PLANTS

What they actually eat is the tender, young luffa. When picked fresh, the green luffa plant is slightly softer than a cucumber and slightly crispie...

High-quality, green cylindrical gourd with juicy white flesh best eaten when fruit is young and tender at 20-45cm in length. A delicacy in the trop...

The cayenne pepper is a thin, chilli pepper, green to red in color, about 2 to 5 inches long. The 'cayenne pepper' spice you use mostly in pizza re...

Early and prolific hybrid of Clemson Spineless. Widely adapted and best choice for short summer areas. Medium-large sturdy plant produces tender, f...

Popular small, round and sweet dark-skinned watermelon for summer treats. The pink flesh is mouth-watering, flavoursome and not too seedy while the...

Popular Italian heirloom bush tomato. Great tasting, elongated variety with low acid, bright red, meaty fruit. Excellent for sauce or salsa. Equall...

One of the hottest peppers, Habanero Red has brilliant red fruit and intense, fiery heat. A selection of Habanero Red has previously held the recor...

Delicious old-fashioned flavour with fruit averaging 250g. Meaty flesh is bright red with good mild acid whilst retaining sweetness. Very good slic...

Apple-size cucumber with a sweet taste and crisp juicy flesh that can be eaten, thin skin and all. Easy to grow and heavy cropping, it will set fru...

Dill has a distinctive taste that is likened to fennel and celery. Closely related to parsley, its fresh aroma complements fish and seafood dishes ...

Compact, colourful selection of Dahlias. The dwarf plants with double-petalled flowers stay in flower over a long season. Colours include red, whit...

A lovely little eggplant, the plants are very productive, very easy to grow, up to 5cm in diameter. Round fruit is deep shiny purple. Very popular ...

Dwarf type that likes to stay upright. Marigolds will attract bees and butterflies. Very fragrant flowers with even scented foliage. These annuals ...

Very vigorous, quick-maturing, sweet and crisp, red flesh watermelon. The oblong fruit mature at a decent 10-15kg and have a good strong rind which...

Lemongrass imparts a flavour of lemon with hints of ginger. It has the same essential oil as lemons and is often used in herbal teas to give a lemo...

A yellow French bush bean noted for its excellent flavour and high productivity. This early variety has rounded golden-yellow pods 18cm long and is...

Thai Basil is sturdy and compact and has shiny green, slightly serrated, narrow leaves with a sweet, anise-like scent and hints of licorice, along ...

Leaves are used with onions for poultry stuffing and for flavouring rich meats like pork or duck. Can also be used as a gargle for a sore throat. U...

This is an easy-to-grow type of parsley with round, curly leaves. The taste is stronger than that of the flat-leaf type and not too similar. Curly ...

Early maturing rhubarb with long slender stalks. Excellent all round variety that can be harvested lightly the first year by cutting the outer stal...

California Wonder is a bell-shaped pepper that produces red fruit. This very popular all purpose sweet pepper is easy to grow and is right up there...

High quality, Asian-style cucumber with light green to darker green coloured skin. Very productive vines produce attractive 20-22cm long straight f...

Selected Bay of Plenty strain. Delicious purple-skinned fruits. Vigorous climber needing to grow up a trellis in a sunny position. Mulch and water ...

Sponge gourd has a mild, zucchini-like sweet taste and a silky texture. Mature fruits are not tasty, being fibrous, bitter and brown. COMES IN A PB...