Common Name: Lettuce Oakleaf Description: Loose ruffled leaves with sweet flavour. Perfect for continuous harvest. Resists heat and bolting. Annual. Height 20cm. Harvesting: Harvest outer leaves continually to encourage new leaves to grow. Best Results: Keep well watered and liquid fertilise fortnightly. Grow in shade in hot climates or in full sun in cooler months […]
Common Name: Lettuce Mignonette Description: Soft curly leaves with small heart and delicate flavour. Perfect for continuous harvest. Annual. Height 20cm. Harvesting: Harvest outer leaves continually to encourage new leaves to grow. Best Results: Keep well watered and liquid fertilise fortnightly. Grow in shade in hot climates but can be grown in full sun in […]
Common Name: Lettuce Cos Latin Name: Lactuca sativa Description: Upright leaves forming a tall, loose head. Perfect for continuous harvest. Excellent flavour. Annual. Height 20cm. Harvesting: Harvest outer leaves continually to encourage new leaves to grow or cut whole head at once. Best Results: Grow in full to part sun in rich, well drained soil. […]
Common Name: Lemon Verbena Latin Name Aloysia triphylla Description: Deciduous shrub with long lemon-scented leaves and sprays of tiny white flowers in summer. Perennial. Up to 3m tall. Harvesting: Harvest leaves when young for extra fragrance. Best fresh but retains perfume when dried in bunches. Best Results: Prune each season to encourage bushy growth. Shelter […]
Common Name: Lemongrass Latin Name: Cymbopogon citratus Description : Narrow, ribbon-like, leafy stalks that grow in large clumps have distinctive lemon fragrance. White base of stem is edible. Perennial. 100cm Harvesting: Pick leaves or remove portions of the stem as required. Can be frozen. Best Results : Divide late in winter to rejuvenate plant. Uses […]
Common Name:Leek Latin Name: Allium ampeloprasum Description: Related to onions and grown for their fleshy stem and delicate flavour. Prepare soil with organic matter and fertiliser. Gently separate seedlings and plant 20cm apart. Harvesting: Start harvesting when stems are 2cm thick in summer. Cut below ground to encourage new seedlings. Best Results: Grow in full sun in rich, well […]
Common Name: Lemon Balm Latin Name: Melissa officinalis Description: Spreading herb with bright green leaves with a delicious lemon scent. Perennial. 100cm. Harvesting: Harvest as soon as plant is large enough. Dry or freeze. Best Results: Cut back very hard every year to maintain bush shape. Uses: Delicious added to summer drinks when frozen in ice cubes. Add to stuffing or […]
Common Name: Lavender Avonview Latin Name: Lavandula ‘Avonview’ Description: Very attractive and extremely hardy ornamental lavender. Striking purple flower spikes form on dense grey green foliage. Excellent for WA conditions. Perennial. 80cm. Harvesting: Harvest flowers and foliage at any time. Best Results: Trim after flowering is complete to maintain compact shape. Prefers alkaline soil. Uses: Plant as a stunning hedge or […]
Common Name: Lavender – Sweet Latin Name: Lavandula heterophylla Description: Attractive compact shrub with deep green foliage and dark purple flowers that form on very long spikes. Camphor-lavender perfume. Excellent for WA conditions. Perennial. 100cm. Harvesting: Harvest flowers and foliage at any time. Best Results: Trim after flowering is complete to maintain compact shape. Prefers alkaline soil. Uses: Plant as a […]
Common Name: Lad’s Love (Southernwood) Latin Name: Artemesia abrotanum Description: Pungently aromatic shrub with grey-green feathery foliage and tiny yellow flowers in summer. Perennial. 100cm. Harvesting: Harvest leaves at any time. Use fresh or dried. Best Results: Cut down by two thirds every year. Uses: Leaves are used in sachets or potpourris to repel moths and fleas. Plant as hedge around […]
