Vegetable Seeds Catalogue

Hon Tsai Tai, Purple Mizuna, Mustard, Tatsoi
A classic mix of fast growing Asian greens. All can be used for salads and stir fries, with each adding their own character, texture and flavour. The mizuna and mustard have a little bit of bite while the hon tsai tai (purple choy sum) and tatsoi are more mild flavoured. These can be grown anytime of the year but excel in the cooler weather. The flower heads can be eaten as well. 300 seeds. Not to WA.
 

These sweet tasting florets resemble broccolini. The large florets are like small heads of broccoli but with a shorter harvest time. They are great steamed, in stir fries or just munched raw. 25 seeds.

An easy to grow green leafed, open head variety of Chinese cabbage with a creamy yellow blanched interior. It has a delicious sweet, tangy, juicy flavour that can be used in stir fries, steamed, pickled or raw. Can be sown over a long period. The best flavours and it is slower to bolt when grown through the cooler months. Heads will store up to 6 weeks in the fridge. 250 seeds.

Do not waste any of this plant!! Use the leaves, flower buds and thick succulent stems in stir fries, steamed, raw..... Used extensively in Asian cooking. Grows like broccoli but with smaller heads and much faster growing. After the first harvest many side shoots form allowing for an extended harvest period. 1 Pkt = 300 seeds.

A Chinese specialty, also known as a flowering green Tsai-Hsin. A quick and easy-to-grow Asian green producing lots of long, pencil-thin, green flower stems. A pleasing, mild mustard taste to use raw in salads or lightly cooked in stir-fries. Cold hardy and fast growing. Likes any fertile soil with added organic matter. Pick stems before flowering for continuous use. Treated seed (thiram). 75 seeds.

A Chinese favourite, also known as Chinese Broccoli. A leafy stem vegetable harvested whole, with or without the young succulent budding flower heads.  A versatile vegetable that can be eaten raw, steamed or stir-fried. While it is cold hardy and loves cooler weather it can be grown through summer, just harvest earlier. Thicker stems than choi sum. Pick stems before flowering for continuous use. 200 seeds.

A Chinese specialty also known as purple choy sum. A quick and easy-to-grow Asian green producing lots of long, pencil-thin, red-purple flower stems. Use the leaf, flower buds and stems. A pleasing, mild mustard taste to use raw in salads or lightly cooked in stir-fries. Cold hardy, the purple colour intensifies as the temperature drops. Likes any fertile soil with added organic matter. Pick stems before flowering for continuous use. About 200 seeds.

Also known as Japanese mustard spinach. A fast growing, dark green leaf that can be harvested whole or as a ‘pick and come again’. Very versatile with the leaf and stem able to be used raw, steamed, braised, stocks or soup. One of the more mild mustards, especially when young. Komatsuna is ready for harvesting in 30-40 days. 150 seeds.

Also known as Japanese mustard spinach. A fast growing, red leaf that can be harvested whole or as a ‘pick and come again’. Very versatile with the leaf and stem able to be used raw, steamed, braised, stocks or soup. One of the more mild mustards, especially when young. Komatsuna is ready for harvesting in 30-40 days. 100 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

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.