Common Name: Tarragon French Latin Name: Artemisia dracunculus Description: Classic tarragon preferred for cooking. Sweet, almost aniseed fragrance from thin, grey-green leaves on sprawling bush. Perennial. Harvesting: Harvest in summer. Best used fresh or wet leaves and freeze in a plastic bag. 45cm. Best Results: Will die down in winter & grow back stronger in […]
Common Name: Tansy Latin Name: Tanacetum vulgare Description: Grey-green ferny foliage with heads of yellow, button-like flowers in summer and autumn. Spreads by creeping roots & dies back in winter. Perennial. 100cm. Harvesting: Pick leaves during warmer months. Best Results: Lift, divide and replant in Spring. Uses: Grow in borders of mixed flowers or in […]
Common Name: Stevia Sugar Herb Latin Name: Stevia rebaudiana Description: An exciting natural sweetener reputed to be 300 times sweeter than sugar. Long, green leaves taste sugary when chewed. It is perennial in warmer climates but might not last through a cold winter without protection such as a mini hot house or plastic surround. Height […]
Common Name: Spring Onion Latin Name: Allium fistulosum Description: Straight, white stems changing to green leaves. Slightly enlarged bulb. Prefers pH 5.3 to 5.8. Choose sunny position and keep soil moist. Height 30cm. Harvesting: Pull the plant when 30cm tall and stem between 8 to 15mm thick. Best Results: Plant in sheltered position to prevent […]
Common Name: Spinach Perpetual Latin Name: Beta vulgaris Description: Delicious mild flavoured chard with deep green leaves and short tender stems. This variety resists bolting to seed. Annual. 40cm. Harvesting: Start harvesting young outer leaves when 20cm long. By harvesting the outer leaves, the plant will continue to produce more leaves for many more months. […]
Common Name: Silverbeet Rainbow Chard Latin Name: Beta cicla Description: High yield variety with vibrant, multi-coloured stems that makes it a feature in the garden. Makes an excellent cut-and-come-again vegetable. Annual. Height 40cm. Harvesting: Harvest outer leaves at any size by breaking off at base. Store in fridge. Best Results: Grow in full to part […]
Common Name: Silverbeet Latin Name: Beta vulgaris var cicla Description: This is a high yielding variety with deep green crinkled leaves and broad white stems. It makes an excellent cut-and-come-again vegetable if you harvest the outer leaves only. Annual. Height 50cm. Harvesting: Harvest the outer leaves at any size by breaking them off at the […]
Common Name: Shallots Latin Name: Allium ascalonicum Description: Shallots have superb, delicate onion flavour and form in small clumps of bulbs. Leaves are tubular like an onion. Separate seedlings and plant 5cm apart. Harvesting: Harvest in 12 – 15 weeks before flowering but after tops start to fall over. Dry on rack. Store in cool, […]
Common Name: Savory Latin Name: Satureja montana Description: Small, glossy dark green leaves grow from woody sprawling stems. Whorls of pink-white flowers appear in summer. Very hardy. Perennial. 40cm. Harvesting: Leaves can be harvested at any time to be used fresh or dried. Best Results: Requires very little attention and suits WA conditions. Prune in […]
Common Name: Santolina (Cotton Lavender) Latin Name: Santolina chamaecyparissus Description: Aromatic shrub with silver -white woolly leaves and yellow flowers borne in summer. Extremely hardy in dry conditions. Perennial. 50cm. Harvesting: Harvest flowers and leaves in spring through summer for potpourris. Best Results: Remove dead flower heads in autumn and cut back hard in spring. […]
