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...

A straight, string-less, smooth, dark green bean. The pods are round, tender and meaty and 15-18cm in length on vigorous, heavy-yielding plants. Fr...

Bulls Blood is a rare beet variety, considered an heirloom vegetable—an exceptional choice! With its sweet flavor, Bulls Blood is crunchy and delic...

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

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

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

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...

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 ...

Improved white stemmed Pak Choi with fine mild-tasting dark leaves and thick flattened petioles. Comparable to Joi Choi, the compact upright plant ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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

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

Ideal for Italian and Asian dishes, these unique white eggplants grow tall and vigorous, preferring the sunniest spot in the garden and a stake for...

This is a green-leafed strain with purple stems, but darker-leaved cultivars are also known. A common ingredient in Thai cuisine with a sweet anise...

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