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Yilgarn Seeds – Organic Heirloom Open Pollinated Seeds. Vegetables, Herbs and Multi-use Plants. Grown and Harvested exclusively from our Permaculture Gardens.
LEGUME SHRUB – Desmanthus
Desmanthus virgatus
Bushy wind hardy heavy nitrogen fixer growing up to 2m. It has small soft leaflets with a 22% protein content. As a browse fodder shrub it is very palatable and recovers after heavy grazing. It self-seeds vigorously and could become troublesome if not managed by grazing.
Seeds per pkt: 30Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
LEGUME SHRUB – Leuceana
Leucaena leucocephala
Two metre tall legume tree usually grown in the tropics as cattle fodder. Poultry love the seeds. Doesn’t like frosts and will survive in rainfall areas down to 450mm but prefers more. Good nurse trees in orchards.
Seeds per pkt: 20Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
LEGUME TREE – Earpod Tree
Multi-use shady semi-deciduous canopy tree, that can be grown as a companion plant for annual and perennial food gardens, and for forage and wood.
Seeds per pkt: 10Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
LEMON BALM – Iranian
Dracohcephalum moldavicaAn attractive aromatic annual herb for your garden. Hosts beneficial insects and bees forage it’s purple flowers.
Use leaves either fresh or dried as a herbal tea.Seeds per pkt: 30Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
LETTUCE – Brown Romaine
Lactuca sativaA frilly open leaved lettuce with glossy brownish-red leaves. It has a crisp texture and a good flavour with a hint of sweetness.
This is a cos lettuce, the leaves can be picked as needed.Seeds per pkt: 100Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
LETTUCE – Goldrush
Lactuca sativaA spectacular golden oak-leaved type lettuce.
The leaves can be picked as needed. In Geraldton is best grown in part shade for best flavour. Good companion with onions and beans.Seeds per pkt: 100Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
LETTUCE – Light Green Wavy Leaf
Lactuca sativaA sweet lettuce with lovely lime green leaves. Leaves can be individually harvested from the base of the plant providing an on-going lettuce supply. Our fastest growing lettuce.
Seeds per pkt: 100Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
LETTUCE – Purple Oak
Lactuca sativaA vigorous late seeding French Red Lettuce with an oak leaf shaped deep purple and green leaves. The outer leaves can be regularly picked and eaten after 6 weeks from sowing.
Seeds per pkt: 100Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
LETTUCE – Rabbits Ear
Lactuca sativaUpright growing, ear-shaped, open hearted leaved plant. This is a cos lettuce that can have it’s leaves picked as needed.
Delicious sweet variety that produces over the Winter and spring months. Good companion with onions and beans.Seeds per pkt: 100Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
LETTUCE – Speckled
Lactuca sativaRuffled loose leaf lettuce with lime green leaves and speckles. Ideal for salads.
Seeds per pkt: 100Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
LUFFA – Angled Luffa
Luffa acutangulaAlso known as Chinese Okra, a vine with prized and distinctive fluted fruit for Asian cooking and when dried as a body scrub. Flowers, small immature fruit and young leaves can be steamed and stir fried.
As fruit matures it becomes bitterSeeds per pkt: 12Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
LUFFA – Palestinian Smooth
Luffa cylindricaA vigorous vine producing large oblong fruit. These can be eaten young when 100 mm in length or left to dry on the vine.
The skeleton of the fruit looks like a sea sponge, is used as a body scrub.Seeds per pkt: 12Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
MALLOW – Egyptian Spinach
Corchorus olitoriusHeat tolerant, traditional middle eastern and northern african leafy vegetable used in Molokhiya soup and stew dishes.
Seeds per pkt: 50Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
MARIGOLD – African – Cracker Jack
Tagetes erectaBrighten up your garden with these brilliant orange/yellow flowering annuals. Planted with tomatoes, eggplants and other root knot nematode susceptible vegetable crops in sandy soils.
Seeds per pkt: 100Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
MARIGOLD – Mexican
Tagetes minutaTall growing marigold used to fumigate soil to reduce nematodes. If grown for a full season, it can be effective for up to 3 years. The mulched leaves are a useful pest deterrent. An essential companion to tomatoes and capsicums. The foliage can cause skin irritations.
Seeds per pkt: 200Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
MARULA – African Marula Tree
Sclerocarya birrea ssp. caffraDrought-tolerant deciduous shade tree from South Africa can grow over 9m tall. Edible yellow round fruit used to produce ‘Amarula’ liqueur.
Seeds per pkt: 3Available$5.50/pktLimit:Â One packet per order
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Postage
All orders under 100 packets are delivered by Australia Post - Express. Minimum postage cost is $11.
Postage and handling are calculated at checkout.
For order over 100 packets - postage will be confirmed upon confirmation email of your order.
Postage and handling will not be charged for local pickups.
Seeds per Packet
The number of seeds per packet is displayed next to the varieties' SKU code.
We look to provide enough for gardeners for a number of seasons. Some seeds are very small and are hand counted rather than weighed, and some variation in actual seeds per packet may occur.
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Sorry we do not accept on-line credit card payments.
Upon receipt of your order we will confirm that we have stocks to meet your order and provide you with payment details.
For local pickup orders we have eftpos facilities.
Bulk Orders
We do not accept bulk orders due the limitations of the size of our gardens.Â
Some varieties may have limits in regards to the number of packets you can purchase.
This is dependent on our current stock and what we are currently growing/harvesting in our gardens.
We will confirm quantities upon receipt of your order.
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