version of Sweet 100.

Tomato Cocktail Sweet Million F1 Hybrid - 63510

Produces dark-red fruit approx 2.5cm in diameter (about twice the size of Sweet 100.) Vigourous plants with increased disease resistance and improved tolerance to cracking. Sweet tasting fruit.

Tomato Cocktail Tumbling Tom Yellow F1 Hybrid - 63530

Like its red brother, very sweet and equally attractive on the patio.

Tomato Cocktail Wandering Tom Red F1 Hybrid - 63520

Not only sweet and delicious but also very ornamental. The cascading and branching plant is ideal for container use. Improved Tumbling Tom.

Tomato Country Taste F1 Hybrid - 62630

Big juicy tasty fruit! Country Taste has been bred with a specific focus on great taste - size and colour are mere after thoughts. Has excellent disease resistance. Fruit weight can be up to 250g. Fruit size between 70-110mm.

Tomato Dwarf Enterprise F1 - 63250

Dwarf Enterprise has multiple disease resistance, which is just so important for growing dwarf tomatoes. Early production of nicely shaped, medium sized fruit.