Vegetable Seeds Catalogue

Salad Greens

1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Amaranthus tricolour

A good looking edible plant with oval to heart shaped green leaves overlaid with burgundy red. The leaves are a great source of proteins, vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre. The leaf tastes similar to spinach and can be used in the same way. The younger leaves are milder and are ideal in salads. Harvest leaves as needed, young stems can also be eaten. 400 seeds.

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Valerianella locusta

These 15cm short, dark-green leafy rosettes are a tasty autumn, winter and early spring salad. The leaves should be picked regularly after the first frost when they have a delicious, nutty flavour. Often self-seeding, they’re good around the base of fruit trees and are also easily grown in pots. 200 seeds.
 

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Lactuca sativa, Eruca sativa, Brassica rapa, Cichorium intybus

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.

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Brassica rapa Jap. Group

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



 

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
​​​​​​​Brassica rapa Japonica. Group

A striking, fast-growing Asian green with reddish-purple central stem and veins. The deeply serrated leaf has a mildly peppery flavour. A versatile variety of mizuna that adds colour to salads, soups and stir-fries. Leaves can be harvested young or mature, the younger leaves have a milder flavour. Mustard greens are an excellent source of vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A (in the form of carotenoids), and manganese. 75 seeds.

Sunlight
Full
Frost Resilience
Frost Hardy
Lifespan
Annual
GermType
Fast germinating seeds
Sow Method
Direct or Transplant
Sowing Instructions
Sow direct into garden, (thinning to 20cm between plants). Quick to bolt in warm weather or when transplanted. Cover seeds thinly and keep moist.
Spacing/Spread
0.2 m
Row Space
0.4 m
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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Brassica rapa Japonica. Group

A fast growing salad green with a distinctive purple tinge on the margins. The leaves are gently spicy and add colour to salads and stir fries. The attractive, deeply-dissected foliage grows well in ordinary soil. We love mizuna as it provides two crops of valuable greens when lettuces are idle or growing slowly. 400 seeds.
 

1 pkt
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Botanical Name
Brassica juncea

Add some zest to your salads with this classic mustard green. Can also be used in stir-fries, pies etc., the mustardy hot taste mellows when cooked. The bright green leaves can be used baby or fully sized and have frilly margins. Handles frost and slow to bolt in summer. 300 seeds.

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Botanical Name
Diplotaxis erucoides

Do you love that nose tingling high that Japanese wasabi root provides! Now you can harvest the tingle through an easily grown herb from home. The spoon shaped leaves are slightly serrated. Young leaves can be harvested in 2-4 weeks or let the plant mature for a stronger flavour. Runs to seed in the hot months, so best sown in the cooler months. Use in salads, sushi, sandwiches or as a garnish. 300 seeds.

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa

A variation on the common salad rocket with very serrated leaves, like that of wild rocket. It also has a milder peppery tang to it with ‘nutty’ undertones. Great fresh in salads, on pizza, in stir fries or chopped and added to soup before serving.  Keep picking the leaves to promote regrowth. Easily self seeds. An annual, frost hardy green best grown over the cooler months or in part shade in heat. Great for inter-cropping with other plants. 500 seeds.

Frost Resilience
Frost Hardy
Lifespan
Annual
Climate
Cold
Temperate
Hot Arid
Tropics/SubTropics
Sow Method
Direct
Sowing Instructions
Sow direct to garden and keep moist. Sow every 3 weeks for a continuous harvest. In hot weather plants run to seed, when this occurs the leaves become bitter.
Height
0.5 m
Spacing/Spread
0.3 m
Row Space
0.5 m
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A$3.75
Botanical Name
Eruca sativa

A delicious, spicy plant, with oak leaf shaped foliage, very popular in Mediterranean salad dishes. Keep picking the leaves to promote regrowth until they start flowering and let the plant self seed for the next harvest. This annual, frost hardy vegetable is easily grown over the cooler months and very good for inter-cropping with other plants. Bulk seed available at about 400 seeds/gram. 500 seeds/pkt.


 

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Diplotaxis tenuifolia

This perennial Rocket is evergreen with very serrated, spicy, nut flavoured leaves, which can be picked over the whole year. In early summer it will produce many yellow flowers and often self seeds. Belonging to the Brassica family this frost hardy plant wants a sunny position with friable garden soil and can withstand hotter conditions over summer. About 400 seeds/pkt.
 

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Rumex acetosa

This perennial, frost-hardy sorrel makes dense clumps of soft light green, arrow-shaped leaves and tall red pink flowers.
A half evergreen herb with sour, lemon-flavoured foliage is delicious fresh in salads, in soups or cooked like spinach.
Easily grown in fertile, moist, acid soil. 500 seeds. Not to WA.