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Angelica archangelica is a biennial herb with medicinal properties. It is a member of the carrot family and prefers moist spots in the garden. It was used in Four Thieves vinegar during the plague and has a long history of use in Western herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese medicine and has a long Norse tradition. Its stems are candied and it is used to flavour food, in perfume, and as a digestive bitter. It has an affinity with the digestive system, women's hormone balance, immunity and it is considered a blood tonic and diuretic.
Botanical name
Angelica archangelica
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Date Of Seed Harvest
Jan 2024
Storage Info
seed in flower bag
Contains at least
40
Price per packet
$4.50
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Anise hyssop is a hardy perennial growing to nearly a meter, it is an attractive and aromatic plant that is great for attracting bees.
Botanical name
Agastache foeniculum
Contains at least
30
Date Of Seed Harvest
Jan 2020
Grower name
Nev and Sue Sinclair
Storage Info
Seed frozen stored
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$4.50
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Believed to be native to Peru this plant can grow into a huge plant, from 90 - 250 cm high, with leaves sometimes greater than 30 cm in length. It is an annual. The fruit of the shoofly plant are poisonous, as are the leaves. Grown by gardeners as they are thought to repel white fly. Seed needs stratification either kept in the fridge for two months or sown in autumn where they will germinate in spring, but young seedlings need care against frost damaged.
Botanical name
Nicandra physalodes
Grower name
Rick Ginders
Date Of Seed Harvest
Feb 2022
Storage Info
Seed frozen stored
Contains at least
40 seeds
Price per packet
$4.50
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Also known as granny's bonnet this hardy perennial is an easy care wildflower that in enjoyed by the bees. Thrives in sun or partial shade and grows in any reasonable garden soil, but doesn't like extremes of wet or dry. A hardy herbaceous perennial with thick rhizomes that suits being a woodland and or meadow plant.
Botanical name
Aquilegia vulgaris
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Contains at least
50
Price per packet
$4.50
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Granny bonnet or Columbine
Popular perennial in the cottage garden, sending out large clusters of flowers between spring bulbs and summer perennials. A great cut flower, that self-sows easily. Ideal for attracting beneficial insects to the garden. Great space filler. Cold stratification needed for germination – seeds germinate easily. Seed pods contain alot of seeds.
This selection of seeds include a mixture of red and yellow, pink and yellow, dark and light purples, whites, pinks, dark red, purple and whites.
Contains at least
50
Date Of Seed Harvest
Nov 2023
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Price per packet
$4.50
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Balm of Gilead is a shrubby evergreen perennial from America growing to 1.5m with compound leaves consisting of 3 leaflets. Prefers moist well-drained soil in semi-shade or full sun. The leaves can be used in a tea named The de Canaries which is very aromatic with a balsam type smell. Very strong scent and very attractive to bees. Could be used as hedging or as a part of a hedgerow. I use it as greenery mulch and chop/drop it twice yearly.
Botanical name
Cedronella canariensis
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Date Of Seed Harvest
Dec 2023
Contains at least
50
Price per packet
$4.50
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Known also as quaky grass, Cow Quake, Didder, Dithering Grass, Dodder Grass, Doddering Dillies, Doddle Grass, Earthquakes, Jiggle Joggles, Jockey Grass, Lady's Hair, Maidenhair Grass, Pearl Grass, Quakers, Quakers and Shakers, Shaking Grass, Tottergrass, Wag Wantons.
Briza media is a rhizomatous, creeping, warm-season ornamental grass with a clump of erect narrow green leaves, typically growing up to around 40cm tall.
Sow seed pretty much year round in warmer areas, spring to autumn in colder soils.
Botanical name
Briza media L.
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Date Of Seed Harvest
Jan 2024
Contains at least
40
Price per packet
$4.50
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Also known as African daisy, South African daisy and Cape daisy, it comes in a range of different colours. Plants prefer a warm and sunny position and rich soil, although they can tolerate poorer soils as well as drought.
Botanical name
Dimorphotheca Ecklonis
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Date Of Seed Harvest
Jan 2024
Storage Info
seed in flower bag
Contains at least
30
Price per packet
$4.50
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Also known as African daisy, South African daisy and Cape daisy, it comes in a range of different colours. Plants prefer a warm and sunny position and rich soil, although they can tolerate poorer soils as well as drought.
Botanical name
Dimorphotheca Ecklonis
Contains at least
30
Grower name
Richard-Paul
Price per packet
$4.50
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Candytuft care involves planting in well draining, alkaline soil in a sunny location as the candytuft plant wonââ¬â¢t grow in shade or overly damp soil. Acidic soil may need amendments such as lime to produce the candytuft plant. Growing candytuft is worth the effort as the delicate flowers appear in early spring through summer, often reblooming in autumn
Botanical name
Iberis sempervirens
Contains at least
30
Date Of Seed Harvest
April 2023
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Price per packet
$4.50
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Grows to around 1.5m tall and smells strongly of citronella and balsam. Can be made into a tea, Also grown for pot pourri. Needs to be grown in a sheltered location away from heavy frost, but should handle light frosts. Seed best sown late spring
Botanical name
Cedronella canariensis
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Date Of Seed Harvest
Jan 2024
Storage Info
seed in flower bag
Contains at least
50
Price per packet
$4.50
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Cosmos are an annual, the flower is daisy like in appearance, they like it in full sun and not fussy as far as soil type goes. Easy to grow from seed flower from summer to late autumn. Can reach to 6 foot and are a good cut flower.
Botanical name
Cosmos bipinnatus
Contains at least
40
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2023
Grower name
Carla McKnight
Price per packet
$4.50
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All chrysanthemum flowers are edible, but the flavour varies widely from plant to plant, from sweet to tangy to bitter or peppery. It may take some experimentation to find flavours you like. The mild flavour lends itself well to stir-fries, added to salads also
Botanical name
Chrysanthemum coronarium
Contains at least
approx 30
Grower name
Rick Ginders
Price per packet
$4.50
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Elacanpagne contains a large amount of prebiotic soluble fiber inulin, which supports a healthy intestinal tract, studies suggest inulin modifies the microbe balance and function in the gut.
Elecampane grows best in part shade but will tolerate full sun in soils that are well drained. The plants can tolerate a range of soil types, from sand to clay, moist, semi fertile loam are ideal.
If sowing seed in the garden, plant them after all danger of frost has passed.
Botanical name
Inula helenium
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Date Of Seed Harvest
Jan 2024
Storage Info
seed in herb bag
Contains at least
50
Price per packet
$4.50
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The immature flower is eaten as a vegetable. The medicinal properties of Globe Artichoke have been known for many years. The leaves were very popular between the 16th and 19th centuries when they were used to stimulate bile flow and for a variety of digestive disorders.
Botanical name
Cynara scolymus
Contains at least
20
Date Of Seed Harvest
Feb 2020
Grower name
Rick Ginders
Storage Info
frozen stored
Price per packet
$4.50
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Goldenrod are tall and slim with fluffy golden flower spikes in various shades of yellow. They're attractive when in bloom in the late summer to autumn and are a valuable food source for pollinators, particularly the Monarch butterfly.
Contains at least
50 seeds
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2023
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Storage Info
Seed stock refreshed yearly
Price per packet
$4.50
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Prominent Stems of brightly coloured double blooms flowering from late spring through summer. Can grow up to 2 metres high. Makes a lovely border plant. The seeds, roots, stem, leaf and flower can be used medicinally.
Botanical name
Alcea Rosea
Contains at least
30 seeds
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2023
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Storage Info
Seed stock refreshed yearly
Price per packet
$4.50
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The seeds need to go through a cold period before they'll be able to germinate so place in the fridge for 6 weeks before being sown. Larksur likes a free draining soil but don’t do well in dry and hot conditions, Can be prone to root rot in wet ground.
Botanical name
Delphinium Cassius
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Contains at least
30 seeds
Price per packet
$4.50
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Avonview is a popular small growing lavender, perfect for rockeries or patio containers. It can make a good low hedge. Thrives in open sunny positions in well drained soil. Trim after flowering in spring/summer to keep compact and to encourage new growth. Frost hardy to -5*
Propagation: Sow seeds in a tray of seed raising mix in a warm sunny location, should germinate in 14-21 days.
Botanical name
Lavandula stoechas
Grower name
Sarah Smith
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2022
Contains at least
30
Price per packet
$4.50
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Dark bronzeÃÂ leaved variety. (specific variety unknown) Shade loving, tropical looking perennial with large dark purple/black leaves. Flowers are deep yellow, flowers late summer to autumn. Great for cutting.
Botanical name
Ligularia Reniformis
Contains at least
30 seeds
Date Of Seed Harvest
Feb 2023
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Price per packet
$4.50
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Also known as velvet flower, foxtail amaranth tassel flower and pendant amaranth. it is a short-lived frost-tender plant, popular in summer bedding displays. It's easy to grow and bears showy, tassel-like crimson flowers, contrasting with fresh, green leaves.
Botanical name
Amaranthus caudatus
Contains at least
30 seeds
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2023
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Price per packet
$4.50
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Thalictrum is a clump forming herbaceous perennial growing to 60-90cm tall. It grows well in rich, medium moisture soils in full sun or part shade. Grows easily from seed or can be divided in spring.
Flowers in late spring early summer, with lacy pinky purple flowers and aquilegia type foliage that is greener in colour and slightly finer than aquilegia.
Botanical name
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium
Contains at least
50
Date Of Seed Harvest
Jan 2024
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Price per packet
$4.50
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Great as a bean companion plant, grows stunning bright pink flowers in the mornings alongside runner beans are an incredible sight in the vege garden. Grows as a climber and so will need staking.
Contains at least
20
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2023
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Price per packet
$4.50
Botanical name
Evolvulus glomeratus
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2023
Contains at least
20
Price per packet
$4.50
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Nasturtium is an annual garden plant cultivated all over the world. The stem can reach 60cm long, with small almost round veined leaves. The leaves and flowers can be used in salads with other greens. It has a slightly peppery taste reminiscent of watercress. Nasturtium is a wonderful companion plant.
Nasturtium Seeds are best sown directly where to grow in a warm sunny location, should germinate in 7-14 days.
Botanical name
tropaeolum majus
Grower name
Sarah Smith
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2021
Contains at least
30
Price per packet
$4.50
Botanical name
Nigella sativa
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2023
Contains at least
30 seeds
Price per packet
$4.50
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Libertia, New Zealand Native Iris, is a small green/yellow native plant with iris like white flowers in Spring followed by orange/yellow fruit. Will grow as tall as 50cm. Handles frost but doesn't like being too dry.
Propagation: Seed scarification is recommended; place seeds in a cup of warm water, leave to cool for 24hrs then sow seeds directly on to a firm bed of seed raising mix and press well in. Cover with a light layer of mix.
Botanical name
libertia peregrinans
Grower name
Sarah Smith
Date Of Seed Harvest
Feb 2024
Contains at least
20
Price per packet
$4.50
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Originally native to Southern Europe, this perennial long-lived plant is best where it can remain. Perennial Sweet Peas are not noticeably fragrant. Comes in two shades of colours.
Botanical name
Lathyrus latifolius
Contains at least
30
Date Of Seed Harvest
seed refreshed yearly
Grower name
Richard-Paul
Price per packet
$4.50
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Date Of Seed Harvest
Dec 2023
Contains at least
100
Price per packet
$4.50
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Grown primarily for their decorative seed pods, breadseed poppies are easy to grow and make a colourful addition to any garden.
Botanical name
Papaver spp
Contains at least
50 -100
Grower name
Richard-Paul
Storage Info
Seed stock refreshed yearly
Price per packet
$4.50
Contains at least
50
Date Of Seed Harvest
Dec 2023
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Price per packet
$4.50
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Renga Renga Lily also known as the New Zealand Rock Lily, is a great replacement for the invasive agapanthus and an alternative to bromeliads. Renga Renga lilies are clump forming perennials about 75 cm tall with soft grey green arching strappy leaves. They cope well with dry coastal areas but do best in dappled shade and when mass planted they are an impressive sight in spring and summer when they send up tall spikes that produce clouds of white flowers that are followed by fruits and seeds that are attractive to birds.
Propagation: Seed scarification is recommended, place seeds in a cup of warm water, leave to cool for 24hrs then sow seeds directly on to a firm bed of seed raising mix and press well in. Cover with a light layer of mix.
Botanical name
Arthropodium cirratum
Grower name
Sarah Smith
Contains at least
30
Price per packet
$4.50
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Rudbeckia dwarf normally grows to 50cm, a tall annual with bronze and gold flowers that attract the pollinators for months until the first frosts. They have been traditionally used as an immune supporting herb. Easily grown and drought tolerant. Sprinkle seed on surface of tray under shelter and plant out after last frosts.
Botanical name
Asteraceae
Contains at least
40
Date Of Seed Harvest
April 2023
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Storage Info
Seed stock refreshed yearly
Price per packet
$4.50
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Salsify is a common biennial wildflower, native to southeast Europe and north Africa, today in its a plant that's cultivated for its ornamental flower and edible root. The plant grows to around 1.2 m in height.
Salsify is grown similarly to that as other root vegetables such as parsnip and carrots, sow spring time and harvest roots during winter.
Botanical name
Tragopogon porrifolius
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Date Of Seed Harvest
Jan 2024
Storage Info
Seed frozen stored
Contains at least
50
Price per packet
$4.50
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Flowers normally from late spring/early summer until the first frost. Unlike the annual type, their foliage remains green year-round and will return each year.
Botanical name
Scabiosa caucasica
Contains at least
40 seeds
Date Of Seed Harvest
April 2023
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Price per packet
$4.50
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Alsoknown as honesty, money plant, silver dollar, moonwort, but typically known as lunaria or silver dollar
It grows to around a metre and prefers a well drained soil that's in full sun to partial shade, does do best if kept consistently moist. has iridescent "leaves" that are actually the seed pods coming after the dainty light purple flowers. Lunaria plants is a biennial which will establish a clump in its first year and the flowers and seed pods follow in the second year. These seeds or "silver dollars" are papery to the touch flat and oblong, with a short, needle-like projection that hangs down from the bottom of each seed
pod. Prefers moist neutral soils and full or part sun. In the brassica family.
Botanical name
Lunaria annua
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Date Of Seed Harvest
Jan 2024
Storage Info
seed in flower bag
Contains at least
40 seeds
Price per packet
$4.50
per packet
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Spilanthes is also known as toothache plant, buzz buttons or electric daisy because of its antiseptic properties. Eating a fresh young flower head from this daisy is a truly amazing taste bud sensation. It makes your mouth tingle and has a sialagogic effect, which means it encourages salivary flow.
Given it is an annual native to the tropics care is needed against frost. Flowers from Dec through to winter.
Botanical name
Acmella oleracea
Grower name
Richard-Paul
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2023
Storage Info
Seed stock refreshed yearly
Contains at least
30
Price per packet
$4.50
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These flowers are in the Asteraceae (daisy) family. While they look like daisies, the petals and stiff and papery. Strawflowers make excellent cut flowers or dried for arrangements, produce a lot or seed and are very hardy. Can handle dry or poor soil and come in a wide range of colours.
Botanical name
Helichrysum Brateatum
Contains at least
40
Date Of Seed Harvest
Autumn 2023
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hiltrop
Storage Info
Seed stock refreshed yearly
Price per packet
$4.50
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Can grow to 2.5m with large seed heads.The selection work that's carried out on this line of sunflowers is plants that produce side shoots are discarded. Then once the plants reach maturity Richard looks for those that have wide stumps which have shown to handle wind better, and seed heads that face vertically down thus making it harder for birds to hang up side down and get at the seeds.
Sow in spring in colder areas, year round in warmer locations.
Botanical name
Helianthus annuus
Grower name
Richard-Paul
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2023
Storage Info
Seed stock refreshed yearly
Contains at least
approx 50
Price per packet
$4.50
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The swan plant is the food source for monarch butterfly as well as other species. Seedlings take about four months to grow to size may need protection to get them that size before butterflies find them to have a bigger food source, they can smell them up to 2 kms away, trees can grow up to two meters in height
Botanical name
Gomphocarpus fruticosus
Contains at least
30
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2022
Grower name
Carla McKnight
Price per packet
$4.50
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Belongs to the celery family. Sweet cicely is a tall herbaceous perennial growing up to 2 m tall. The fern like leaves are finely divided, could be mistaken for hemlock, with the difference being the strong aniseed smell it omits. The flowers are umbel shaped with dainty creamy white with very large seeds. Grows well in fertile soils easily from seed. The leaves can be used sometimes as a herb, cooked or raw and have a strong aniseed flavour. The roots and seeds are edible.
Botanical name
Myrrhis odorata
Contains at least
50
Date Of Seed Harvest
Jan 2023
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Price per packet
$4.50
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Also known as Bearded pink or London pride. Sweet william is a strong scented
biennial or short lived perennial with densely packed clusters of small flowers coming through in late spring/early summer. Coming in a wide range of colours, this selection includes, light and dark pink, red, white, pink/white, red/white and various other
shades. Likes full sun and rich soil, great in containers or beds and borders. Propagate by seed, cutting or division. Seeds will not breed true but you’ll still get a nice mix of colours. An old fashioned favourite, has flowers with shades of pinks all summer. Great as a vege companion.
Botanical name
Dianthus barbatus)
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2023
Storage Info
seed in flower bag
Contains at least
30 seeds
Price per packet
$4.50
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Teasel - spiky flower heads were used for carding wool in the old days, also regarded as having some of the best bee attractant flowers. Finches love to eat the seeds.
Botanical name
Dipsacus fullonum
Contains at least
30 seeds
Date Of Seed Harvest
2023
Grower name
Rick Ginders
Price per packet
$4.50
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Date Of Seed Harvest
March 2023
Storage Info
no seed left
Contains at least
50
Price per packet
$4.50
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This old strain of tobacco is supposedly a Virginian strain. It had been grown by a man who lived near Kaiapoi. This is a pink flowered variety that can grow to close on 2m and flowers from Dec till late autumn. It attracts bumble bees big time. The second year after the plants have died they become quite useful for growing peas as the stems remain sturdy in the ground. Tobacco is very good as a carbon crop given its extensive root systems
Botanical name
Nicotiana tabacum
Grower name
Richard-Paul
Storage Info
Seed stock refreshed yearly
Contains at least
approx 100
Price per packet
$4.50
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Growing Valerian can be easy as it is a low-maintenance perennial herb. This flowering, medicinal herb is cold-hardy. Valerian’s fragrant flowers and traditional therapeutic use of its roots are known to soothe and promote sleep.
Botanical name
Valeriana officinalis
Contains at least
50
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hilltrop
Price per packet
$4.50
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Purple-top vervain, cluster-top vervain or tall verbena is a purple herbaceous perennial. It has very tall, slender stems, irresistible to butterflies. The flowers are an airy lavender to rose-purple in tight clusters on long stems up to 1m high, which bloom from mid-summer until autumn. Self seeds readily and is easy to grow from semi-hardwood cuttings.
Botanical name
Verbena bonariensis
Date Of Seed Harvest
Autumn 2023
Grower name
Sara Pepers-Hiltrop
Price per packet
$4.50
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Has been used for hundreds of years for intestinal parasites. Attracted silvery grey foliage and is a hardy plant.
Botanical name
Artemisia absinthium
Grower name
Rachael Stott
Storage Info
Seed stock refreshed yearly
Contains at least
50 seeds
Price per packet
$4.50
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