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We are a collective of New Zealand based hobby gardeners and horticulturalists.

Our seed is hand harvested from regionally adapted plants ideally suited to your region and climate, if unsure when to sow we recommend asking your local experienced gardeners.


Mondo grass - 333CMK

Details   This variety has leaves that are approximately 20mm long, will grow in full sun or shade, used as a border plant, rock garden or as a ground cover
Botanical name   Ophiopogon japonicus
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   seed regrown each year
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $5.50
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Kale - Purple - 371CMK

Details   Purple kale similar to Russian kale is a variety with purple oak leaf shaped leaves, a cool weather vegetable, good for salads, stews, smoothies and many more dishes. Easy to grow, not fussy soil wise
Botanical name   Brassica oleracea
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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sedge - leatherleaf - 364CMK

sedge - leatherleaf - 364CMK

Details   Leather leaf sedge or Carex Buchanan as it's also known, has a upright growing habit producing little curls at the end of some of its leaves, grows approximately 60 cm in height, tolerates most growing conditions, great in mass planting or as a colour contrast plant
Botanical name   carex buaiananii
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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Blueberry - 322CMK

Blueberry - 322CMK

Details   This seed is a genetic diverse line as Carla has many different cultivars, expect to see hybrid vigour but also there will be weak plants that will be best to discard. Select only the strongest plants
Botanical name   Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   seed regrown each year
Contains at least   100
Price per packet   $5.50
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Ribbon Wood - 153CMK

Details   Ribbon woods in there natural environment can grow 5/10 meters depending on soil type and location, outside of its forest environment it's best to prune to a main leader. If planted out in the open they tend to grow extra limbs but as the tree gets older the limbs can start to split apart letting rainwater in and in the end kill it. Ribbon woods tolerate fairly strong winds and very dry soils. Can be planted quite close together when group planting, If you have them in your area Wood pigeons enjoy their fruit.
Botanical name   Plagianthus regius
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   seed regrown each year
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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Cucumber - Pickling Gherkin - 325CMK

Details   When growing from seed watch out for slugs and snails when first germinating, can be left to sprawl across the ground or be trained to grow up a mesh netting, the can grow to 8 feet long if not being pinched. Gherkins are best picked while young, wash and place in a salty brine for the night before pickling. They can be eaten raw and used in stirfry, busy mostly grown to pickle
Botanical name   cucumis sativus L
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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pumpkin - Jarriahdale - 156CMK

pumpkin - Jarriahdale - 156CMK

Details   Jarrahdale pumpkin is a heirloom variety, native to Australia, they store well, are a good medium to large size, good flesh and easy to grow
Botanical name   Cucurbita maxima
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   20 seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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Sliver Birch - 25CMK

Sliver Birch - 25CMK

Details   Silver birch trees are a attractive medium sized deciduous tree adorning beautiful white bark and weeping branches, with light green toothed edged leaves. Once mature enough you can tap for sap which can be used for anything you use syrup for, best time for tapping is spring before leafing, store in refrigerator.
Botanical name   Betula pendula
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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Pumpkin - Red Kuri - 237CMK

Details   Also known by many other names, such as Orange Hokkaido, Henri potimarron, Japanese Squash, belonging to the Hubbard squash group. Has a mellow chestnut flavour, the thin skin and seeds are also edible. Easy to grow can grow up a support, can be harvested in 120 days, shelf life is up to three months.
Botanical name   Cucurbita maxima
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.00
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Ake ake - maroon-purple - 167CMK

Details   Ake Ake is a bushy shrub/tree, brown/purple in colour, has flowers in panicles, yellow/green red/green, can handle light frost and tolarates coastal conditions. Grows to 7 meters, can be trimmed to size
Botanical name   Dodonaea Viscosa
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2023
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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Passionfruit - Black Beauty - 119CMK

Details   Passion fruit has a sweet and tangy taste, great eating on its own or with ice cream or made into a jelly. When growing they appreciate soil rich in organic matter. Protect from strong winds and frost, prefers a sunny location where it can grow up a support. They like a bit of fertiliser in the spring.
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Toi toi - North Island - 264CMK

Details   This North Island toi toi is a tough and very useful plant can grow in most conditions from in the garden to stream edged, has beautiful upright plumes which can reach up to 3.5 meters, this toi toi is medium in size, flowers are also useful as decoration’s
Botanical name   Austroderia fulvida
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   50 seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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plum - Louise - 401cmk

Details   This large yellow/red skinned plum is a great juicy sweet eating plum. It is self fertile, a heavy cropper ripens from January to February, not fussy regarding soil type, grows to approximately five meters tall.
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   10
Price per packet   $4.50
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Rockmelon - Amish - 232CMK

Details   Smaller in size so doesn’t require as long a summer to grow unlike the bigger ones, plant in rich soil in direct sunlight once frost’s have passed.
fruit grows to 20 cm across 3 kg in weight, flesh is orange.
Heirloom
Disease resistant
Botanical name   Cucumis melo
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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pumpkin - Musquee de Provence - 114CMK

Details   Originates from France, can grow from 5 - 15 kg and stores well, thin skinned so can be peeled as well. Are green when younger mature to a rich brown colour, (can be different shades of colour depending on how much light they are exposed to). A very nice pumpkin to grow
Botanical name   C. moschata
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2022
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Carla McKnight - Waikato Grower

Carla McKnight - Waikato Grower

Details   Immigrating from Holland when young with my family our lives went from a boating family to a gardening one, have always had a love of the outdoors, mostly on horseback, motorbikes or gardening, including a interest in house plants (quite a few). My husband and I now live in the Waikato on a lifestyle block which we enjoy with our now grown kids and their kids, I enjoy growing interesting fruit trees and veggies, seed saving, horses dogs and a native nursery keeping me occupied and on occasion still do some paintings
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Fuscia - procumbes - variegated - 338CMK

Details   A variegated cultavar of the standard procumbens, variegated Fuschia Procumbens is a New Zealand ground cover with a trailing habit, showing pink, white and some light yellow on its leaves, also produces beautiful unique flowers, ideal to grow in pots and hanging baskets, it's a bit slower growing than the non variegated variety.
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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Fuchsia procumbens - 326CMK

Details   An evergreen, sprawling shrub that can spread up to 1m and get to 20cm tall that is prefers coastal locations but must be planted in a frost-free site. Grows well in both sun or part shade. Also nice grown in hanging baskets or pots, the red berries are edible, a very pretty plant
Botanical name   Fuchsia procumbens
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   seed regrown each year
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $5.50
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Salvia - purple - 396CMK

Details   Salvia is a tall big leaf salvia has soft fluffy leaves frost tender so requires some coverage and some protection from wind, Produces lots of flowers and grows quickly
Botanical name   Salvia officinalis
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $5.00
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Sedge - forest- 360CMK

Sedge - forest- 360CMK

Details   Forest Sedge is an attractive sedge with an arching habit growing 45-80cm tall, likes to grow in dark damp places or on the edge of streams full or semi sun, can also grow in dry conditions once established
Botanical name   Carex dissita
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   seed regrown each year
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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pumpkin - Crown - 226CMK

pumpkin - Crown - 226CMK

Details   Crown pumpkin has a bluish/grey skin, with orange flesh. Great for soups, roasts and in baking. Grows well in a drained site
Botanical name   Cucurbits maxima
Grower name   Carla Mc Knight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Nikau palm - 113CMK

Details   Grows to 9 to 15 m, very slow growing, produces bright red fruit which birds love eating, sensitive to frost when young, fronds grow up to 3 m in length
Botanical name   Rhopalostylis Sapida
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   25
Price per packet   $6.50
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Manuka - 64CMK

Details   New Zealand tea tree, naive to New Zealand and South-East Australia. Shrub like tree good for regeneration of bare land, flowers white occasionally pink
Botanical name   Leptospermum scoparium
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   approx 100
Price per packet   $4.50
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Carex - Comans - 209CMK

Details   Fine leaved tufted sedge can be planted in masse or interplanted even looks great in pots, rockery or borders, prefers a free draining soil
Botanical name   Cyperaceae
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   approx 100
Price per packet   $5.50
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Cabbage Tree - Three Kings - 212CMK

Details   A compact growing tree, can grow up to 4 to 6 meters. Trunk can grow solitary or branch out, also known as Kasper cabbage tree, these trees can be planted in large pots or in home gardens seeing they are fairly short and compact, produces scented clusters of white berry fruit that birds enjoy
Botanical name   Obtecta
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   40 seeds
Price per packet   $5.50
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Strawberry - Alpine - Red - 357CMK

Strawberry - Alpine - Red - 357CMK

Details   Alpine Strawberry - Red, also known as woodland strawberries or Mignoette. Its a perennial that grows runners and makes a good ground cover, can also be grown in pots or baskets in full fun or semi shade. They produce small round fruit most of the year round in warmer climates, leaves can also be used to make tea or externally for relief of sunburn, fruit eaten as they are or used in fruit salad, cake decorating or in ice cubes or even in salsa, they also provide potassium and vitamin A and C
Botanical name   Fragaria vesca
Date Of Seed Harvest   September 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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strawberry - Alpine - White - 328CMK

Details   Variety ‘Alpine White’ strawberry plants is one that does produce runners’ these plants can be grown indoors in a sunny position, a occasional dab of their flowers with a small paint brush or cotton bud to ensure pollination. The best time to pick the strawberries is when they almost fall into your hand for this reason they are not grown commercially all so because they don’t produce as many as hybrid strawberries
, they are shallow rooted so pays to use a mulch so the roots don’t get disturbed or dry up too quick in the summer, pine needles have a ph of 3 when fresh but a ph of 7 when aged I use them for my garlic beds too. Unlike hybrid strawberries alpine come “true” from seed so they can be propagated reliably from seed.
Botanical name   Fragaria vesca
Date Of Seed Harvest   Nov 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   seed regrown each year
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $5.50
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Rosemary Rosy - 370CMK

Rosemary Rosy - 370CMK

Details   This aromatic evergreen rosemary is a upright variety, to keep it to the desired size just give it a light prune. Rosemary can be used fresh, dried or frozen, thrives in full sun.
Botanical name   Rosmarinus officinalis
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30+ seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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Sem - 398CMK

Details   Sem bean seeds also called hyacinth bean, Lima bean or This bean grows in the form of a climbing shrub so when planting supply a growing support, can grow as a perennial plant if the climate is warm enough. Picking the beans early in the morning opposed to later in the day has better flavour. Being a nitrogen fixer helps build a healthy soil, these beans are also drought resistant. Like a lot of beans they are best cooked first before eating boil, rinse and repeat to eliminate the toxic cyanogenic glycosides. Or when eating young pods for studying can remove the bean and use later.
Botanical name   Dolichos lablab
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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Snake bean mix- 234CMK

Details   This line of snake bean seed is a mix of three different cultivars that are considered as string less, they can grow to 70-80 cm long but best harvested at around 45cm long unless saving the seeds. can be eaten raw while young or steamed, stir fried or used in stews when more mature. slightly sweet flavour plant after frosts have passed, beans like the warmer weather so if still a bit chilly wont do as well. Needs a support to grow up
Botanical name   Vigna unguiculata
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed stock refreshed yearly
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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Ake ake - green - 192CMK

Details   Ake Ake is a bushy shrub/tree green in colour, has a flaky trunk, flowers in panicles yellow/green red/green, handles light frosts and tolerates coastal conditions, can be trimmed to size, grows up to 7 meters.
Botanical name   Dodonaea Viscosa
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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Hollyhock - magenta - 391CMK

Details   Hollyhock is a attractive addition to the cottage garden, these grow to approximately one and a half meters in height, a nice deep burgundy colour, easy to grow and very rewarding also attracts butterflies. Prefers full sun to partial shade.
Botanical name   Alcea rosea
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   40
Price per packet   $4.50
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pumpkin - Speckled Hound - 403CMK

Details   Easy to grow, stores well, great flesh very tasty, kids love collecting these because of their size and interesting colouring
Botanical name   Cucurbita maxima
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Kauri - 194CMK

Details   Kauri trees look good planted on their own or in groups of three, seeds take 10-20 days to germinate in the right conditions, 50 years to be fully grown. Best suited to northern areas of NZ
Botanical name   Agathis australis
Date Of Seed Harvest   April 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed stock refreshed yearly
Contains at least   10
Price per packet   $5.50
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Kaka Beak Rosea - red - 159CMK

Kaka Beak Rosea - red - 159CMK

Details   This Kakabeak is the smaller out of the two red varieties available, grows to two meters, shape as desired, can also be grown in a container. Will tolerate some frost, prefers to grow in a sheltered area away from strong winds, in free draining soil. Keep an eye out for caterpillars while still young.
Botanical name   Clianthus Puniceus
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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plum - Carla's cooking plum - 361CMK

plum - Carla's cooking plum - 361CMK

Details   This variety is a heavy cropper, self fertile with dark coloured flesh that’s been in Carla's garden for many years, great tree provides lots of plums. Seed need to be kept damp in the fridge for 6-8 weeks before sowing.
Date Of Seed Harvest   2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   10
Price per packet   $4.50
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Squash - Austrian Hulless - 246CMK

Details   This variety of pumpkin is mainly grown for its seeds to be eaten as is or pressed for oil, seeing they’re Hulless you can eat them straight from the pumpkin or soak in water for a few days before drying to store in your pantry or freezer. Sew when the weathers warmed up with no chance of a late frost.
Botanical name   Cucurbitaceae pepo
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2023
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Capsicum - sweet mini - 211CMK

Details   An old family heirloom from Ohio USA, this variety grows red, yellow and chocolate capsicum plants produce an abundance of tiny colorful orbs that are easy to grow.
Botanical name   capsicum annuum
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   20 seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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Corokia - Red wonder - 48CMK

Details   Corokia are a tight growing shrub/small tree making it very suitable for hedges small or large. Will tolerate strong winds but does not like salt spray but still a good coastal tree. Grows to 2 m
Botanical name   Argophyllaceae
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20 seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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ake ake - Golden - 341CMK

Details   Golden Ake Ake has light green- yellowish wavy leaves with white underside, grows three to four meters tall, likes to be on full sun grown in sandy to heavy soil, has scented clusters of tiny flowers in the autumn. Can be grown into a hedge or a companion tree. Carla's trees handle the frosts in the Waikato but is unsure about other areas of NZ, there for we recommend to check your local growing conditions for frost handiness.
Botanical name   Olearia paniculata
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   50 +
Price per packet   $4.50
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Pohutukawa - Dwarf Tahitian - 120CMK

Details   Grow in full sun or part shade in well drained soil or in a large pot. Occasionally prune to keep it a nice shape, produces beautiful flowers that last a long time, has attractive pastel grey leaves which are a nice contrast with the flowers. Attractive in courtyard and patio’s or near the house, does well in coastal conditions. Can handle light frosts, grows to approximately 1 x 1 m preferred well drained soils
Botanical name   Metrosideros tahitian
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2023
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed has been frozen stored
Contains at least   100+
Price per packet   $5.00
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Oi Oi / Jointed Rush - 152CMK

Details   Oi Oi grows well in dry or wet areas, nice grown on the edge of water, mass plantings or companion planting also suitable grown in pots. Also suitable in coastal areas, a very hardy reed. Has a habit of arching with new growth coming thru straight, grows to one meter
Botanical name   Apodasmia Similis
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2023
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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Watermelon - yellow - 397CMK

Watermelon - yellow - 397CMK

Details   Yellow watermelon has a slightly sweeter taste than the red varieties, also contains beta-carotene which the body converts to Vitamin A also high in vitamin C. Yellow watermelon are not genetically modified. Watermelons like a rich soil with plenty of water and warm conditions to grow in, start indoors or wait until after danger of frosts are over. Matures 80 - 110 days
Botanical name   Citrullus Lanatus
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Zucchini - Marble - 300CMK

Details   A good producer, keep picking to encourage more zucchini to grow, firm flesh with thin skin, good for zucchini spaghetti, soups, stews and cakes, water when soil gets too dry
Botanical name   Cucurbita pepo
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Orange - blood red -363CMk

Details   Blood orange is a sweet flavoured orange that has orange to red/crimson coloured flesh, the more exposure to sun and ripening the redder they get.Heavy producer, high in fiber, vitamin C, antioxidants and other minerals and vitamins.
Botanical name   Citrus sinensis
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   seed restocked each year
Contains at least   15
Price per packet   $4.50
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Australian Blue Oat Grass - 253CMK

Details   Great for borders, containers, companion planting, or in masse. This hardy grass can tolerate most soils, easy care and very striking with its blue colour.
Botanical name   Helictotrichon sempervirens
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   approx 50
Price per packet   $4.50
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Pohutukawa - Metrosideros exselsa - 110CMK

Details   Often called the NZ native Christmas Tree, grows to 9-10 m tall, can be used as a screen or hedge tree. Tolerates drought, wind and salt spray Easy to grow, plant in free draining soil
Botanical name   Pohutukawa Metrosideros exselsa
Date Of Seed Harvest   2021
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   approx 100
Price per packet   $5.00
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Popping corn - mini strawberry - 91bCMK

Details   Heirloom variety, this variety is a shorter plant producing small rich red popcorn cobs that resemble the shape of a strawberry, for better germination grow on blocks instead of rows, I plant in pairs to reduce the amount of space needed approximately 40/50cm apart either directly into soil or in seed trays plant when weather has warmed up, protect from snails and birds when the shoots first appear. * allow kernels to dry properly before popping the less moisture the better they pop
Botanical name   Zea Mays
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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Pumpkin - Rouge Vif d'Etampes - 208CMK

Details   This pumpkin is an old French heirloom, moderately sweet, easy to grow. Plant in the spring, maturity is 95 - 105 days. Also known as the Cinderella pumpkin.
Botanical name   C. maxima
Date Of Seed Harvest   2021
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Pseudopanax hybrid - houpara - 344CMK

Details   Houpara is a naturally occurring hybrid, seeds from this hybrid are fertile the seed once planted can take up to three months before germination happens. These trees are fairly fast growing and are are a good source of food for birds.
Botanical name   Pseudopanax classifies x P. Lessonii
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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popping corn - yellow - 140CMK

Details   Yellow popping corn can also be used to make flour out of. It's easy to grow, plant seed out in spring after the last frosts in a nice compost rich bed of soil. Stalks can be fed to stock or composted, also great to overlap to start a new compost heap on
Botanical name   Zea Mays
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   50
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Popping corn - ruby red - 9CMK

Details   This mini popping corn is often confused as strawberry pop corn is a shorter strawberry shape. Kernels are about half the size of traditional popcorn while the plants grow only 120-150 cm tall and produce mahogany-colored cobs.
Botanical name   Zea Mays
Date Of Seed Harvest   April 2022
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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Guava - Red Cherry - 317CMK

Details   These shrubs produce sweet scented flowers that produce small red fruits about 2 cm or bigger in size , the whole fruit is edible, you can tea out of the leaves. Shrub grows to approximately 4 m, keep to desired size by pruning, self fertile, pick fruit when almost ready to drop off.
Botanical name   Psidium guajava
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Guava - yellow cherry - 215CMK

Details   This shrub can grow up to 6 m, can be pruned desired size. Fruit grows up to 2 cm if not a bit bigger, sweeter in flavour than the red guava, creamy lemony flavour. Cold hardy, tolerates light frost, likes full sun or partial shade
Botanical name   Psidium guajava
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Foxglove - Apricot Beauty - 345CMK

Foxglove - Apricot Beauty - 345CMK

Details   A tall growing bell sharped apricot/pink blooms, blooms over a long time period from spring through to autumn, normally grows to approximately 80 - 120 cm tall, likes to growing from simi-shady areas to full sun.
Botanical name   Digitalis spp
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   100
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Teuridium parvifolium - 369CMK

Details   A compact, small-leaved shrub with round, green leaves and orange branch lets. large bunches of small, white, fuchsia-like flowers in summer. Excellent in an informal hedge or border. likes growing poor dry soils.
Botanical name   Teuridium parvifolium
Date Of Seed Harvest   Nov 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   seed regrown each year
Contains at least   40
Price per packet   $4.50
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Toi toi - Mini - 91aCMK

Details   An easy care plant with lush green foliage that is drought and wind tolerant, grows well in free draining soil. Grows to around a metre tall
Botanical name   Chronochioa flavicans
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   100
Price per packet   $4.50
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Corokia - Yellow wonder - 190CMK

Details   Corokia are a tight growing shrub/small tree, making it very suitable as a small or large hedge. Will tolerate strong winds but sensitive to salt spray but still a good coastal tree. Grows to 2 m
Botanical name   Argophyllaceae
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20 seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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watermelon - Crimson sweet - 313CMK

watermelon - Crimson sweet - 313CMK

Details   Crimson Sweet looks much the same as the cannon ball watermelon. Many of the fruits Carla grew weight between 6 and 11 kg in size.
Botanical name   Citrullus Lanatus
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Pohutukawa Hybrid - Mitrosideros Mistral Rata - 195CMK

Details   Grows to approximately 5 m can handle light frosts, tolerates coastal conditions. Great in extra large pots, border plants, hedging, or stand alone statement shrubs
Botanical name   Metrosideros robusta
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   approx 100
Price per packet   $5.00
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spinach - Bele - 352CMK

spinach - Bele - 352CMK

Details   Known also as slippery cabbage, aibika and sunset hibiscus - is a plant whose leaves are often used in cooking in the Pacific islands.
A healthy plant will produce for 1-2 years, very high - 5% protein . It also contains high levels of vitamin A, vitamin C and calcium, as well as significant amounts of iron.
Botanical name   Hibiscus manihot
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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Capsicum - Long Remano - 283CMK

Details   These plants produce lots they just keep going as long as you keep picking them, we are in June now plants are still producing in the garden with no protection they just don’t colour up this time of the year, a great one to grow, thin skinned not too many seeds great for filling and roasting, stirfry, in soup or raw with hummus. I do use a bamboo for support I don’t tie it as the branches are good enough as a support. Easy to grow, is frost tender, I will cover it up soon to be safe, grow in full sun
Botanical name   Capsicum annuum
Date Of Seed Harvest   Jan 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Watermelon - Charleston Grey - 318CMK

Watermelon - Charleston Grey - 318CMK

Details   Charleston Grey, oblong fruit, sweet, grey coloured skin, fruit size 9-15 kg, fruits are oblong, red/pink flesh.
Botanical name   Citrullus lanatus
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Swan Plant - 221CMK

Details   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
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2023
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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Melon - Honeydew - 383CMK

Melon - Honeydew - 383CMK

Details   Honey dew melon are rich in vitamin C and K strengthening your bones with folate. Can grow in sandy soil on a support, will take from 3 - 4 months to grow, requires warm and sunny
Botanical name   Cucumis melo
Date Of Seed Harvest   Dec 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Hollyhock - pink - 392cmk

Details   This hollyhock is a slightly smaller flower shorter stem about a meter in height variety, great for the cottage garden
Botanical name   Alcea rosea
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30+ seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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Squash - Standard Butternut - 69CMK

Details   Butternut has tan-yellow skin and orange fleshy pulp with a compartment of seeds in the blossom end. When ripe, it turns increasingly deep orange, and becomes sweeter and richer. It is a good source of dietary fiber, Vitamin C Magnesium Potassium and Vitamin A
Botanical name   Cucurbita moschata
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Squash - Long Island Cheese - 245CMK

Squash - Long Island Cheese - 245CMK

Details   Thought to be one of the oldest domesticated squash types, Long Island Cheese is known for its smooth, string less flesh and rich flavour
Botanical name   Cucurbita pepo
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2023
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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pumpkin - Queensland Blue Pumpkin - 225CMK

Details   Australian heirloom pumpkin, deep bluish green in colour with deep ribbing, sweet orange flesh, can also eat the skin.
Botanical name   Cucurbits maxima
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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sedge - Pepepe - 351CMK

Details   Pepepe is a sedge that is found throughout most of the North Island, has dark glossy l long leaves with graceful bronze drooping seed heads which remain quite showy for a long time, clumps are about 1 m wide
Botanical name   machaerina sinclairii
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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Sunflower - Moonwalker - 304CMK

Details   Grows to 120 -150 cm tall, sow in spring or early summer, flower petals are a light pale yellow with dark centers, multi branching habit, bees love the sunflowers especially bumblebees,
Botanical name   Helianthus annuus
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   seed regrown each year
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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Cosmos - double - 381CMK

Details   Double Cliff Snow Puff is a sturdy long steamed cosmos that is great as a cut flower or grown in a cottage garden or pots, they like it in full sun, plant direct late spring early summer
Botanical name   Cosmos bipinnatus
Date Of Seed Harvest   Dec 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   40
Price per packet   $4.50
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Watermelon - Cannonball - 331CMK

Details   Cannon Ball is a round shape, crimson/red flesh, sweet, 9-12 kg fruit, sow in spring after frosts are over in a moist, sunny fertile soil, trailing plant.
Botanical name   Couroupita Guianensis
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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Manuka - pink - 342CMK

Details   Manuka will grow in most places but prefer free draining soil, a tough tree once it’s established, fairly fast growing and a great burst of colour once in flower, staying in flower for a long time, there’s a variety of colours including red and different shades of pinks. Manuka attracts a lot of bees. Grows two to five meters
Botanical name   Leptospermum scoparium
Date Of Seed Harvest   April 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   100
Price per packet   $4.50
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Kaka Beak - white - 196CMK

Details   The white Kakabeak is a rare form of the red Kakabeak. Grows to 3 m depending on conditions, prefers full sun to partial shade, shape as desired, tolerates frost. Beautiful clusters of white flowers that resemble the beak of the kaka. Tui loves the flowers, occasionally slugs, snails or caterpillar like the plant too.
Botanical name   Clianthus Puniceus
Date Of Seed Harvest   Jan 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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Popping Corn - glass gem - 100CMK

Details   Glass Gem can be grounded into oatmeal, popped or used as a ornament. It is a tall growing plant so choose a sheltered sight, grow in blocks for better pollination, away from other corn to avoid cross pollination. Each plant will grow 3/5 cobs. Give the kernels a chance to dry before popping the less moisture the better they will pop
Botanical name   Zea Mays
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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Zucchini - Italian striped - 49CMK

Details   Zucchini Striped is a very productive summer squash, has dark green skin with light strips running thru the length. Plant late spring to early summer. Heirloom
Botanical name   Cucurbita pepo
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2023
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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cosmos - white - 272CMK

Details   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
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2023
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   40
Price per packet   $4.50
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Melon - Cantelope - 394cmk

Melon - Cantelope - 394cmk

Details   The cantaloupe melon has a very fruity strong delicious flavour that makes it hard to stop eating it, very refreshing, easy to grow, likes lots of water a heavy feeder, grows fast, prefers full sun
Botanical name   Cucumis melo
Date Of Seed Harvest   Jan 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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New Zealand wind Grass - 176CMK

Details   Grows into a dense fountain like clump about 90cm tall. Likes full sun or part shade areas from well-drained to heavy soils, will handle dry summers also.Producing leaves that are bronze, gold and copper in colour if grown in full sun, also producing long elegant fine flowers, has beautiful movement in the wind
Botanical name   Anemanthele lessoniana
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   100
Price per packet   $4.50
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Corokia Orange - 33CMK

Details   Corokia is ideal to grow as a hedge or stand alone, long slender leaves with the underside bring white, has orange berries, grows to 2 x 1.2 m
Botanical name   Argophyllaceae
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20 seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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Strawberry - Camarosa - 367CMK

Details   These are a early season berry that grow a large fruit, and also give a heavy yield. Dec and early Jan is the peak harvest period
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30+ seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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broad bean - Lucifer - 373CMK

Details   These dark red/brown broad beans are a great producer and colour, would like some support when growing, they take 115 days till harvest. Sow in spring, summer and autumn, sow direct.
Botanical name   Vicia Faba
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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Lettuce - Lolla Rossa - 295CMK

Details   Lolla Rossa is a nice frilly type of lettuce that you can just keep picking from, the colour intensifies the cooler the temperature gets can be sown early spring to late autumn. Regarded as a slow bolting cultivar. This photo was taken in June, when grown in summer will have more colour on the leaves
Botanical name   Lactuca sativa
Date Of Seed Harvest   Jan 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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Pittosporum - Karo - 157CMK

Details   Small coastal tree that pretty much grows thru out NZ now, the red flowers like other pittosporum has a lovely scent more noticeable in the evening, great as a hedging tree or stand alone. Karo has a thick leaf similar to pohutukawa with white underside. Grows to 5 m, very frost hardy.
Botanical name   Pittosporum crassifolium
Date Of Seed Harvest   Dec 2022
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   40
Price per packet   $4.50
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cucumber - Long green - 321CMK

Details   Produces high yields of approximately 20 centimetres long wide dark green cucumbers, a heavy cropper. Plant 50 cm apart, likes to grow in full sun, pinch out the tips to encourage side shoots. Great for slicing or pickling.
Botanical name   cucumis sativus L
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $4.50
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Capsicum - Sweet Orange - 240CMK

Details  
Yellow and Orange peppers tastes a little less sweet than red peppers, crunchy and juicy, grow from medium to large in size. Plant grows to approximately one meter in height, they are part of the night shade family.
Botanical name   Capsicum Annuum
Date Of Seed Harvest   Jan 2023
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   40 seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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Fennel - Bronze - 271CMK

Details   This is not a building fennel, the green/brown leaves are useful in soups,pickles,roasts,salads and many more culinary dishes. Easy to grow, great for the bees as well and looks pretty intermixed into a veggie garden or cottage garden setting
Botanical name   Foeniculum vulgare
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2023
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   30 seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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Plum - Hawera - 387CMK

Details   Hawera plum is a great plum to grow, red on the inside, heavy cropper , great tasting plum, soil type not fussy, kids love eating this plum because they're easy to eat not squirting with juice, just right
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   10
Price per packet   $4.50
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Cabbage - Savoy - 374cmk

Details   Savoy cabbage is a winter vegetable it has large crinkly leaves that are great for anything you need cabbage for a nice crunchy variety, this is a big cabbage so allow fir enough growing space
Botanical name   Brassica oleracea
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   40
Price per packet   $4.50
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Sunflower - Branching - 291CMK

Details   This is a tall branching variety with big golden blooms, protect from slugs and snails until established
Botanical name   Helianthus annuus
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   seed regrown each year
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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Fan aloe - 393CMK

Details   This succulent is quite showy grows into a multi stemmed shrub or small tree, producing orange flowers it originates from the mountains of Western Cape in South Africa. Grows in full sun or partial shade
Botanical name   Kumara Plicatilis
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30+ seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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Muehlenbeckia astonii - 252CMK

Details   A dense deciduous forming shrub. Likes a moderate to high fertility soil and will tolerate dry sites. Processing this seed is very time consuming which reflexes in the price.
Botanical name   Muehlenbeckia astonii
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   Seed frozen stored
Contains at least   20
Price per packet   $6.50
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Pansies - black - 362CMK

Pansies - black - 362CMK

Details   Black pansies are compact plants producing lots of black velvety flowers, plants are 15 cm high like it in full to semi shade, great as a border plant or in pots or baskets
Botanical name   Viola X wittrockiana
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   seed regrown each year
Contains at least   30+ seeds
Price per packet   $4.50
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violet - black - 385CMK

violet - black - 385CMK

Details   This little violet is a solid black in colour produced a lot of flowers, happy to grow in semi shade to full sun at the beginning of spring thru summer, great in baskets, pots or a cottage garden.
Botanical name   Viola X wittrockiana
Date Of Seed Harvest   Feb 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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pepper - Bolivian Rainbow - 193CMK

pepper - Bolivian Rainbow - 193CMK

Details   Bolivian Rainbow fruit are cone-shaped 25mm long and range in colours from purple, yellow, orange to deep red as they mature. A hot pepper of 30,000-50,000 Scoville Units.
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla Mc Knight
Contains at least   15
Price per packet   $4.50
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Tussock swamp twig rush - 216CMK

Tussock swamp twig rush - 216CMK

Details   A rhizomatous perennial that once established is quite tolerant of drought. does best in a slightly acidic soil and will tolerant of saline conditions.
Botanical name   Machaerina juncea
Date Of Seed Harvest   March 2024
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   30
Price per packet   $4.50
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carex - Frosted Curls - 382CMK

carex - Frosted Curls - 382CMK

Details   This very popular sedge is pale green or straw coloured leaves with curling tips at the end, looks great mass planted in full sun or semi shade
Date Of Seed Harvest   Jan 2025
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Contains at least   40
Price per packet   $4.50
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sedge - Mutton bird/tataki - 368CMK

sedge - Mutton bird/tataki - 368CMK

Details   A clump-forming, tough evergreen grass growing to 0.9m tall and up to 1m wide. Best planted in full sun to partial shade, in moist soil, but will grow in most conditions except full shade.
Botanical name   Carex Trifida
Grower name   Carla McKnight
Storage Info   seed regrown each year
Contains at least   50
Price per packet   $4.50
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