Chives - Standard - 31RG23
Details Perennial growing to 50cm. Grows in slowly spreading clumps. Plant has green, hollow, tubular leaves that have a mild onion flavour; used as a garnish, in sauces, dips, stews, casseroles, salads and soups. Can be grown in containers.Botanical name Allium schoenoprasumPrice per packet $4.00Packet contents 50 seedsGrower name Richard Ginders
Egyptian walking tree onions
Details These are hardy perennial onions that are very prolific, they do best in a well-drained, moist garden bed, bulbils are best planted from March till Sep.Breeding work on the onion is currently being done, the Egyptian Walking tree onion is a F1 clone which is a cross between the Walsh and a standard brown onion, through bulbil removal and hand pollination 13 seeds were produced in 2015, from those 13 only 5 seedlings germinated, one of those later died. During that summer the four remaining plants grew and divided given me 23 new base onions, these were then replanted out separately and its hoped they will produce more seed. The goal is to develop a open pollinate walking onion that is grown from seed and not bulbilsBotanical name Allium cepaPrice per packet $4.00Packet contents 20-30 bulbilsGrower name Richard Watson
Leek - Perennial Leek - 93RW38
Details Forms large clumps of thumb size stems which have a stronger leek flavour than standard leek though they are a bit more finicky when harvesting.Best sown in spring forming clumps by late summer/autumn, if left in the ground through the following winter the clumps will form a mass of corns meaning the perennial leek will become permanent and difficult to eradicate.Some gardeners may prefer its perpetual feature while others prefer it as a annual vegetable by insuring its harvested before winter. Due to poor seed set there is only a small seed available, but bulbs can be ordered instead. LAST SUMMER SAW POOR SEED SET, HOPING FOR BETTER THIS SEASONBotanical name Allium ampeloprasumPrice per packet $4.00Packet contents 50Grower name Richard Watson
Leek - Portage - 94RW40
Details A young and still evolving grex/landrace variety been bred by Richard Watson from a collection of 15 other standard leeks varieties, some grow wide large stems while others can be very tall, this is because of the strong genetic diversity.Botanical name Allium porrumPrice per packet $4.00Packet contents 50 seedsGrower name Richard Watson
Leek - Purau - 91RG39
Details Bred at Purau Gardens for many years and had adapted well to the coastal climate, this strain of leek may well suit warmer areas of NZ. Its a cross between three well known NZ varieties including Musselburgh.Botanical name Allium porrumPrice per packet $4.00Packet contents 50Grower name Rick GindersOnion - Medbury Red Longkeeper - 35RW48
Details The history of this onion is unknown, a very large red onion with tends to be more white inside than other reds. selection involves replanting the longest keepers for seed production,often as late as October.Botanical name Allium cepaPrice per packet $4.00Packet contents 50 seedsGrower name Richard Watson
Onion - Pukekohe long keeper - 36RW50
Details An old strain of long storing brown skin onion that can grow up to 800grams.Selection work involves sowing seed early spring so as to give the onion the longest possible growing season, this way the idea is to expose any onions that have a undesirable tendency to bolt to seed in its first year, its the second year that the onion is used seed production. After the first years growth, only onion that have excellent size and shape are stored for winter, springtime the first 50% that start to grow green shoots while still in storage are discarded and the remain 50% slow bolters planted back out from seed production. The slower the bolters the better the keeping ability.Botanical name Allium cepaPrice per packet $4.00Packet contents 50Grower name Richard Watson