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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.
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Acacia pachycarpa
Stout Pod Wattle
Shrub
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Medium
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Cream White
Win-Spr
Low
Hardy
Shrub
Quick
~ Mature Size:
4
m tallx
4
m wide
Bird Attracting
Quick Growing
Sandy Soils
Waterwise
Hardy wattle from our Gascoyne through to Kimberkey regions in Western Australia. Grows to around 4 metres tall in a form of a shrub or small tree. Valued as a bush tucker plant for its seeds. Useful as wind break and property screening plant in sunny position. Suits gravels, sandy loams and heavier clay soils.
Ananas comosus
Pineapple
Shrub
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Small
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Pink Red
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Med.
Protect
Shrub
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~ Mature Size:
1
m tallx
0.5
m wide
Fruiting
In Geraldton, growing pineapples is fun and easy under shade. These plants will fruit this year and annually there after. Three tricks to good growth: 1. Water from the top, 2. Keep them moist and well fed; and 3. Grow them in acidic soil
Annona x atemoya
Custard Apple
Tree
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Medium
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Cream Yellow
Win-Spr
High
Protect
Tree
Quick
~ Mature Size:
5
m tallx
4
m wide
Fruiting
Subtropical fruit tree which produces green bumpy fruit. The fruit size is approximately 150mm across. Fruit is eaten green once it reaches full size and begins to soften. The fruit have a flesh looking like crayfish flesh with a flavour of stewed apples and custard. Do not eat the seeds. A hybrid of the sugar apple and cherimoya, Custard Apples are partially deciduous in our climate. Increasing humidity by planting in a protected microclimate from winds, with good soil moisture and using hand pollination will dramatically increase fruit set and success in Geraldton.
Araucaria heterophylla
Norfolk Island Pine
Tree
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Tall
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Med.
Hardy
Tree
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~ Mature Size:
12
m tallx
5
m wide
Coastal
Quick Growing
Distinctive large conifer tree, commonly planted in coastal areas as a shade and windbreak tree due to its tolerance of strong, and salt laden winds. Tolerant of poor soils. In our midwest can typically grow from 12 to 20 m tall, so needs be given plenty of room to grow and most suitable for larger open areas. Kept in a pot it would make an excellent Christmas tree.
Banksia scabrella
Burma Road Banksia
Shrub
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Purple
Yellow
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Low
Hardy
Shrub
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1.5
m tallx
1.5
m wide
Native Midwest
Sandy Soils
Waterwise
Low growing to one and half metres tall Banksia from the sand plain and gravel hill breakaways around Walkaway, south of Geraldton. Rarely seen in cultivation it makes a for a hardy, quick growing garden specimen or low windbreak for drier, poorer soils. Yellow-cream to purple flowers spring to early summer attracts bees and birds.
Brachychiton acuminatus
Rock Kurrajong
Tree
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White
Win-Spr
Low
Tol.
Tree
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4
m tallx
3
m wide
Bush Tucker Plant
Iconic Native
Native Midwest
Ornamental
Species of Kurrajong found in the rocky hills and range lands of the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Displays the distinctive round canopy shape and typical brilliant lime green foliage display during summer for which Kurrajongs are renowned for. Has a deciduous nature of dropping leaves in colder weather. Suited to heavier loam and rocky soils, but has also performed well in the neutral sands around Geraldton.
Eremophila nivea
Silky Eremophila
Shrub
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Purple
Spr
Low
Tol.
Shrub
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1.5
m tallx
1.5
m wide
Attractive purple-flowered emu bush from our Three springs region. Soft silvery foliage make for an excellent low water use feature plant in our Midwest Gardens. Responds well to light pruning after flowering to keep bushy. Prefers open aspect and free draining sandy and clay loam soils.
Eucalyptus victrix
Snow Queen Coolabah
Tree
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Large
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White
Win
Low
Tol.
Tree
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7
m tallx
7
m wide
Coastal
Limestone Tolerant
Native Midwest
Saline Tolerant
Sandy Soils
Screening
Verge Tree/Shrub
Waterwise
Attractive medium sized gum tree with smooth powdery white trunk, spreading branches and creamy white flowers in summer. Flowers attracts birds and bees. Makes an ideal avenue tree or feature tree, drought and wind tolerant.
Eugenia uniflora
Brazilian Cherry
Shrub
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Medium
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White
Sum
Low
Tol.
Shrub
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~ Mature Size:
2
m tallx
2
m wide
Ornamental
Screening
A stunning small bush from South America often grown for its foliage as an ornamental or hedge. Also known as the Surinam cherry it has bright red fruit that hang like cherries but have a sweet and tart flavour when ripe. Fruit best eaten fresh when deep red in colour. Seed is not edible. Makes an excellent tub plant and does well in Geraldton.
Hylocereus oncampensis
Flamefruit Cactus
Climber
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Medium
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White
Spr-Sum
Low
Tol.
Climber
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7
m wide
Fruiting
Quick Growing

Highly productive, climbing cacti producing red coloured dragonfruit. 

Needs a substantial structure to climb up. Needs cutting back to keep manageable and adequate fertility to give most yields. 

Self pollinating. Amazing night blooming flowers that decline over a short period.

Moringa oleifera
Drumstick Tree
Tree
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This deciduous ‘Horseradish Tree’ is highly regarded in Asia, Africa and India as a food tree. The young leaves are eaten as nutritious greens and young pods as vegetables. The flowers are also edible and highly attractive to nectar feeding birds. While drought tolerant it needs irrigation to grow well in summer dry areas like Geraldton. Avoid overwatering when deciduous in colder months.
Panicum decompositum
Native Millet
Grass-Sedge
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Low
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Low
Tol.
Grass-Sedge
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~ Mature Size:
0.75
m tallx
0.5
m wide
Bush Tucker Plant
Iconic Native
Quick Growing
Showcased by Bruce Pascoe in his book 'Dark Emu', as an important bush food and perennial grain, harvested for its seeds by Aboriginal people for baking. Thickly growing tussock, clumping grass that can grow up to 1 metre tall. Can be cut back to maintain a compact form. Grows best in a sunny position in well drained soil. Drought and limestone tolerant. Suitable for inland areas and rangelands with forage value to stock.
Passiflora edulis
Tennis Ball Pink Passionfruit
Climber
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Climbing
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White Purple
Spr-Sum
Med.
Tol.
Climber
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~ Mature Size:
5
m tallx
6
m wide
Fruiting
Quick Growing
Large fruiting pink/purple passionfruit the size of a tennis ball. Subtropical variety that prefers a warm north-facing location in winter and protection from winds. This is our favourite variety at our farm with excellent flavoured pulp. Pick when skin of fruit wrinkle slightly for full sweetness. Passionfruit need moist and rich soil to perform well. They will climb along fences and along overhead trellis. In hot, dry summer regions it grows better along fences rather than overhead trellis.
Sclerocarya caffra
Marula
Tree
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Large
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White Pink
Spr-Sum
Low
Tol.
Tree
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~ 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.
Senna artemisioides subsp oligophylla
Blood Bush
Shrub
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Medium
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Yellow
Win-Spr
Low
Tol.
Shrub
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~ Mature Size:
1.5
m tallx
1
m wide
Low to medium sized spreading shrub from Mt Augustus National Park in the Gascoyne-Murchison region of WA, with attractive yellow buttercup flowers in Winter-Spring. Useful as a hardy screening shrub in full sun and part shade areas including under established gums in most free draining sandy and gravelly soils. Can be lightly pruned after flowering to maintain a more compact form.  
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Yilgarn Seeds - Open Pollinated Heirloom 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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ASIAN GREENS – Bok Choi
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
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2
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50
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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
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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
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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
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2
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25
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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
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200
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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
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50
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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
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20
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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
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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
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40
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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 – Hawkesbury Wonder
Phaseolus vulgaris
WA
$6.00
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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 – Sunseeker
Phaseolus vulgaris
WA
$6.00
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1
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40
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Sow early Spring – early Summer (In Geraldton, Winter-Spring).

This climbing bean has green pods that if harvested young with be stringless. The pod is flat with a slight curl on the end with white seeds.

This is a cold tolerant bean that performs well even if planted early spring. Beans will need a climbing frame or trellis

BEAN – Tropical Lima
Phaseolus lunatus
WA
$6.00
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1
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12
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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
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1
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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.

BROAD BEAN – Peruvian Emerald
Vicia faba
WA
$6.00
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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
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1
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60
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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
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1
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75
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Max: 13
Min: 1
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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
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2
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30
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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.

CAPSICUM – Centinel
Capsicum annuum
WA
NT
$6.00
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25
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Max: 55
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Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, Autumn-Spring).

An excellent flavoured sweet capsicum with long tapered chilli shape fruit to 130mm, turning red when ripe. Prolific variety with records of up to 700 fruit per plant.

CARROT – All Seasons
Daucas carota
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
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450
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Sow Autumn-Spring  warm climates. All year cool climates. Summer in cold climates.

Suitable for wide range of climates with long 20cm orange coloured root and good flavour.  Sow directly in long furrows to 5mm in friable soil. Cover and press down soil. Stagger sowing fortnightly for continual harvest.  Keep weed free and soil moist. Matures in 65 to 80 days. Thinned carrots can be eaten as 'baby' carrots.

CATNIP – White Flowering
Nepeta cataria
WA
NT
SA
$6.00
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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.

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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.
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PAYMENTS
  • Payment accepted is direct deposit, cash or cheque.
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ORDER CONFIRMATION
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STOCKLIST UPDATES
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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

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.
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Water
Sun
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Acacia pachycarpa
Stout Pod Wattle
Shrub
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Medium
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
Add
Cream White
Win-Spr
Low
Hardy
Shrub
Quick
~ Mature Size:
4
m tallx
4
m wide
Bird Attracting
Quick Growing
Sandy Soils
Waterwise
Hardy wattle from our Gascoyne through to Kimberkey regions in Western Australia. Grows to around 4 metres tall in a form of a shrub or small tree. Valued as a bush tucker plant for its seeds. Useful as wind break and property screening plant in sunny position. Suits gravels, sandy loams and heavier clay soils.
Ananas comosus
Pineapple
Shrub
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Small
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Pink Red
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Med.
Protect
Shrub
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~ Mature Size:
1
m tallx
0.5
m wide
Fruiting
In Geraldton, growing pineapples is fun and easy under shade. These plants will fruit this year and annually there after. Three tricks to good growth: 1. Water from the top, 2. Keep them moist and well fed; and 3. Grow them in acidic soil
Annona x atemoya
Custard Apple
Tree
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Medium
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Cream Yellow
Win-Spr
High
Protect
Tree
Quick
~ Mature Size:
5
m tallx
4
m wide
Fruiting
Subtropical fruit tree which produces green bumpy fruit. The fruit size is approximately 150mm across. Fruit is eaten green once it reaches full size and begins to soften. The fruit have a flesh looking like crayfish flesh with a flavour of stewed apples and custard. Do not eat the seeds. A hybrid of the sugar apple and cherimoya, Custard Apples are partially deciduous in our climate. Increasing humidity by planting in a protected microclimate from winds, with good soil moisture and using hand pollination will dramatically increase fruit set and success in Geraldton.
Araucaria heterophylla
Norfolk Island Pine
Tree
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Tall
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Med.
Hardy
Tree
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~ Mature Size:
12
m tallx
5
m wide
Coastal
Quick Growing
Distinctive large conifer tree, commonly planted in coastal areas as a shade and windbreak tree due to its tolerance of strong, and salt laden winds. Tolerant of poor soils. In our midwest can typically grow from 12 to 20 m tall, so needs be given plenty of room to grow and most suitable for larger open areas. Kept in a pot it would make an excellent Christmas tree.
Banksia scabrella
Burma Road Banksia
Shrub
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Small
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Purple
Yellow
Spr
Low
Hardy
Shrub
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~ Mature Size:
1.5
m tallx
1.5
m wide
Native Midwest
Sandy Soils
Waterwise
Low growing to one and half metres tall Banksia from the sand plain and gravel hill breakaways around Walkaway, south of Geraldton. Rarely seen in cultivation it makes a for a hardy, quick growing garden specimen or low windbreak for drier, poorer soils. Yellow-cream to purple flowers spring to early summer attracts bees and birds.
Brachychiton acuminatus
Rock Kurrajong
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Bush Tucker Plant
Iconic Native
Native Midwest
Ornamental
Species of Kurrajong found in the rocky hills and range lands of the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Displays the distinctive round canopy shape and typical brilliant lime green foliage display during summer for which Kurrajongs are renowned for. Has a deciduous nature of dropping leaves in colder weather. Suited to heavier loam and rocky soils, but has also performed well in the neutral sands around Geraldton.
Eremophila nivea
Silky Eremophila
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Attractive purple-flowered emu bush from our Three springs region. Soft silvery foliage make for an excellent low water use feature plant in our Midwest Gardens. Responds well to light pruning after flowering to keep bushy. Prefers open aspect and free draining sandy and clay loam soils.
Eucalyptus victrix
Snow Queen Coolabah
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Coastal
Limestone Tolerant
Native Midwest
Saline Tolerant
Sandy Soils
Screening
Verge Tree/Shrub
Waterwise
Attractive medium sized gum tree with smooth powdery white trunk, spreading branches and creamy white flowers in summer. Flowers attracts birds and bees. Makes an ideal avenue tree or feature tree, drought and wind tolerant.
Eugenia uniflora
Brazilian Cherry
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Screening
A stunning small bush from South America often grown for its foliage as an ornamental or hedge. Also known as the Surinam cherry it has bright red fruit that hang like cherries but have a sweet and tart flavour when ripe. Fruit best eaten fresh when deep red in colour. Seed is not edible. Makes an excellent tub plant and does well in Geraldton.
Hylocereus oncampensis
Flamefruit Cactus
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Quick Growing

Highly productive, climbing cacti producing red coloured dragonfruit. 

Needs a substantial structure to climb up. Needs cutting back to keep manageable and adequate fertility to give most yields. 

Self pollinating. Amazing night blooming flowers that decline over a short period.

Moringa oleifera
Drumstick Tree
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This deciduous ‘Horseradish Tree’ is highly regarded in Asia, Africa and India as a food tree. The young leaves are eaten as nutritious greens and young pods as vegetables. The flowers are also edible and highly attractive to nectar feeding birds. While drought tolerant it needs irrigation to grow well in summer dry areas like Geraldton. Avoid overwatering when deciduous in colder months.
Panicum decompositum
Native Millet
Grass-Sedge
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Bush Tucker Plant
Iconic Native
Quick Growing
Showcased by Bruce Pascoe in his book 'Dark Emu', as an important bush food and perennial grain, harvested for its seeds by Aboriginal people for baking. Thickly growing tussock, clumping grass that can grow up to 1 metre tall. Can be cut back to maintain a compact form. Grows best in a sunny position in well drained soil. Drought and limestone tolerant. Suitable for inland areas and rangelands with forage value to stock.
Passiflora edulis
Tennis Ball Pink Passionfruit
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Large fruiting pink/purple passionfruit the size of a tennis ball. Subtropical variety that prefers a warm north-facing location in winter and protection from winds. This is our favourite variety at our farm with excellent flavoured pulp. Pick when skin of fruit wrinkle slightly for full sweetness. Passionfruit need moist and rich soil to perform well. They will climb along fences and along overhead trellis. In hot, dry summer regions it grows better along fences rather than overhead trellis.
Sclerocarya caffra
Marula
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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.
Senna artemisioides subsp oligophylla
Blood Bush
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Low to medium sized spreading shrub from Mt Augustus National Park in the Gascoyne-Murchison region of WA, with attractive yellow buttercup flowers in Winter-Spring. Useful as a hardy screening shrub in full sun and part shade areas including under established gums in most free draining sandy and gravelly soils. Can be lightly pruned after flowering to maintain a more compact form.  
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Seeds

Heirloom, Non-GMO
Yilgarn Seeds - Open Pollinated Heirloom Seeds
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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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ASIAN GREENS – Bok Choi
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
WA
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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SA
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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
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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 – Hawkesbury Wonder
Phaseolus vulgaris
WA
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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 – Sunseeker
Phaseolus vulgaris
WA
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Sow early Spring – early Summer (In Geraldton, Winter-Spring).

This climbing bean has green pods that if harvested young with be stringless. The pod is flat with a slight curl on the end with white seeds.

This is a cold tolerant bean that performs well even if planted early spring. Beans will need a climbing frame or trellis

BEAN – Tropical Lima
Phaseolus lunatus
WA
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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
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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.

BROAD BEAN – Peruvian Emerald
Vicia faba
WA
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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
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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
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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
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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.

CAPSICUM – Centinel
Capsicum annuum
WA
NT
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Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, Autumn-Spring).

An excellent flavoured sweet capsicum with long tapered chilli shape fruit to 130mm, turning red when ripe. Prolific variety with records of up to 700 fruit per plant.

CARROT – All Seasons
Daucas carota
WA
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Sow Autumn-Spring  warm climates. All year cool climates. Summer in cold climates.

Suitable for wide range of climates with long 20cm orange coloured root and good flavour.  Sow directly in long furrows to 5mm in friable soil. Cover and press down soil. Stagger sowing fortnightly for continual harvest.  Keep weed free and soil moist. Matures in 65 to 80 days. Thinned carrots can be eaten as 'baby' carrots.

CATNIP – White Flowering
Nepeta cataria
WA
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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.

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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.
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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
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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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