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Drylands Permaculture Nursery - Locally Grown
Plant Size
Mature Size is a guide only and are an average for our midwest semi arid climate. Site conditions and care will influence mature size and health.
Flower Colour
Water
Sun
Soil Type
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Sorry due to seasonal propagation schedule or selling of all current stock, no products in this category is currently available.

Please contact us on 0458 38 1628 or for more information.

Yilgarn Seeds - Open Pollinated Heirloom Seeds
Availability by State
Choose Category of Seeds
Clickto Read More
Sowing Season
Sowing Season is based on our semi-arid climate here in Geraldton, Western Australia and should used as a guide only to suit your own local conditions.
Our winters are typically mild with most of our rainfall and no frosts. Our Spring season is warm and drier. Summers are typically hot & dry with temperatures over 40 degrees C with blustery strong hot easterlies, and strong cooling sea breezes.
Sort by Name A - Z
Yilgarn Seeds
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Variety
Availability & Price
Order
Seeds can be collected or posted. Please choose option on checkout.
ASIAN GREENS – Bok Choi
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 38
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Spring to Autumn. Grown for the broad white leafstalks which are widely used in Chinese stir-fries. Leafstalks should be picked often, like silverbeet. Small compact plant, very easy and quick to grow. Matures after 60 days and has excellent resistance to bolting.
ASIAN GREENS – Pak Choi ‘Kwang Moon’
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 17
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Spring to Autumn. A crispy, white stemmed variety of Pak Choi. Harvest leaves as required and eat raw or lightly stir fry. Matures after 45 days.
ASIAN GREENS – Pechay
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 88
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring to Autumn.

A Filipino variety of Bok Choi, that is quick and easy to grow. Grown for the broad white leafstalks and loose leaves, and used in stir fries.

Matures after 60 days and has excellent resistance to bolting.

ASPARAGUS – Brocks
Asparagus officinalis
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
25
seeds/pkt
Max: 129
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Winter-Spring (In Geraldton and other warm climates sow Autumn-Spring). High yielding asparagus, originally sourced from an heirloom seed saver in Alice Springs. Suited to drier semi-arid climates, it produces large green spears and demonstrating strong, reliable seed germination. Leave to grow for two to three years before harvesting shoots when they are 15cm to 20cm long. Once harvesting cut shoots back to ground level. Check everyday during spring-summer harvest time as they can grow quickly. Left unharvested the spears will form fern-like foliage. Cut ferns backs unless you wish to collect your own seed from the mature red seeds.
BARLEY – Popping
Hordeum vulgare
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
200
seeds/pkt
Max: 35
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Autumn.

A two-row type barley often used as 'mash' for home brew beer.

It can also be popped like popcorn and eaten. Grows up to 1m tall producing disease resistant 100mm heads.

BASIL – Colin & Ursula’s
Ocimum basilicum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 139
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Spring. A sweet green leaved bush basil that grows all year round in Geraldton. Colin and Ursula donated this variety to our Drylands Seed Savers Group five years ago and it has been our most reliable winter variety of basil since. Grows to half a metre tall, simply pick leaves for your favourite basil recipes.  
BASIL – East Indian Clove
Ocimum gratissimum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
20
seeds/pkt
Max: 66
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton, Autumn to Spring).

Drought and wind tolerant, this 1.5m tall perennial plant's leaves are used as a clove substitute. It is particularly good in Indian curries.

Extremely useful in gardens, its strong aroma confuses insects and they have trouble finding plants to eat.

BASIL – Sweet Giant-leaved
Ocimum basilicum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 88
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring.

Always sow after the shortest day to prolong flowering and encourage leafy growth. Never has picking basil leaves to make pesto been quicker.

This hardy variety has slightly wavy green leaves several times larger than common sweet basil. Constant tipping of flowers from plants will promote more leaves. This annual is well-suited for growing in balcony pots.

BEAN – Franco’s Green
Phaseolus vulgaris
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
40
seeds/pkt
Max: 77
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton, sow Autumn).

A white seeded variety of green bean whose pods are best eaten when young.

A vigorous climber with yellow flowers and a good seed set. Pods to 200mm long.

BEAN – Half White Runner
Phaseolus vulgaris
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
40
seeds/pkt
Max: 4
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton, Autumn-Spring). 60 Days to maturity. Grows to 1.5m. Beans can be used when young and green as snap beans or shell beans when older. Vigorous productive variety with white seeds. Has potential to be a good market gardening variety.

BEAN – Hawkesbury Wonder
Phaseolus vulgaris
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
40
seeds/pkt
Max: 8
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Plant Spring (In Geraldton, plant Autumn) This is a bush bean which produces screeds of green flat beans up to 18cm in length. Tremendously successful in Geraldton through the winter growing period as it is cold tolerant. This variety has lilac flowers and seeds are red. Known to be resistant to fusarium wilt and bacterial diseases.
BEAN – Tropical Lima
Phaseolus lunatus
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
12
seeds/pkt
Max: 6
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton, Autumn to Spring).

This perennial bean vine lasts approx. 4 years. It is a strong climber & needs a strong large trellis. A prolific producer, it has burgundy & white mottled beans which can be used dried or sprouted (in stir-fries).

Once established it is quite tolerant to heavy wind and heat under 42ºC.

BEAN – Zebra
Phaseolus vulgaris
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
40
seeds/pkt
Max: 18
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow early Spring (In Geraldton, Autumn or Spring).

Also known as 'Scotia' bean, a stringless 'pencil-pod' climbing bean with thin speckled purple pods around 12cm long and 'zebra' stripe patterns on seeds.

Pick once pod reaches full size and best eaten as a green bean lightly steamed.

BITTER MELON
Momordica charantia
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
15
seeds/pkt
Max: 4
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Spring (In Geraldton - sow Autumn) Vigorous self-seeding climbing annual vine producing bright yellow bumpy fruit. Used extensively in Indian and Asian cookery. Unripe green fruit are eaten boiled, fries, stuffed, stewed or picked. To prepare fruit cut in half length ways, scoop out seeds (purgative) and fibre, and parboil or soak in salt to reduce bitterness. Young shoots and leaves can be eaten as a vegetable.
BROAD BEAN – Lens’ Longpod
Vicia faba
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
18
seeds/pkt
Max: 2
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow mid Winter to Spring.

Large 220mm long, green longpod variety saved since 1993 by Len from Jurien Bay, Western Australia.

Up to seven 30mm flat seeds per pod. Young beans can be steamed and eaten whole.

Pruning plants before they flower promotes a bushy habit reducing their overall height and the need for staking.

BROAD BEAN – Nick Kleijn’s
Vicia faba
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
30
seeds/pkt
Max: 4
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow early Winter to Spring (In Geraldton, May to June) A light brown seeded heirloom variety from Holland which has been acclimatised and grown in Perth for the last 50 years by Nick Kleijn. The beans can be picked when mature and steamed or left to dry on the plant, harvested and processed as dried beans. The young pods can also be harvested, steamed and eaten whole as green beans. Plant seeds 500mm to 800mm apart.
BROAD BEAN – Peruvian Emerald
Vicia faba
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
33
seeds/pkt
Max: 25
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow mid Winter to Spring. A green seeded broad bean with 3 to 4 seeds per pod. It sets seed even in warmer winter areas. Good disease resistance and prolific bearer. Whole pods can be eaten immature as steamed greens or when more mature, shelled beans (still soft) as steamed beans. Dry beans can be soaked and cooked in bean salads, or substituted for kidney or borlotti beans in Italian and Mexican dishes.
BROCCOLI – Verdante
Brassica oleracea
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
60
seeds/pkt
Max: 4
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow early Autumn.

The flowering buds and stems of this plant are harvested and eaten fresh or stemmed. In warmer climates this plant lasts for several years. This variety produces one large head then on-goingly produces multiple small flowering heads. Sowing early autumn in the midwest will allow the large heads to mature before the winter cycle of aphids.

CALENDULA – Orange flowered
Calendula officinalis
WA
NT
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
75
seeds/pkt
Max: 21
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Autumn - end of Winter.

Brilliant orange flowered medicinal plant. Petals harvested, dried can be made into an antiseptic salve.

Petals can be eaten and look stunning when drizzled with olive oil in a salad.

CAPE GOOSEBERRY – Peruvian Ground Cherry
Physalis peruviana
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
30
seeds/pkt
Max: 390
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton, sow anytime). Hardy sprawling bush 1.5m wide & 1m tall. Sweet yellow berry fruit can be harvested when jacket wrapping is papery dry. Fruit can be eaten fresh or made into jam. If left to dry on the plant, fruit make delicious sultanas. Living for 3 years, plant can be trained as a vine and responds well to pruning.

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Vege & Herb Seedlings - Open Pollinated Heirlooms
Sowing Season
Sowing Season is based on our local Mediterranean / semi-arid climate here in Geraldton, Midwest Western Australia and should used as a guide only to suit your own local conditions.Our winters are typically mild, and the wettest part of our year when we grow most our vegetables. Our Spring season can become warmer and drier towards the beginning of summer. Our Summers are typically hot, with temperatures over 40 degrees C and strong hot easterlies, and strong cooling sea breezes.Our Seed Gardens are designed to protect and nurture the growth of our plants. We do not experience frosts.
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Sorry due to seasonal propagation schedule or selling of all current stock, no products in this category is currently available.

Please contact us on 0458 38 1628 or for more information.

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Seasonally grown red fleshed dragon fruit.
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Seasonally grown red-fleshed dragon fruit. Nutritious.  
Hand harvested liquid Garden Honey from our Permaculture Farm.
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Min: 1
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Hand harvested liquid honey from our own on farm hives. Our bees forage from our Permaculture Gardens and Native re-vegetated bushland. 100% Pure Honey. Minimal filtration and undiluted. Packaged in Glass Jars or Food Grade Plastic Jars.
Thank you for visiting our farm store. Our products are seasonally generated at our Drylands Permaculture demonstration farm here in Geraldton, Western Australia.

Please read below on where we are able to supply and ship our products, and confirmation of orders.

SHIPPING AND PICKUP
  • Please note our Plants and Vege & Herb Seedlings are only available by local pickup.
  • Western Australian seed orders customers can select dispatch by Parcel Post or Express Post.
  • Outside of Western Australia, seeds are Express Posted.
  • Seed orders may have limits of number of varieties per order and total number of packets available due to demand.
  • Due to demand we may also not be able to offer Seed purchases outside of Western Australia.
  • Local pickup is available from our farm here in Geraldton if you live locally or travelling through.
PAYMENTS
  • Payment accepted is direct deposit, cash or cheque.
  • Eftpos is available for local pick ups at our nursery.
ORDER CONFIRMATION
  • All orders will be confirmed by email or phone as to availability, total price and shipping.
  • For local pickups we will include agreed collection time if outside our walk in open times.
STOCKLIST UPDATES
  • Our order forms and stock list catalogues are updated regularly as stock is sold, and seasonally produced.

Information

Payment & Delivery

Thank you for visiting our farm store.

SHIPPING AND PICKUP

  • Please note our Plants and Vege & Herb Seedlings are only available by local pickup.
  • Western Australian seed orders customers can select dispatch by Parcel Post or Express Post.
  • Outside of Western Australia, seeds are Express Posted.
  • Seed orders may have limits of number of varieties per order and total number of packets available due to demand.
  • Due to demand we may also not be able to offer Seed purchases outside of Western Australia.
  • Local pickup is available from our farm here in Geraldton if you live locally or traveling through.

PAYMENTS

  • Payment accepted is direct deposit, cash or cheque.
  • Eftpos is available for local pick ups at our nursery.

ORDER CONFIRMATION

  • All orders will be confirmed by email or phone as to availability, total price and shipping.
  • For local pickups we will include agreed collection time if outside our walk in open times.

STOCKLIST UPDATES

  • Our order forms and stock list catalogues are updated regularly as stock is sold, and seasonally produced.

Plants

Locally Grown
Drylands Permaculture Nursery - Locally Grown
Plant Size
Mature Size is a guide only and are an average for our midwest semi arid climate. Site conditions and care will influence mature size and health.
Flower Colour
Water
Sun
Soil Type
Choose Category of Plants
Clickto Read More
Sort by Name A - Z
Permaculture Nursery
Filters Sort results
Reset Apply


Sorry due to seasonal propagation schedule or selling of all current stock, no products in this category is currently available.

Please contact us on 0458 38 1628 or for more information.

Seeds

Heirloom, Non-GMO
Yilgarn Seeds - Open Pollinated Heirloom Seeds
Availability by State
Choose Category of Seeds
Clickto Read More
Sowing Season
Sowing Season is based on our semi-arid climate here in Geraldton, Western Australia and should used as a guide only to suit your own local conditions.
Our winters are typically mild with most of our rainfall and no frosts. Our Spring season is warm and drier. Summers are typically hot & dry with temperatures over 40 degrees C with blustery strong hot easterlies, and strong cooling sea breezes.
Sort by Name A - Z
Yilgarn Seeds
Filters Sort results
Reset Apply
Variety
Availability & Price
Order
Seeds can be collected or posted. Please choose option on checkout.
ASIAN GREENS – Bok Choi
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 38
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Spring to Autumn. Grown for the broad white leafstalks which are widely used in Chinese stir-fries. Leafstalks should be picked often, like silverbeet. Small compact plant, very easy and quick to grow. Matures after 60 days and has excellent resistance to bolting.
ASIAN GREENS – Pak Choi ‘Kwang Moon’
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 17
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Spring to Autumn. A crispy, white stemmed variety of Pak Choi. Harvest leaves as required and eat raw or lightly stir fry. Matures after 45 days.
ASIAN GREENS – Pechay
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 88
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring to Autumn.

A Filipino variety of Bok Choi, that is quick and easy to grow. Grown for the broad white leafstalks and loose leaves, and used in stir fries.

Matures after 60 days and has excellent resistance to bolting.

ASPARAGUS – Brocks
Asparagus officinalis
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
25
seeds/pkt
Max: 129
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Winter-Spring (In Geraldton and other warm climates sow Autumn-Spring). High yielding asparagus, originally sourced from an heirloom seed saver in Alice Springs. Suited to drier semi-arid climates, it produces large green spears and demonstrating strong, reliable seed germination. Leave to grow for two to three years before harvesting shoots when they are 15cm to 20cm long. Once harvesting cut shoots back to ground level. Check everyday during spring-summer harvest time as they can grow quickly. Left unharvested the spears will form fern-like foliage. Cut ferns backs unless you wish to collect your own seed from the mature red seeds.
BARLEY – Popping
Hordeum vulgare
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
200
seeds/pkt
Max: 35
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Autumn.

A two-row type barley often used as 'mash' for home brew beer.

It can also be popped like popcorn and eaten. Grows up to 1m tall producing disease resistant 100mm heads.

BASIL – Colin & Ursula’s
Ocimum basilicum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 139
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Spring. A sweet green leaved bush basil that grows all year round in Geraldton. Colin and Ursula donated this variety to our Drylands Seed Savers Group five years ago and it has been our most reliable winter variety of basil since. Grows to half a metre tall, simply pick leaves for your favourite basil recipes.  
BASIL – East Indian Clove
Ocimum gratissimum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
20
seeds/pkt
Max: 66
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton, Autumn to Spring).

Drought and wind tolerant, this 1.5m tall perennial plant's leaves are used as a clove substitute. It is particularly good in Indian curries.

Extremely useful in gardens, its strong aroma confuses insects and they have trouble finding plants to eat.

BASIL – Sweet Giant-leaved
Ocimum basilicum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 88
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring.

Always sow after the shortest day to prolong flowering and encourage leafy growth. Never has picking basil leaves to make pesto been quicker.

This hardy variety has slightly wavy green leaves several times larger than common sweet basil. Constant tipping of flowers from plants will promote more leaves. This annual is well-suited for growing in balcony pots.

BEAN – Franco’s Green
Phaseolus vulgaris
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
40
seeds/pkt
Max: 77
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton, sow Autumn).

A white seeded variety of green bean whose pods are best eaten when young.

A vigorous climber with yellow flowers and a good seed set. Pods to 200mm long.

BEAN – Half White Runner
Phaseolus vulgaris
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
40
seeds/pkt
Max: 4
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton, Autumn-Spring). 60 Days to maturity. Grows to 1.5m. Beans can be used when young and green as snap beans or shell beans when older. Vigorous productive variety with white seeds. Has potential to be a good market gardening variety.

BEAN – Hawkesbury Wonder
Phaseolus vulgaris
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
40
seeds/pkt
Max: 8
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Plant Spring (In Geraldton, plant Autumn) This is a bush bean which produces screeds of green flat beans up to 18cm in length. Tremendously successful in Geraldton through the winter growing period as it is cold tolerant. This variety has lilac flowers and seeds are red. Known to be resistant to fusarium wilt and bacterial diseases.
BEAN – Tropical Lima
Phaseolus lunatus
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
12
seeds/pkt
Max: 6
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton, Autumn to Spring).

This perennial bean vine lasts approx. 4 years. It is a strong climber & needs a strong large trellis. A prolific producer, it has burgundy & white mottled beans which can be used dried or sprouted (in stir-fries).

Once established it is quite tolerant to heavy wind and heat under 42ºC.

BEAN – Zebra
Phaseolus vulgaris
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
40
seeds/pkt
Max: 18
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow early Spring (In Geraldton, Autumn or Spring).

Also known as 'Scotia' bean, a stringless 'pencil-pod' climbing bean with thin speckled purple pods around 12cm long and 'zebra' stripe patterns on seeds.

Pick once pod reaches full size and best eaten as a green bean lightly steamed.

BITTER MELON
Momordica charantia
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
15
seeds/pkt
Max: 4
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Spring (In Geraldton - sow Autumn) Vigorous self-seeding climbing annual vine producing bright yellow bumpy fruit. Used extensively in Indian and Asian cookery. Unripe green fruit are eaten boiled, fries, stuffed, stewed or picked. To prepare fruit cut in half length ways, scoop out seeds (purgative) and fibre, and parboil or soak in salt to reduce bitterness. Young shoots and leaves can be eaten as a vegetable.
BROAD BEAN – Lens’ Longpod
Vicia faba
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
18
seeds/pkt
Max: 2
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow mid Winter to Spring.

Large 220mm long, green longpod variety saved since 1993 by Len from Jurien Bay, Western Australia.

Up to seven 30mm flat seeds per pod. Young beans can be steamed and eaten whole.

Pruning plants before they flower promotes a bushy habit reducing their overall height and the need for staking.

BROAD BEAN – Nick Kleijn’s
Vicia faba
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
30
seeds/pkt
Max: 4
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow early Winter to Spring (In Geraldton, May to June) A light brown seeded heirloom variety from Holland which has been acclimatised and grown in Perth for the last 50 years by Nick Kleijn. The beans can be picked when mature and steamed or left to dry on the plant, harvested and processed as dried beans. The young pods can also be harvested, steamed and eaten whole as green beans. Plant seeds 500mm to 800mm apart.
BROAD BEAN – Peruvian Emerald
Vicia faba
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
33
seeds/pkt
Max: 25
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow mid Winter to Spring. A green seeded broad bean with 3 to 4 seeds per pod. It sets seed even in warmer winter areas. Good disease resistance and prolific bearer. Whole pods can be eaten immature as steamed greens or when more mature, shelled beans (still soft) as steamed beans. Dry beans can be soaked and cooked in bean salads, or substituted for kidney or borlotti beans in Italian and Mexican dishes.
BROCCOLI – Verdante
Brassica oleracea
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
60
seeds/pkt
Max: 4
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow early Autumn.

The flowering buds and stems of this plant are harvested and eaten fresh or stemmed. In warmer climates this plant lasts for several years. This variety produces one large head then on-goingly produces multiple small flowering heads. Sowing early autumn in the midwest will allow the large heads to mature before the winter cycle of aphids.

CALENDULA – Orange flowered
Calendula officinalis
WA
NT
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
75
seeds/pkt
Max: 21
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Autumn - end of Winter.

Brilliant orange flowered medicinal plant. Petals harvested, dried can be made into an antiseptic salve.

Petals can be eaten and look stunning when drizzled with olive oil in a salad.

CAPE GOOSEBERRY – Peruvian Ground Cherry
Physalis peruviana
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
30
seeds/pkt
Max: 390
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton, sow anytime). Hardy sprawling bush 1.5m wide & 1m tall. Sweet yellow berry fruit can be harvested when jacket wrapping is papery dry. Fruit can be eaten fresh or made into jam. If left to dry on the plant, fruit make delicious sultanas. Living for 3 years, plant can be trained as a vine and responds well to pruning.

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Seedlings

Vege & Herb
Vege & Herb Seedlings - Open Pollinated Heirlooms
Sowing Season
Sowing Season is based on our local Mediterranean / semi-arid climate here in Geraldton, Midwest Western Australia and should used as a guide only to suit your own local conditions.Our winters are typically mild, and the wettest part of our year when we grow most our vegetables. Our Spring season can become warmer and drier towards the beginning of summer. Our Summers are typically hot, with temperatures over 40 degrees C and strong hot easterlies, and strong cooling sea breezes.Our Seed Gardens are designed to protect and nurture the growth of our plants. We do not experience frosts.
Choose Category of Seedlings
Clickto Read More
Sort by Name A - Z
Vege & Herb Seedlings
Filters Sort results
Reset Apply


Sorry due to seasonal propagation schedule or selling of all current stock, no products in this category is currently available.

Please contact us on 0458 38 1628 or for more information.

Farm Produce

Honey & More
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Seasonally grown red fleshed dragon fruit.
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Seasonally grown red-fleshed dragon fruit. Nutritious.  
Hand harvested liquid Garden Honey from our Permaculture Farm.
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Hand harvested liquid honey from our own on farm hives. Our bees forage from our Permaculture Gardens and Native re-vegetated bushland. 100% Pure Honey. Minimal filtration and undiluted. Packaged in Glass Jars or Food Grade Plastic Jars.

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Drylands Foundation
333 David Rd (North), Waggrakine
Geraldton,Western Australia 6530

Tel. (08) 9938 1628
Mob. 0458 38 1628
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ABN: 60 163 754 943

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Please Call  0458 38 1628

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Drylands Foundation

The Drylands Permaculture Farm, is managed by the Drylands Foundation, a not-for-profit environmental organisation.

The Foundation utilises the Farm, to promote and demonstrate environmental sustainability and conservation through social enterprise.

Photo: Popping Barley Grain © J. Barber 2010

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