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Pogostemon cablin
Patchouli
Popular perennial tropiclal and subtropical herb with distinctive aroma, widely used as…
Popular perennial tropiclal and subtropical herb with distinctive aroma, widely used as an essential oil in aromatherapy,  treatment of minor skin irritations headaches/fevers in traditional Chinese medicine. Prefers a part shaded or filter sun site with free draining moist soils. Typically grows to under a metre tall with pale pink flowers in Autumn.
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White Pink
Aut-Win
Med.
-
Shrub
-
~ Mature Size:
0.75
m tallx
0.75
m wide
Popular perennial tropiclal and subtropical herb with distinctive aroma, widely used as an essential oil in aromatherapy,  treatment of minor skin irritations headaches/fevers in traditional Chinese medicine. Prefers a part shaded or filter sun site with free draining moist soils. Typically grows to under a metre tall with pale pink flowers in Autumn.
Punica granatum
Pomegranate
Orange/red fruits with sweet juicy deep red seeds, hang from this pretty…
Orange/red fruits with sweet juicy deep red seeds, hang from this pretty, deciduous tree. The juice of this fruit has proven antioxidant health benefits. Flowering from Spring to Summer, it tolerates wide conditions including hot dry summers, frost and limestone soils.
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Orange Red
Spr-Sum
Low
-
Shrub
-
~ Mature Size:
3
m tallx
3
m wide
Fruiting
Orange/red fruits with sweet juicy deep red seeds, hang from this pretty, deciduous tree. The juice of this fruit has proven antioxidant health benefits. Flowering from Spring to Summer, it tolerates wide conditions including hot dry summers, frost and limestone soils.
Sclerocarya caffra
Marula
A beautiful deciduous shade tree with a huge water holding root to…
A beautiful deciduous shade tree with a huge water holding root to get it through the dry months. Its fruit is used to produce ‘Amarula’ cream liqueur and its mildly tart tasting fruits are high in Vitamin C. To obtain fruit both sexes are needed. Female flowers bear the fruit. Male flowers producing the pollen display on longer sprigs on branches. Where stock is mature and has flowered, or we have done grafts we note their sex. Otherwise sex of plant stock is unknown. This strain of Marula has been sourced from South Africa and selected for it’s large flesh to seed ratio. A rare fruit tree here in Australia.
Tree
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Large
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White Pink
Spr-Sum
Low
Tol.
Tree
-
~ Mature Size:
7
m tallx
7
m wide
Bird Attracting
Fruiting
Shade Tree
A beautiful deciduous shade tree with a huge water holding root to get it through the dry months. Its fruit is used to produce ‘Amarula’ cream liqueur and its mildly tart tasting fruits are high in Vitamin C. To obtain fruit both sexes are needed. Female flowers bear the fruit. Male flowers producing the pollen display on longer sprigs on branches. Where stock is mature and has flowered, or we have done grafts we note their sex. Otherwise sex of plant stock is unknown. This strain of Marula has been sourced from South Africa and selected for it’s large flesh to seed ratio. A rare fruit tree here in Australia.
Vetiveria zizanioides
Vetiver Grass
Vetiver is a fast growing grass, non-invasive and non-competitive. It makes a wonderfully…
Vetiver is a fast growing grass, non-invasive and non-competitive. It makes a wonderfully fast growing hedge around vegetable gardens or fruit trees in orchards. Vetiver clumps can be divided once established. Prefers full sun aspect. This grass is summer active and if constantly cut can grow up to 600 mm a fortnight. Leaves also make excellent garden mulch.
Grass-Sedge
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Medium
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-
Med.
-
Grass-Sedge
Fast
~ Mature Size:
2.5
m tallx
1
m wide
Quick Growing
Windbreak
Vetiver is a fast growing grass, non-invasive and non-competitive. It makes a wonderfully fast growing hedge around vegetable gardens or fruit trees in orchards. Vetiver clumps can be divided once established. Prefers full sun aspect. This grass is summer active and if constantly cut can grow up to 600 mm a fortnight. Leaves also make excellent garden mulch.
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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.
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CATNIP – White Flowering
Nepeta cataria
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
70
seeds/pkt
Max: 26
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Plant Spring. (In Geraldton, Autumn).

Catnip is drought tolerant and often perennial. The mint-like scent of the bruised leaves of this herb is said to attract cats and deter rats. It stands 1/2 m high and its white flowers are a good bee attractant for pollination when grown around in orchards and vegetable gardens. Young shoots can be used in salads.

CAULIFLOWER- Snowball
Brassica oleracea botrytis group
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
75
seeds/pkt
Max: 92
Min: 1
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Sow Autumn-Winter. Seed into punnets and transplant in 3-4 weeks or direct sow in ground. Snowball has a firm white head and is a good variety for warmer areas. As the head matures tie outer leaves together over the head to protect head from yellowing in the sun. Matures in 65-70 days.
CELERY – Golden Self-Blanching
Apium graveolens
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
200
seeds/pkt
Max: 171
Min: 1
Step: 1
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Sow Winter. This is a compact variety of celery with pale golden-yellow leaves and stringless stems and a delicate flavour. Best eaten young and when grown in blocks rather than rows natural blanching will improve the flavour.
CELTUCE – Narrow Leaf
Lactuca sativum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 138
Min: 1
Step: 1
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Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, sow Autumn).

Also called 'asparagus lettuce' this chinese vegetable is left in the ground until it develops a stem length of 30cm. They are then peeled and thinly sliced before being stir fried. The hearts can also be eaten like small lettuces.

CHAMOMILE – German
Chamaemelum nobile
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
700
seeds/pkt
Max: 16
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Autumn.

This annual Chamomile grows to 600mm and flowers prolifically. Dried flowers are used to make a calmative herbal tea. Leaves if infused in water (1 cup of leaves to 1 litre of water) are a preventative for the 'damping off' fungus in young seedlings. Drench seedlings with this preventative when first planted.

CHARD – Italian Bledon Spinach
Beta vulgaris
WA
NT
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
100
seeds/pkt
Max: 49
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Plant early Winter.

This wonderfully sweet lime green leaf vegetable will supersede all other silverbeets once you taste it. It is so sweet it makes a great lettuce substitute. A vigorous and fast growing variety, seeding in it's first summer in Geraldton.

CHICORY – Green Curled Endive
Cichorium endiva
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
200
seeds/pkt
Max: 47
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Autumn or Spring. An annual plant grown like a lettuce. Its leaves are often tied or covered after two months with dark pots to blanch and make them less bitter. They are then picked as salad greens. If left to flower, the plants produce long spikes laced with delightful blue flowers. Will tolerate full sun or part shade.
CHILLI – Banos Red
Capsicum annuum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
25
seeds/pkt
Max: 66
Min: 1
Step: 1
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Sow Spring.

Extremely attractive colourful upright pointing fruit 30mm long and 15mm wide. Bush grows to 400mm with deep green foliage and purple flowers. The purple fruit turns orange then red when ripe.

CHILLI – Inferno
Capsicum annuum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
25
seeds/pkt
Max: 8
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton, sow Autumn).

Upright red fruit 40mm long and 10mm wide tapering to a point.

A compact bush form with a long heavy fruiting period. Exhibits nematode tolerance.

CHILLI – St Helena Orange
Capsicum annuum
WA
NT
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
25
seeds/pkt
Max: 28
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton Autumn).

These strong plants produce a tapered 75mm long hot chilli that change colour to a deep orange when ripe.

Plants can also be grown from root suckers.

CHILLI – Yellow Peruvian
Capsicum baccatum
WA
NT
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
25
seeds/pkt
Max: 31
Min: 1
Step: 1
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Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, Spring to Autumn).

This bush produces attractive, bright yellow, tapered chillies approx. 50mm long. A rare Peruvian cultivar for the gourmet palate.

A prolific bearer over two years in frost free areas. A very hot, flavoursome chilli suited to many red bean dishes.

COREOPSIS – Plains
Coreopsis tinctoria
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
150
seeds/pkt
Max: 25
Min: 1
Step: 1
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Sow Autumn or Spring. A stunning annual with vibrant red maroon to golden yellow flowers. Can be planted as an ornamental and companion plant where it attracts pollinating insects and harvested for cut flowers in floral arrangements. Native wildflower to the Southern and Central US, and as far south as Northern Mexico. Traditionally used by Native American Zuni as a mahogany red dye and beverage. Suits a well drained soil with full sun to part shade.
CORIANDER – Chinese
Coriandrum sativum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
60
seeds/pkt
Max: 165
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Autumn.

A small seeded variety preferred in Thai cooking.

Coriander powder is made from the dried seeds. Leaves are used extensively in Indian cooking. The ground roots are also used. 

CORIANDER – Thai Serrated Leaf
Eryngium foetidum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 263
Min: 1
Step: 1
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Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, anytime). Once you have cooked with this herb, you will make the effort to grow it. A small perennial thistle-like plant whose whose leaves and root have a strong and agreeable coriander flavour. Leaves are typically harvested as needed, finely chopped and added early to a stir fry and later as a garnish. It is a main ingredient in 'sofrito', a West Indian seasoning made of Parsley, Chilli and Thai Coriander.
CORN – Chinese Mini
Zea mays
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
100
seeds/pkt
Max: 17
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton produces a late crop if sown early-mid March).

Plants reach 1.5m and tend to be multiple stemmed. Each plant produces approximately 15 cob. These can be harvested when premature (silks are pink and eaten as chinese mini corn. If let to mature, the small red kernels may be used as popcorn. If saving seed, cull any over sized plants.

CORN – Mexican Sweetcorn
Zea mays
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
100
seeds/pkt
Max: 86
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton - late Winter or late Summer).

A delicious variety not exhibiting the insipid sweetness of many hybrids. 250mm long kernels with 2 to 3 cobs per plant. Seeds are a golden yellow colour. A characteristic of this variety is that the seeds dry flat, this is not an indication of viability. 4 months to maturity.

CORN – Multi-Coloured Aztec
Zea mays
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
100
seeds/pkt
Max: 23
Min: 1
Step: 1
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Sow Spring - Summer.

This plant grows to 2.5m high and produces a beautiful cob speckled with white red, blue and yellow kernels. This corn can also be eaten if harvested in its immature stage. Cobs make excellent dried ornaments. Dried seeds are usually ground to make a cornmeal for breads and corn chips.

COTTON – Bush
Gossypium arboreum
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
12
seeds/pkt
Max: 5
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Spring/Summer (In Geraldton, Spring). Amazing perennial small shrub/bush growing to up to 2m tall which yields cotton fibre wads around oil bearing seeds. Native to the tropical/subtropical regions of India and Pakistan, this plant requires good soil moisture and shaded protection in our hot dry Midwest climate here in Geraldton. Harvest seeds and cotton once the flowers have matured and fallen off leaving dried segmented cotton'bolls'.
COWPEA – Burkino Faso
Vigna unguiculata
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
25
seeds/pkt
Max: 43
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Spring. This extremely heat hardy cowpea from Africa has adapted well to the Geraldton climate with irrigation. Eat young beans as a steamed vegetable or dried seeds as a pulses.
COWPEA – Crowdu Butter Pea
Vigna unguiculata
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
25
seeds/pkt
Max: 3
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Spring. This is a summer growing pea suited to the warm climates, in the United States they are called Southern Field Peas. This the most vigorous heat and drought tolerant american variety tested so far at our farm. The peas are commonly eaten as a dried bean and are excellent quality. The plant is also used as a cover crop.
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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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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.
Thank you for visiting our farm store. Our products are seasonally generated at our Drylands Permaculture demonstration farm here in Geraldton, Western Australia.

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  • 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.

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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

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Pogostemon cablin
Patchouli
Popular perennial tropiclal and subtropical herb with distinctive aroma, widely used as…
Popular perennial tropiclal and subtropical herb with distinctive aroma, widely used as an essential oil in aromatherapy,  treatment of minor skin irritations headaches/fevers in traditional Chinese medicine. Prefers a part shaded or filter sun site with free draining moist soils. Typically grows to under a metre tall with pale pink flowers in Autumn.
Shrub
-
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
White Pink
Aut-Win
Med.
-
Shrub
-
~ Mature Size:
0.75
m tallx
0.75
m wide
Popular perennial tropiclal and subtropical herb with distinctive aroma, widely used as an essential oil in aromatherapy,  treatment of minor skin irritations headaches/fevers in traditional Chinese medicine. Prefers a part shaded or filter sun site with free draining moist soils. Typically grows to under a metre tall with pale pink flowers in Autumn.
Punica granatum
Pomegranate
Orange/red fruits with sweet juicy deep red seeds, hang from this pretty…
Orange/red fruits with sweet juicy deep red seeds, hang from this pretty, deciduous tree. The juice of this fruit has proven antioxidant health benefits. Flowering from Spring to Summer, it tolerates wide conditions including hot dry summers, frost and limestone soils.
Shrub
-
Medium
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Orange Red
Spr-Sum
Low
-
Shrub
-
~ Mature Size:
3
m tallx
3
m wide
Fruiting
Orange/red fruits with sweet juicy deep red seeds, hang from this pretty, deciduous tree. The juice of this fruit has proven antioxidant health benefits. Flowering from Spring to Summer, it tolerates wide conditions including hot dry summers, frost and limestone soils.
Sclerocarya caffra
Marula
A beautiful deciduous shade tree with a huge water holding root to…
A beautiful deciduous shade tree with a huge water holding root to get it through the dry months. Its fruit is used to produce ‘Amarula’ cream liqueur and its mildly tart tasting fruits are high in Vitamin C. To obtain fruit both sexes are needed. Female flowers bear the fruit. Male flowers producing the pollen display on longer sprigs on branches. Where stock is mature and has flowered, or we have done grafts we note their sex. Otherwise sex of plant stock is unknown. This strain of Marula has been sourced from South Africa and selected for it’s large flesh to seed ratio. A rare fruit tree here in Australia.
Tree
-
Large
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
White Pink
Spr-Sum
Low
Tol.
Tree
-
~ Mature Size:
7
m tallx
7
m wide
Bird Attracting
Fruiting
Shade Tree
A beautiful deciduous shade tree with a huge water holding root to get it through the dry months. Its fruit is used to produce ‘Amarula’ cream liqueur and its mildly tart tasting fruits are high in Vitamin C. To obtain fruit both sexes are needed. Female flowers bear the fruit. Male flowers producing the pollen display on longer sprigs on branches. Where stock is mature and has flowered, or we have done grafts we note their sex. Otherwise sex of plant stock is unknown. This strain of Marula has been sourced from South Africa and selected for it’s large flesh to seed ratio. A rare fruit tree here in Australia.
Vetiveria zizanioides
Vetiver Grass
Vetiver is a fast growing grass, non-invasive and non-competitive. It makes a wonderfully…
Vetiver is a fast growing grass, non-invasive and non-competitive. It makes a wonderfully fast growing hedge around vegetable gardens or fruit trees in orchards. Vetiver clumps can be divided once established. Prefers full sun aspect. This grass is summer active and if constantly cut can grow up to 600 mm a fortnight. Leaves also make excellent garden mulch.
Grass-Sedge
-
Medium
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
-
-
Med.
-
Grass-Sedge
Fast
~ Mature Size:
2.5
m tallx
1
m wide
Quick Growing
Windbreak
Vetiver is a fast growing grass, non-invasive and non-competitive. It makes a wonderfully fast growing hedge around vegetable gardens or fruit trees in orchards. Vetiver clumps can be divided once established. Prefers full sun aspect. This grass is summer active and if constantly cut can grow up to 600 mm a fortnight. Leaves also make excellent garden mulch.
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Seeds

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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.
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CATNIP – White Flowering
Nepeta cataria
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
70
seeds/pkt
Max: 26
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Plant Spring. (In Geraldton, Autumn).

Catnip is drought tolerant and often perennial. The mint-like scent of the bruised leaves of this herb is said to attract cats and deter rats. It stands 1/2 m high and its white flowers are a good bee attractant for pollination when grown around in orchards and vegetable gardens. Young shoots can be used in salads.

CAULIFLOWER- Snowball
Brassica oleracea botrytis group
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
75
seeds/pkt
Max: 92
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Autumn-Winter. Seed into punnets and transplant in 3-4 weeks or direct sow in ground. Snowball has a firm white head and is a good variety for warmer areas. As the head matures tie outer leaves together over the head to protect head from yellowing in the sun. Matures in 65-70 days.
CELERY – Golden Self-Blanching
Apium graveolens
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
200
seeds/pkt
Max: 171
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Winter. This is a compact variety of celery with pale golden-yellow leaves and stringless stems and a delicate flavour. Best eaten young and when grown in blocks rather than rows natural blanching will improve the flavour.
CELTUCE – Narrow Leaf
Lactuca sativum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
2
pkts/order
50
seeds/pkt
Max: 138
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, sow Autumn).

Also called 'asparagus lettuce' this chinese vegetable is left in the ground until it develops a stem length of 30cm. They are then peeled and thinly sliced before being stir fried. The hearts can also be eaten like small lettuces.

CHAMOMILE – German
Chamaemelum nobile
WA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
700
seeds/pkt
Max: 16
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Autumn.

This annual Chamomile grows to 600mm and flowers prolifically. Dried flowers are used to make a calmative herbal tea. Leaves if infused in water (1 cup of leaves to 1 litre of water) are a preventative for the 'damping off' fungus in young seedlings. Drench seedlings with this preventative when first planted.

CHARD – Italian Bledon Spinach
Beta vulgaris
WA
NT
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
100
seeds/pkt
Max: 49
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Plant early Winter.

This wonderfully sweet lime green leaf vegetable will supersede all other silverbeets once you taste it. It is so sweet it makes a great lettuce substitute. A vigorous and fast growing variety, seeding in it's first summer in Geraldton.

CHICORY – Green Curled Endive
Cichorium endiva
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
200
seeds/pkt
Max: 47
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Sow Autumn or Spring. An annual plant grown like a lettuce. Its leaves are often tied or covered after two months with dark pots to blanch and make them less bitter. They are then picked as salad greens. If left to flower, the plants produce long spikes laced with delightful blue flowers. Will tolerate full sun or part shade.
CHILLI – Banos Red
Capsicum annuum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
25
seeds/pkt
Max: 66
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring.

Extremely attractive colourful upright pointing fruit 30mm long and 15mm wide. Bush grows to 400mm with deep green foliage and purple flowers. The purple fruit turns orange then red when ripe.

CHILLI – Inferno
Capsicum annuum
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
/pkt
Max.
1
pkts/order
25
seeds/pkt
Max: 8
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add

Sow Spring (In Geraldton, sow Autumn).

Upright red fruit 40mm long and 10mm wide tapering to a point.

A compact bush form with a long heavy fruiting period. Exhibits nematode tolerance.

CHILLI – St Helena Orange
Capsicum annuum
WA
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Sow Spring (In Geraldton Autumn).

These strong plants produce a tapered 75mm long hot chilli that change colour to a deep orange when ripe.

Plants can also be grown from root suckers.

CHILLI – Yellow Peruvian
Capsicum baccatum
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Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, Spring to Autumn).

This bush produces attractive, bright yellow, tapered chillies approx. 50mm long. A rare Peruvian cultivar for the gourmet palate.

A prolific bearer over two years in frost free areas. A very hot, flavoursome chilli suited to many red bean dishes.

COREOPSIS – Plains
Coreopsis tinctoria
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Sow Autumn or Spring. A stunning annual with vibrant red maroon to golden yellow flowers. Can be planted as an ornamental and companion plant where it attracts pollinating insects and harvested for cut flowers in floral arrangements. Native wildflower to the Southern and Central US, and as far south as Northern Mexico. Traditionally used by Native American Zuni as a mahogany red dye and beverage. Suits a well drained soil with full sun to part shade.
CORIANDER – Chinese
Coriandrum sativum
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Sow Autumn.

A small seeded variety preferred in Thai cooking.

Coriander powder is made from the dried seeds. Leaves are used extensively in Indian cooking. The ground roots are also used. 

CORIANDER – Thai Serrated Leaf
Eryngium foetidum
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Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, anytime). Once you have cooked with this herb, you will make the effort to grow it. A small perennial thistle-like plant whose whose leaves and root have a strong and agreeable coriander flavour. Leaves are typically harvested as needed, finely chopped and added early to a stir fry and later as a garnish. It is a main ingredient in 'sofrito', a West Indian seasoning made of Parsley, Chilli and Thai Coriander.
CORN – Chinese Mini
Zea mays
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Sow Spring (In Geraldton produces a late crop if sown early-mid March).

Plants reach 1.5m and tend to be multiple stemmed. Each plant produces approximately 15 cob. These can be harvested when premature (silks are pink and eaten as chinese mini corn. If let to mature, the small red kernels may be used as popcorn. If saving seed, cull any over sized plants.

CORN – Mexican Sweetcorn
Zea mays
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Sow Spring (In Geraldton - late Winter or late Summer).

A delicious variety not exhibiting the insipid sweetness of many hybrids. 250mm long kernels with 2 to 3 cobs per plant. Seeds are a golden yellow colour. A characteristic of this variety is that the seeds dry flat, this is not an indication of viability. 4 months to maturity.

CORN – Multi-Coloured Aztec
Zea mays
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Sow Spring - Summer.

This plant grows to 2.5m high and produces a beautiful cob speckled with white red, blue and yellow kernels. This corn can also be eaten if harvested in its immature stage. Cobs make excellent dried ornaments. Dried seeds are usually ground to make a cornmeal for breads and corn chips.

COTTON – Bush
Gossypium arboreum
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Sow Spring/Summer (In Geraldton, Spring). Amazing perennial small shrub/bush growing to up to 2m tall which yields cotton fibre wads around oil bearing seeds. Native to the tropical/subtropical regions of India and Pakistan, this plant requires good soil moisture and shaded protection in our hot dry Midwest climate here in Geraldton. Harvest seeds and cotton once the flowers have matured and fallen off leaving dried segmented cotton'bolls'.
COWPEA – Burkino Faso
Vigna unguiculata
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Sow Spring. This extremely heat hardy cowpea from Africa has adapted well to the Geraldton climate with irrigation. Eat young beans as a steamed vegetable or dried seeds as a pulses.
COWPEA – Crowdu Butter Pea
Vigna unguiculata
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Sow Spring. This is a summer growing pea suited to the warm climates, in the United States they are called Southern Field Peas. This the most vigorous heat and drought tolerant american variety tested so far at our farm. The peas are commonly eaten as a dried bean and are excellent quality. The plant is also used as a cover crop.
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Seedlings

Vege & Herb
Vege & Herb Seedlings - Open Pollinated Heirlooms
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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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Seasonally grown red-fleshed dragon fruit. Nutritious.  
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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.

Contact Details

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

Tel. (08) 9938 1628
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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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