Willow is a fabulous new variety of shelling pea. It produces a large number of attractive, long, dark green pods. Willow is resistant to powdery mildew so a late planting is worth a try. Plant seeds 2cm deep in a 10cm wide band approximately 20 seeds per 30cm. Read more about Pea, Shelling ‘Willow’ (Pisum sativum)
An exciting new variety of snow pea with excellent disease resistance producing dark green, flat pods under a variety of weather conditions. An October or November planting would be worth a try as Green Devil is powdery mildew resistant.
‘Oregon Giant’ is the most popular commercial snow pea grown in Australia. Grows 100-120cm tall and is a heavy cropper of large sweet snow pea pods. It is resistant to powdery mildew so can be sown from mid winter to November.
Cascadia is a vigorous, climbing sugar snap and needs a trellis or tepee to grow on. It has excellent flavour but is not resistant to powdery mildew. Plant seed 10 to 12cm apart. Not for Tasmania.
This is a larger version of a WA Grey Pumpkin. It thrives under cool conditions. The breeders have focused on uniformity, rich colour, shape and classic appearance while delivering excellent flavour.
This 1970 All-America Selections winner originally from Massachusetts is still one the most widely grown full-size open pollinated butternuts and with good reason. These are larger fruits with small seed cavities and thick, straight, cylindrical necks. Read more about Pumpkin, 'Waltham Butternut' (Cucurbita moschata)
Unique style Butternut with mottled Kent pumpkin like skin and outstanding flesh quality and flavour. Flesh texture is very firm, like a butternut making for excellent cooking.
SANDOR is a hybrid butternut with large fruit size and strong plant vigour with good yields of high quality fruit with thick necks. Dark orange flesh colour with good crops from each plant.
'Jap' type pumpkins have delicious flavour and good keeping qualities. Coventry is later ripening by 7 to 10 days than the discontinued 'Ken's Special' so should be started earlier in cool regions, but offers better yields. This variety has a vigorous vine and large fruit. Read more about Pumpkin, Jap 'Coventry' F1 (Cucurbita maxima)
Most Kabocha pumpkins grown in Australia are exported to a discerning Japanese market. ‘Flare’ produces export quality fruit with superb flavour. It is also productive having 3 or 4 fruits per vine.
Outstanding brand new hybrid form of an old-fashioned favourite
‘Vegesgetti’ is an outstanding brand new hybrid yellow fruited spaghetti squash with yellow fruit with traditional interior of richly flavoured spaghetti squash noodles. The plant is a semi-bush style so quite suited to smaller spaces.
Indigo is a sure hearting radicchio. Suitable for year round growing it crops reliably even during the hottest periods of the year. 10 to 12cm diameter heads are a rich burgundy colour and have a terrific flavour.
Wonderful improved Castelfranco speckled radicchio for mid-spring, summer, autumn and winter harvest. Attractive internal speckling is enhanced in the cooler weather. Reliable and slow to bolt.
Radicchio for autumn and winter harvest. Very uniform dense heads. The bright purple color and flavor are enhanced in the cooler weather. High bolt tolerance.
Extra early radicchio with smaller-sized heads making them useful for smaller households. Uniform size and maturity across the planting. Earliest heading variety in trials in the United States. Sow seeds from August until March.
Australia's favourite rocket and a much improved variety on previous selections. It is also slow to bolt. The dark green leaves have good texture and excellent flavour. Plant from early spring until mid-autumn for year round cropping. Read more about Rocket, Wild Rocket ‘Nature’ (Diplotaxis tenuifolia)
My favourite roquette, spicy but not too hot. Leaves are wide and not deeply lobed. It stands hot summer temperatures well. It can be grown the year round. The best I’ve grown for colour, shape, texture and taste. You can get two cuts from each crop. Read more about Rocket, ‘Sparkle’ (Eruca sativa)
This US import has dark green, glossy savoy leaves with stems of many colours including gold, pink, orange, purple, red and white and with bright and pastel variations. It is milder in flavour than normal silver beet.
Silverado is a new, improved variety of silver beet with glossy dark green leaves, more savoyed than Fordhook Giant. It also has a narrower stem. It’s very quick to grow and can be harvested the year round.
