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.

Filipino variety of Bok Choi, that can be quickly grown and harvested for stir fries.

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.

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.

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. This annual is well-suited for growing in balcony pots.

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.

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.

Strong bearing Dutch heirloom Broadbean grown in Western Australia for over 50 years.

Strong bearing broadbean. Pick young to steam whole or leave to mature to store as dry bean.

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.