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stock in addition to those listed here. Payment may be made using a credit card without

opening a PayPal account. Items from this catalogue may be ordered throughout 2018 and

through to the end of June 2019.

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Lambley Nursery, 395 Lesters Road, Ascot, Victoria, 3364

Phone: (03) 5343 4303 Fax: (03) 5343 4257

E-mail: info@lambley.com.au

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ASCOT is 12km north of the Western freeway, which by-passes Ballarat, on the C287, the

Ballarat-Maryborough Road, about halfway between Miners Rest and Clunes.

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Professional Quality Seed for Home Gardeners

Amaranthus (Love-Lies-Bleeding, Tassel Flower)

Amaranthus are summer and autumn flowering annuals. Easily grown as border plants they also make good cut flowers. Direct

sow from mid-spring until mid-summer.

Agrostemma milas

‘Purple Queen’ Purple Queen Corn Cockle

Hundreds of exquisite rose pink flowers are carried on slender 100cm tall stems.

30 seeds $4.75

Amaranthus ‘Hot Biscuits’ A new and exciting variety with strongly architectural spikes of orange-bronze flowers on a 100-120cm tall plant. Excellent cut flower as well as a terrific garden subject. Easily grown from seed sown in situ during spring.

100 seeds $5.25 1000 $9.75

Agrostemma milas

‘Ocean Pearls’ Ocean Pearls Corn Cockle

Corn cockle is one of the most

beautiful of all annuals. Ocean

Pearls is a new strain which

produces pure white, silky

flowers some 3 to 5 cm across on

60 to 70cm tall stems during

spring. 30 seeds $4.75

Amaranthus caudatus Red Love-Lies-Bleeding “Ropes of deep red trailing

blooms” are a reminder of 19th

century gardens when these

flowers were used extensively.

Direct sow into a sunny garden

bed from mid spring until early

summer. Height 200cm space 30

-60cm. 100 seeds $4.45

1000 seeds $7.75

Amaranthus caudatus Green Love Lies Bleeding

So many people who visit the

garden are intrigued by this

easily grown annual. Growing up

to 140cm tall it carries 80cm long

dangling green flowers tassels

from early summer until autumn.

It is much sought after by flower

arrangers. 100 seeds $4.95

1000 seeds $8.25

Aquilegia vulgaris

Double Mix Granny Bonnets

An old fashioned strain of fully

double flowers, white, pink,

mauve and blue. These are the

c o l u m b i n e s w h i c h o u r

grandparents grew. 100 seeds $4.75

Aguilegia vulgaris

‘Pink Petticoat’ Rose coloured outer petals

enclose centres packed with

white petals. Excellent cut flower

and garden plants.

30 seeds $5.35

100 seeds $8.95

Aquilegia vulgaris

‘Black Barlow ’ Dark blackish purple double pom

-pom like flowers are carried on

70cm tall stems. Makes a really

good cut flower.

30 seeds $5.35

100 seeds $8.95

Aquilegia vulgaris

‘Blue Barlow’ Deep blue double pom-pom flowers are carried on 70cm tall stems. Makes a really good cut flower.

30 seeds $5.35 100 seeds $8.95

Amaranthus ‘Coral Fountain’

This strain carries unique coral-pink tassels. 140cm by 60cm. 100 seeds $5.25

1000 seeds $9.75

Amaranthus ‘Opopeo’ Love Lies Bleeding A majestic plant, very tall growing with purple-red foliage and deep red feathers. One of the best for cutting. 200cm by 100cm.

100 seeds $5.25 1000 seeds $9.75

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Amaranthus ‘Hopi Red Dye’

A new and more useful cut flower as the dark red spikes are shorter, more graceful, arching rather than trailing. Young plants have edible leaves and can be used to make a natural food dye.140cm by 60cm.

100 seeds $5.25 1000 seeds $9.75

Aquilegia vulgaris (Granny Bonnets, Columbines) Old fashioned and easily grown granny bonnets will self sow in the garden when once established. Sow in pots or trays during

late winter and spring, prick out when still quite small into 5 or 7.5cm pots. When well established plant into permanent position

in the garden. Growing best in sun or light shade Aquilegias need some extra summer irrigation to flourish.

Browallia americana ‘Blue Lady’ This easily grown annual has

long been a star in the late Dame

Elisabeth Murdoch’s garden at

Cruden Farm. From a spring

sowing clear blue flowers are

carried for most of summer and

autumn on 60cm tall stems. ‘Blue

Lady’ will happily self-sow.

100 seeds $5.25

China Aster ‘Roccoco’ A new fully double peony

flowered strain in all the colours

on 70cm tall stems. This strain is

bred for commercial cut flower

use. Sow seeds in spring.

50 seeds $5.50

China Aster

‘Giant Princess Formula

Mixed’ 90cm tall large flowered blend,

blue, light blue, rose red, salmon,

white and yellow. Sow seeds in

spring.

100 seeds $4.75

Bellis perennis

‘Monstrosa Double Mix’ ‘Monstrosa’ is an extra large

flowered strain of double English

daisies. The flowers are a

mixture of white, pink and

crimson. Sow seed from late

summer until mid-autumn for a

fine show the following spring.

Height 25cm width 30cm. 100 seeds $4.50

Calendula

‘Princess Mixed’ A tall strain with double lemon,

yellow or orange flowers some

having black centres others

having green. A terrific blend for

cut flowers as well as a good

garden subject. 50cm by 40cm.

100 seeds $4.50

Canterbury Bells

Double Mixed This is an old fashioned cup and

saucer strain in a fine range of

colours including white, pink, soft

mauve and dark blue. Sow seeds

during autumn for flowering the

following spr ing summer.

200 seeds $4.25

Seed in this catalogue is available throughout the four seasons

Free postage for all seed orders of $35 or more

Hare’s Ears Bupleurum rotundifolium var griffithii Lime green flowers are produced on 60cm tall leafy stems from spring until autumn depending when the seed is sown. Makes a good cut flower and is used as a commercial filler looking especially beautiful mixed with strong primary colours. Direct sow from mid-autumn until mid-spring. 50 seeds $5.00

China Aster ‘Valkyrie Mix’ China Asters are old fashioned

cut flowers. ‘Valkerie’ is a

beautiful new strain with quilled

flowers in white, light yellow,

pink, crimson, rose, light and

dark purple. Height 60cm by

width 30 to 40cm. 50 seeds $5.50

Cleome spinosa ‘Colour Fountain Mix’

Mixed Spider Flowers

The traditional large growing strain which has a fine

blend of pink, rose, lilac, purple, carmine and white

flowers. Height 140cm width 60 to 100cm. An easily

grown annual which was very popular in times past. It

does need a fair bit of space but when in flower it makes

a truly spectacular show.

50 seeds $4.75

Celosia ‘Chief Gold’

Our on-line seed catalogue has a wider range and easy ordering

Celosia

Essential annuals for summer and autumn display Celosia are as beautiful in the garden as they are in the vase.

Spring sow in pots or seed trays but don’t cover the seed as light is needed for good germination results. Plant out

after danger of frosts 30cm apart. For cut flowers space 10-15cm apart.

Celosia ‘Chief Carmine’ Celosia ‘Chief Rose’

Celosia ‘Chief Persimmon’

Celosia ‘Sylphid’ Sylphid carries long plumes of

lime green flowers from January

until frosts. A terrific cut flower it

also makes a good border plant.

It grows 60 to 80cm tall by 50cm

wide. Plant seed under cover in

early September and put into

permanent position in November.

20 seeds $6.25

Celosia ‘Eternity Improved’

Crimson flowers are held on 80-90cm tall stems. Flowers are great as a fresh cut vase specimen and also dry well.

30 seeds $5.25

Celosia ‘Chief Fire’

Chinese Forget-Me-Not (Cynoglossum amabile) Masses of sky blue flowers are produced on 40cm tall

sturdy stems during summer. Sow in spring either in

pots or trays or in situ. Seed should be lightly covered

as it needs darkness to germinate. Good cut flower as

well as a garden plant. Best grown in cooler areas.

Happy in light shade or a sheltered sunny spot.

100 seeds $5.25

1000 seeds $8.95

Celosia plumosa ‘Century Yellow ‘

Lemon yellow plumes are produced on strong 60cm tall stems make this a plant for both the garden and for cutting.

30 seeds $5.95

Celosia Chief Series (Cockscomb Celosia) This series has been bred for commercial cut flower production but is happy in the home garden. Flowers can be likened to crested cock’s comb or less poetically to a velvet sheep’s brain. Flowers are produced on 90cm tall stems.

30 seeds $5.95

Carnation Chabaud Collection These French heirloom carnations which date back to the 19

th century have fully double frilly flowers, some 4-5cm

across, with a delicious sweet spicy clove fragrance. Occasionally single flowers will be produced. Growing some 60 to 70cm tall they will make wonderful cut flowers. Best sown in individual small pots during late winter or early spring or direct sow mid-spring. Flowering starts mid to late summer.

Snap Dragon Potomac Series

This terrific new snapdragon series from Europe carries many flowers on strong metre tall stems. Bred for

flowering during the hotter months it is as good in the vase as in the garden. Sow seeds during spring for an early

summer until autumn display.

Carnation ‘Chabaud Benigna’

White to creamy white double blooms with rose picotee edges to the petals.

50 seeds $5.25

Carnation ‘Chabaud La France’

Frilly shell pink blooms. 50 seeds $5.25

Carnation ‘Chabaud Marie Chabaud’

Pale lemon double frilly flowers. 50 seeds $5.25

Carnation ‘Chabaud Orange Sherb’

Orange flecked cream petals striped and flaked with shades of tangerine.

50 seeds $5.25

Antirrhinum

‘Potomac Yellow’ Lemon flowers.

30 seeds $5.35

Antirrhinum ‘Potomac Pink’

Clear Pink.

30 seeds $5.35

Antirrhinum ‘Potomac White’

Pure white.

30 seeds $5.35

Antirrhinum

‘Potomac Red’ Classic red snapdragons.

30 seeds $5.35

Snapdragon

‘Rocket Formula Mixed’ A classical mixture of ten

different colours suited for

growing as cut flowers or for

border plants. This strain stands

hot weather very well so can be

flowered during summer.

50 seeds $5.25

Antirrhinum ‘Potomac Rose’

A delicate rose blush.

30 seeds $5.35

Antirrhinum ‘Potomac Pink’

Californian Poppy

Cerinthe major

‘Purpurascens’ Honeywort Honeywort with its beautiful silver

foliage and dangling purple bells

is a favourite of all who grow it. It

will happily self sow in the

garden. Sow seed in situ during

winter and spring.

30 seeds $4.25

Blue Forget-Me-Not ‘Royal Indigo’

Myosotis sylvatica Forget-me-nots are biennials so seed needs to be sown during late summer or early autumn for flowering the following spring. Best sown in situ but can be raised in pots. 100 seeds $4.75

White Forget-Me-Not Myosotis sylvatica Forget-me-nots can look splendid planted under deciduous trees and in woodland settings. They will self sow once established.

25cm x 25cm. 100 seeds $4.75

California Poppy ‘Cream Swirl’ Eschscholzia californica

This Fleuroselect winner is a

beautiful new double cream

flowered strain. Flowering for

most of spring and summer. Sow

seeds from autumn until spring.

50 seeds $5.50

California Poppy

’Brilliant Orange’ Eschscholzia californica

This poppy is happy in any sunny

position, even parts of the garden

with poor soil. It is both heat and

d r o u g h t t o l e r a n t . O n c e

established it will self sow. This

typical form has bright, silky

orange flowers. Sow autumn to

spring. 200 seeds $4.25

California Poppy ‘Carmine King’ Eschscholzia californica

‘Carmine King’ has masses of

deep carmine rose flowers with a

creamy throat on 40cm tall

stems. Easily grown in any sunny

spot from seed sprinkled onto the

surface of the garden. Sow seeds

autumn to spring.

200 seeds $4.25

California Poppy ‘Purple Gleam’ Eschscholzia californica ‘Purple Gleam’ produces masses

of mauve-pink to purple-pink

flowers which age to rose pink.

Easily grown in any sunny spot

from seed sprinkled onto

prepared beds. 200 seeds $4.25

California Poppy ‘Red Chief’

Eschscholzia californica ‘Red Chief’ is perhaps the best

red flowered Californian poppy

with brilliant glossy fiery red

flowers for many months during

spring and summer. Sprinkle

seed on the surface of he

garden. 200 seeds $4.25

California Poppy ‘Cherry Swirl’ Eschscholzia californica

From English seed house

Thompson and Morgan comes

this terrific new California poppy

with double cherry red golden

eyed flowers for many months

during spring and summer. Sow

seeds in situ autumn to spring.

50 seeds $5.50

California Poppy ‘Copper Swirl’

Eschscholzia californica

A terrific new double to semi-

double variety carries masses of

copper-orange flowers for much

of spring and summer. Sow

seeds from autumn to spring on

the surface of a raked spot in the

garden and water in.

50 seeds $5.50

California Poppy ‘Gold Swirl’

Eschscholzia californica A new addition from the marvellous Thompson and Morgan breeding program, ‘Gold Swirl’ has rich yellow double to semi double flowers for months on end. Direct sow from autumn until spring. 50 seeds $5.50

California Poppy

‘Mission Bells’ Eschscholzia californica This strain of California

poppies has a mixture of semi

double flowers in cream, pink,

carmine, yellow and orange.

200 seeds $4.35

Professional Quality Flower Seed

Cornflower

‘Classic Fantastic’ Centaurea cyanus

A captivating blend of blue

shades ranging from light

heavenly blue to dark blue. The

flowers are often in two shades of

blue or have a dark centre and

lighter petals.

50 seeds $5.25

Cornflower ‘Florists Blue Boy’

Centaurea cyanus

This is a commercial cut flower

strain with the classic blue

flowers.

50 seeds $5.25

Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Purity’ ‘Purity’ is a tall white flowered

variety selected from the

‘Sensation’ strain. From seed

sown in situ during spring ‘Purity’

will make 100cm tall by 70cm

wide plants topped by a profusion

of large pure white flowers from

early summer until autumn.

100 seeds $4.50

Cornflower ‘Classic Magic’ Centaurea cyanus

A harmonious b lend of

exceptional shades from light

mauve with a dark centre to

flowers which are very nearly

black with a white tip on each

petal.

50 seeds $5.25

Cosmos ‘Sea Shells’ Sea Shells is a new strain with

tubular petals and fluted edges

which give a two toned, three

dimensional effect. The 6 to 8cm

diameter flowers are carmine,

rose, pink and white. Height

100cm. 50 seeds $5.50

Cosmos ‘Sensation Mixed’ Sensation is an All American

Selections award winner. The

single flowers, 8 to 10cm across

are in a good range of colours,

lavender, pink, magenta and

white. Height 100cm.

50 seeds $4.50

Cosmos bipinnatus

‘Rubenza’ ‘Rubenza’ is a stunning new strain of Cosmos which produces dark ruby-red flowers aging to old rose, some 8-10cm across, for a long period during summer and autumn. Height 80-90cm.

30 seeds $5.25

Cornflower ‘Pink Ball’ Centaurea cyanus

A fine pink strain of this popular cut flower.

100 seeds $5.50

Cornflower ‘Red Ball’ Centaurea cyanus

A deep pink almost red flowered strain of this popular cut flower. 100 seeds $5.50

Cosmos bipinnatus

‘Velouette’ A new exceptional Cosmos with

a unique contrasting colour

pattern. The petals of the large

dark red flowers are striped

white. Some flowers are white

with a dark red picotee. Grows up

to 80cm tall by 60cm across.

50 seeds $5.25

Cornflower ‘Black Ball’ Centaurea cyanus

Rich deep purple-maroon flowers

are carried on long stems.

50 seeds $5.25

Cosmos ‘Double Click Mixed’

Tall plants produce large fully

double and semi double flowers

in shades of carmine pink and

white. A really good cut flower as

well as a fine garden plant.

Height 120cm. Sow mid spring to

early summer. 20 seeds $5.50

Brisbane Deep Blue Brisbane Carmine Rose

Full instructions on packets

Hollyhock

‘Chater’s Double’ Alcea rosea

A great colour range of fully

double flowers, rose, yellow,

maroon, salmon pink, scarlet and

white on 250cm tall stems. Sow

seed in individual pots during

summer and autumn. Plant into

permanent position when large

enough. 50 seeds $4.25

Digitalis purpurea ‘Mirabelle’

Mirabelle Foxgloves A first year flowering strain, a

mixture of four colours white,

pale pink, mid-pink and purple.

Seed can be sown during late

winter and early spring for

blooming in late spring and

summer as well as the traditional

late summer and autumn sowing.

30 seeds $5.25

Digitalis purpurea ‘Primrose Carousel’

Primrose Carousel Foxgloves The first primrose yellow foxglove

to come true to seed. Sow seed

during late summer and autumn

for flowering the following spring

and early summer.

30 seeds $5.25

Digitalis purpurea

‘Purple Carousel’ Purple Carousel Foxgloves

A Fleuroselect Award Winner of

great merit featuring very uniform

flowers radiating right around the

stem. Sow seed during late

summer and autumn for flowering

the following spring and early

summer.

30 seeds $5.25

Linum grandiflorum

‘Rubrum’ Scarlet Flax

A marvellous little annual which

will flower quickly from seed

sprinkled onto the garden. Sow

seed during autumn and again

from late winter through spring

for a vivid display of the reddest

of red flowers. 30cm.

200 seeds $4.50

Hollyhock ‘Nigra’ Alcea rosea Hollyhocks were a mainstay of

cottage gardens during the 19th

century and the early part of last

century. Deep blackcurrant-

purple single flowers. Sow seed

in situ or in individual pots from

mid-summer until early spring.

20 seeds $4.25

Cuphea ‘Purple Passion’ Bat Faced Cuphea Last summer and autumn this

was the most enquired about

annual in the garden. It produces

dark purple flowers, reminiscent

of a bat’s face, in abundance.

Needs a sunny or lightly shaded

spot. Sow seeds in situ or into

pots in spring. 100 seeds $5.25

Digitalis purpurea

‘Sugar Plum’ Sugar Plum Foxgloves

The dark purple throated flowers

are closely set on the stem. A

spectacular new selection. Sow

seeds during late summer and

early autumn for flowering the

following spring and early

summer.

30seeds $5.25

Larkspur ‘Sublime Formula Mix’

An excellent mix of all the larkspur colours, azure blue, dark blue, lilac, carmine, deep pink, pale pink and white. Direct sow from late autumn until early spring. Germination takes up to 30 days and the optimum soil temperature is between 12 and 15C. 200 seeds $5.25

Larkspur Brisbane Series A great improvement on older strains. Upward growing side branches mean less tangling when flowers are being picked. Height 80cm. Direct sow from late autumn until early spring. Germination takes up to 30 days and the optimum soil temperature is between 12 and 15C. We are offering 3 different colour strains.

100 seeds $5.35

Brisbane White

Free postage on orders over $35

Marigold

‘Man on the Moon’ This creamy lemon variety was

bred in America fifty or more

years ago and has stood the test

of time. Growing 60cm tall by

80cm across it produces its very

large flowers for many summer

and autumn months. Sow seed in

spring. 50 seeds $5.50

Mollucella laevis

Irish Bells A much improved strain of this

popular cut flower. Long stems

covered with apple-green, bell

shaped flowers some 4cm

across. Great for fresh and dried

flower work. H 60-80cm x W 25-

35cm. 50 seeds $4.75

Night Scented Tobacco Nicotiana sylvestris This annual fills empty spots in

our garden. 200cm stems clothed

in large handsome leaves carry,

from mid-summer onwards, large

clusters of pure white narrowly

tubular flowers, flared at the end.

Sprinkle seeds anywhere in the

garden where there is bare soil

and stand back. 200 seeds $4.75

Nigella ‘Miss Jeckyll Alba’ White Love-in-a-Mist An Award of Garden Merit annual producing white flowers some 4-5cm across during spring and summer. The ornamental seed pods are great as a cut flower. Sow seeds during late winter and early spring. When established will self sow. 100 seeds $5.50

Nigella orientalis

‘Transformer’

Yellow Love-in-a-Mist Yellow flowers stand proud

above dark green ferny foliage on

50cm tall stems. The seed heads

are ornamental and dry well for

dried arrangements. Sow seed

1/2cm deep in situ during late

winter and spring. Will self sow.

50 seeds $4.75

Nigella ‘Miss Jeckyll Blue’

Blue love-in-the-mist An excellent cut flower as well as

a great garden subject. During

autumn, late winter and early

spring direct sow seeds 1/2cm

deep or sprinkle seeds on the

garden and keep moist until they

germinate. 100 seeds $5.00

Nigella ‘Delft Blue’ Delft Blue Love-in-a Mist The flowers with shades of grey, purple, navy on a white base with intricate deep purple centres make excellent cut flowers as well as being a good garden subject. The unusual seed pods are useful both fresh and dried. Direct sow from mid-autumn until late spring. 50 seeds $5.45

Nigella ‘Albion Green Pod’ Grown for both its double white flowers and its beautiful green balloon shaped seed pods. Good as a fresh and dried cut flower.

50 seeds $5.45

Nigella ‘Albion Black Pod’ Double white flowers are

followed by dark purple balloon

shaped seed pods. Good as a

fresh and dried cut flower.

50 seeds $5.45

Marigold

‘Giant Orange’ A tall grower suitable for cut

flowers as well as the garden.

Dead head occasionally to

prolong the display. Height 80cm

width 70cm.

30 seeds $5.25

Marigold

‘Giant Yellow’ We planted this strain in the

double flower borders in the

vegetable garden last year. It

produced large, 8cm diameter,

fully double flowers from January

until mid-April. Dead head

occasionally to prolong the

display. Height 80cm width 70cm.

30 seeds $5.25

Nigella (Love-in-a-mist) Easily grown annuals best sown directly into a sunny spot in the garden from mid-autumn until late spring. They all make great cut flowers both fresh and dried. Seed pods are beautiful in flower arrangements. Height 50cm spacing 30 cm.

Marigold ‘Hawaii’ Large and double flowered

selection of an early flowering

marigold with all the virtues.

30 seeds $5.25

Prompt delivery on all seed orders

‘Snow on the mountain’ Euphorbia marginata The pure white and green flower

bracts, carried on 60cm to 80 cm

tall stems, make a great cut

flower. Take care with this plant

as the sap can cause rashes so

wear glasses, gloves and long

sleeves when handling it.

30 seeds $5.25

Stock ‘Mammoth Excelsior’

Matthiola incana A marvellous cut flower strain with tall non-branching stems on a vigorous plant. Contains all the colours, pink, white, magenta, purple, lemon and biscuit. Sow seeds during autumn, winter and early spring. 50 seeds $5.25

Stock ‘Perfection’ Matthiola incana This strain has a good percentage of double flowers in shades of white, pink, lavender, red and purple. Sow autumn, winter and early spring for flowering most of the year except the hotter summer months. Height 60cm spacing 30cm. 100 seeds $5.25

Nasturtium ‘Jewel Mixed’ Tropaeolum majus

This small growing nasturtium

makes a mound 40cm by 40 cm.

and produces 5cm blooms in

shades of red, pink, orange and

yellow from late spring until

frosts. The flowers can be used

in salads and the edible leaves

have a peppery flavour.

30 seeds $5.25

Nasturtium ‘Milkmaid’ Tropaeolum majus

Moonlight wan, creamy flowers,

the closest to white of any

nasturtium, make a delightful

contrast to deeper coloured

varieties. A compact grower

making 30cm tall by 50cm wide.

Sow seeds in spring for a long

summer and autumn display.

20 seeds $5.25

Nasturtium ’Cherrelle’ Tropaeolum majus

A large flowered new introduction

with full-bodied double flowers

held well above the unspotted

green foliage. Semi-trailling for

more compact spaces. 30 seeds $5.25

Nasturtium ‘Red Troika’

Tropaeolum majus A new semi-trailing variety which

carries dark red flowers held

clear of the green streaked white

variegated foliage for all of the

warmer months. In frosty areas

sow seed in early November. In

warmer areas sow as early as

September. Height 30cm spread

100cm

30 seeds $5.25

Nasturtium ‘Troika Mixed’

Tropaeolum majus A new mixture of cream, orange,

red and yellow varieties on semi

trailing plants. The flowers are

held clear of the silver and green

variegated leaves. 30 cm tall by

100cm spread.

30 seeds $5.25

Nasturtiums

This is how we plant out our annual meadow. A key reason for this approachl is to reduce the

presence of weeds among the flowers we prefer to grow.

Dig the garden bed.

Rake it level.

Lay a 5cm deep mulch of composted pine bark, clean weed-free soil or compost over

the bed.

Mix the seed with fine dry sand as poppy seed is very light and will not spread well.

Sow a meadow seed mix onto the surface of the mulch. Don’t cover the seed at all as

poppies will not germinate if not exposed to light.

Keep the surface of the mulch moist at all times until germination takes place.

Stand back and wait for a brilliant late spring early summer display.

Lambley Nursery Meadow Mix is our most beautiful mixture of Flanders Poppy, Nigella, Queen

Anne’s Lace, Cornflower and Corn Cockle. Each packet contains enough seed to sow 10

square metres. $10.00 per packet

Poppy ‘Ladybird’ Papaver commutatum Possibly the most popular of all

poppies. Each plant produces

dozens of bright red flowers with

a shining black blotch at the base

of each petal. 40cm tall by as

much across and happily self

seeds. 300 seeds $4.50

Iceland Poppy ‘Excelsior’ Papaver nudicaule

A tried and true garden strain

with all the colours, white, pink,

lemon, red, yellow each as

beautiful as the next. Easily

grown in any sunny garden bed.

Iceland poppies are both showy

in the garden and great in a vase.

300 seeds $4.50

White Queen Anne’s Lace Ammi majus

This Egyptian wildflower makes a

fine addition to the garden and to

a vase. 15cm diameter white lacy

flower heads are produced on a

strong 50-60cm tall, self-

supporting plant. Sow seeds from

mid-autumn until early spring.

50 seeds $4.25

Green Queen Anne’s Lace Ammi visnaga A fine cut flower and garden plant

this native of Egypt produces

beautiful 15cm lacy heads of

flowers like a green Queen

Anne’s Lace. Last well in a vase

and makes an exciting addition to

a vase.

50 seeds $4.25

Lambley Meadow Garden Mix

Poppy ‘American Legion’ Papaver rhoeas A large flowered heirloom variety.

The bright red poppies have a

clear white cross in the centre of

each flower. 200 seeds $4.50

Rudbeckia hirta ‘Indian Summer’

Indian Summer Black Eyed Susan

‘Indian Summer’ has the largest

flowers of any strain. Each bloom

can be 15cm across. Warm

yellow black eyed flowers, up to

15cm across are produced on

strong 100cm tall stems from

early summer until late autumn.

Space 40cm apart.

50 seeds $5.75

Rudbeckia hirta ‘Marmalade’

Marmalade Black Eyed Susan ‘Marmalade’ is a dwarf growing

strain suited to pot culture or a

spot at the front of a garden bed.

Warm orange-yellow flowers are

produced on 40cm tall stems

from early summer until late

autumn. Space 30cm apart.

50 seeds $4.75

Peony Poppy

‘Danish Flag’ One of the most exciting of all

peony poppies carrying bright red

single flowers each with a white

central cross. Flowers are held

on 100cm tall stems. Sow seed in

situ from autumn until late winter.

100 seeds $5.25

Flanders Poppy Papaver rhoeas

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row

200 seeds $4.25

Shirley Poppy ‘Mother of Pearl’

Papaver rhoeas This is the strain that the Welsh

artist Cedric Morris developed in

his Suffolk garden ‘Benton End’.

A mixture of soft smoky colours,

grey, lilac, mauve, pink, soft

orange and white. Many of the

poppies are flecked and there are

some picotees. 200 seeds $5.25

Peony Poppy

’Double Coral’ The seed of this deep coral, fully

double variety came originally

from an old Ballarat garden. If

planted in good soil during

autumn it will grow to a metre or

more tall and produce a half a

dozen or so flowers. In very poor

soil it may have single flowers.

100 seeds $4.75

Peony Poppy

‘Double White’ Peony Poppy ‘Double White’ has

pure white fully double flowers.

Sow seed 3mm deep or just

sprinkle the seed straight into the

garden. Height 90cm spacing

30cm. 100 seeds $4.75

Peony Poppy

’Double Red’ Peony Poppy ‘Double Red’ This

is a fully double red flowered

strain. Sow seed 3mm deep or

just sprinkle the seed straight into

the garden. Height 90cm spacing

30cm.

100 seeds $4.75

Poppies are easily grown annuals. Scatter seed in a raked sunny spot in the garden from mid-autumn until mid-

winter. Thin to 20 to 40cm apart. Plants will grow 100cm or more and flower during spring and early summer. Do

not cover seeds and keep moist until germination takes place.

Shirley Poppy ‘Pandora’ Papaver rhoeas A unique and impressive new

poppy strain, ‘Pandora’ blooms

in a surprising combination of

shades from the deepest

burgundy red to pinkish red all

with silver-grey stripes on the

lower petals. Direct surface sow

into their final garden position.

Height 40-60cm width 40-60 cm.

200 seeds $5.25

Salvia farinacea ‘Victoria Strain’ White or Blue Marvellous both as a garden bedding plant and also as a cut flower,

both fresh and dried, this strain copes with hot weather, even humid,

and poor soils. In warmer coastal areas it will be perennial but is

annual in colder districts. Height 60cm spacing 30 to 40cm.

50 seeds $5.25

Scabiosa atropurpurea ( Sweet Scabious)

Sweet scabious is one of the longest flowered of all annuals blooming from late spring until winter. Sow in seed

trays during August for early flowers or direct sow when the weather warms up in spring. Multitudes of flowers

can be cut from the 90cm tall plants which will grow in any sunny well drained spot. Happy in dry spots too but the

plants will be much smaller.

Salvia horminum Mixed It’s the bracts which makes this annual Salvia so showy. Easily grown and vigorous it will soon make a 50cm tall by 40cm wide plant covered in flowers during summer and autumn. Sow seeds in situ or in pots during spring and plant out when big enough. Good as a cut flower both fresh and dried.

50 seeds $4.75

Scabiosa atropurpurea

‘Salmon-Pink’ A dreamy new salmon-pink colour

pincushion.

50 seeds $5.25

Scabiosa ‘Snow Maiden’ Beautiful white flowers.

50 seeds $5.25

Scabiosa ‘Deep Red’ Blood red flowers.

50 seeds $5.25

‘Beaujolais’ Large flowered deep burgundy maroon and good scent for a Spencer variety. Fragrance = 4

15 seeds $5.50

‘Leamington’ Strongly waved deep

lavender with a strong

fragrance for a Spencer.

Fragrance = 5

15 seeds $5.50

‘Winston Churchill’ Large well ruffled crimson

flowers.

Fragrance = 1

15 seeds $5.50

Sweet Peas are traditionally sown on Saint Patrick’s day in Australia but can be sown well into winter until August.

All but the dwarf varieties need a trellis or wire to climb on and benefit from the addition of lime to the beds if soils

are acid. Sow 10-12cm apart and 1cm deep. The more the flowers are picked the more flowers will be produced.

‘White Ensign’ An excellent pure white

Spencer.

Fragrance = 3

15 seeds $5.50

‘Noel Sutton’ One of the best blues which has stood the test of time. Introduced by S u t t ons in 1968 . AGM1994.

Fragrance = 3 15 seeds $5.50

‘The Major’ Purple flecks on a white ground.

Fragrance = 5

15 seeds $5.00

‘Wretham Pink’ Soft hints of salmon on pale pink and white.

Fragrance = 5 15 seeds $5.00

‘Fire and Ice’ Crimson and blue bicolour with

flecking in the crimson.

Fragrance = 5

15 seeds $5.00

Old Fashioned Highly Scented Sweet Peas

Spencer Sweet Peas

Tithonia rotundifolia Mexican Sunflower Taller growing than ‘Goldfinger’

but with similar burnt orange or

brilliant red flowers on 180cm tall

plants. Seed is best sown in situ

in the same way that Zinnia is

treated. Needs full sun and well

drained soil to do well but is

worth any trouble.

100 seeds $4.75

Viola ‘Bunny Ears’ ‘Bunny Ears’ has the classic pansy face beneath unusually long rabbit ear top petals. Makes a charmingly different compact plant suitable for small pots, a front spot in the garden or between paving slabs. Sow autumn until mid spring. 30 seeds $5.25

Sweet Pea ‘Cupid Pink’ A small growing sweet pea suitable for growing at the front of the border or in containers or pots. 15 seeds $5.25

Sunflower

‘Calypso Spray’ 25 seeds $5.75

Sunflower ‘Ice Spray’ 25 seeds $5.75

Sunflower ‘Lilac Spray’ 25 seeds $5.75

Sunflower ‘Orange Spray’ 25 seeds $5.75

Sunflower ‘Sonnet’ 25 seeds $5.75

Sunflower ‘Summer Spray’ 25 seeds $5.75

Sunflower ‘Garnet’ 25 seeds $5.75

Sunflower

‘Compact Calypso Spray’ 20 seeds $5.75

Sunflower

‘Compact Summer spray’ 20 seeds $5.75

The big advantage that these pollen-free sunflowers have over traditional sorts is that they last much longer when picked. Each flower also lasts much longer in the garden than older varieties. I generally plant sunflower seed 1cm deep from November until January but October wouldn't be too early and in warmer gardens seed can be planted in September. They don't need a lot of extra irrigation and are happiest in full sun.

Pollen Free Sunflowers

Patio Sunflowers are the result of many years of hard work from an Australian flower breeder and represent the latest innovation in sunflower breeding. Average height in a pot is 25-40cm; in a garden 30-45cm. They like space in a garden, to allow side branches to develop fully – similar to taller branched hybrids. Growers can also nip out primary bud or flowering head to allow side buds to come on. They are easy to grow in a pot but planting out in garden beds is effective too.

Sunflower 'Patio Calypso Spray'

Calypso Spray Pot Sunflowers Dark centres with lemon to peach lemon petals.

15 seeds $5.75

Sunflower 'Patio Gold Spray’

Gold Spray Pot Sunflowers Dark centres with yellow to orange petals.

15 seeds $5.75

Sunflower 'Patio Ice Spray'

Ice Spray Pot Sunflowers Green centres with lemon petals.

15 seeds $5.75

Sunflower 'Patio Summer Spray'

Summer Spray Pot Sunflowers Green centres with yellow to orange petals.

15 seeds $5.75

Dwarf Patio Sunflowers

Compact Sunflowers

Full Height Sunflowers

Wallflowers Sunset (F1) Series

New Hybrid Wallflowers

During the 1950s my uncle Cyril used to grow tens of thousands of wallflowers every year at his nursery in the

English East Midlands. I worked for him on weekends and during school holidays from the age of 12 until I was 15

when my parents moved away from the village.

Seeds would be sown in drills in seed beds during late spring and early summer and would be planted out into the

nursery field during late summer. My job was to keep my cousin Eric supplied with the seedlings which he

manually planted at an astonishing speed. The seedlings were dipped in sooty water first and then I would lay out

the plants, evenly spaced, next to a taut string line. We worked from early morning through to the evening taking

our tea breaks squatting in the paddock. My great aunt Lizzie would bring a thick jam sandwich wrapped in

newspaper and an enamel mug of hot, strong, sweet milky tea out to the field where we were working. We didn’t

wash, this would have meant wasting time on a long walk back to the sheds, but the newspaper protected the

sandwich from the mud and soot which caked our hands.

After planting out, the wallflowers would make a spurt of growth before winter set in. During a mild spell in early

spring they would be dug, have the soil shaken from them and tied into bundles of a dozen, dipped into a trough of

water, wrapped in newspaper and taken to market. Once planted in gardens they would burst into flower and fill

the air with their sweet fragrance during spring and early summer. These field grown wallflowers would make huge

plants in their final home, much too big to inter plant with tulips the way we do it here at Lambley.

The award winning Sunset strains of wallflowers are more and more taking over from older varieties in Europe and

North America. Compact, sturdy and vigorous and consistently flowering true to type they are now available in a

great range of colours.

Wallflower ‘Sunset Yellow’

F1 Rich warm yellow flowers on

s 40cm by 40cm bush.

30 seeds for $5.25

Wallflower ‘Sunset Apricot’ F1

Award of Garden Merit winner Sunset Apricot has apricot aging to cram flowers on 40cm tall plants. 30 seeds $5.25

Wallflower

‘Sunset Bronze’ F1 Beautiful old fashioned coloured

flowers, bronze with hints of red

and orange. 40cm tall by as

much across. 30 seeds $5.25

Wallflower ‘Sunset Orange’ F1

An exceptional strain of wall-flower orange flowers. 40cm by 40cm. 30 seeds $5.25

Wallflower ‘Sunset Primrose’ F1

Primrose coloured flowers on 40cm by 40cm bush.

30 seeds $5.25

Wallflower ‘Sunset Purple’ F1

Soft mauve-purple flowers.` 30 seeds $5.25

Wallflower ’Sunset Red’ F1

Tawny rich red flowers on 40cm by 40cm bush. 30 seeds $5.25

Wallflower ‘Sunset White’ F1

Lemon buds open to creamy white flowers on 40cm by 40cm bush. 30 seeds $5.25

Zinnia elegans ‘Oklahoma Formula Mix’

Smaller pom-pom flowers which are

terrific for posies. The fully double

flowers in the full Zinnia colour

range are 5 to 6cm diameter. Height

60-70cm width 40cm.

50 seeds $5.75

Zinnia elegans ‘Queeny Lime’

30 seeds $5.75

Zinnia ‘Cherry Queen’ Giant Dahlia Flowered Fabulous cherry-red large flowered Zinnia

30 seeds $5.25

Zinnia elegans ‘Benary’s Giant Lime’

30 seeds $5.75

Zinnia elegans ‘Queeny Lime with Blotch’

30 seeds $5.25

Zinnia elegans Giant Flowered

‘Dahlia-Flowered Formula Mixed’ A good mix of all the colours.

30 seeds $5.25

Zinnia elegans Giant Flowered

‘Dahlia-Flowered Crimson’

A good rich crimson.

30 seeds $5.25

Zinnia elegans Giant Flowered

‘Dahlia-Flowered Rose’ A good rose colour.

30 seeds $5.25

Zinnia ‘Benary’s Giant Dahlia-

Flower White’

30 seeds $5.75

End of flower section

Zinnia elegans ‘Queeny Lime Red’

30 seeds $5.75

Chinese Cabbage

‘Minuet F1’ Suited to year round production

this is a closed head mini type

with attractive yellow interiors.

Good sweet taste. Slow to bolt.

Sow seed in garden bed 3

seeds1/2cm deep every 30-40cm

from August until April. Thin to a

one seedling

100 seeds $4.50

Asian Vegetables

Choi Sum ‘Hon Sai Tai’ Chinese Broccoli Kailan Hon Tsai Tai is a purple budded and stemmed Choi Sum. Chinese broccoli is one of the most popular Chinese vegetable. They are harvested just before or just as the first flowers open. Hon Tsai Tai has a mild mustard taste and can be used in salads or stir-fries. Reshoots after first cut for a long harvest. 100 seeds for $4.25

Tatsoi Organic 21 days baby 45 days full size

Makes a compact rosette of dark

green smooth leaves for salads

and stir fries. 21 days baby leaf

45 days full size. Slow to bolt if

planted from late spring until mid-

autumn. Sow seed 1cm apart for

baby leaf and thin to 15-20cm

apart for full size.

Organic 500 seeds $5.50

Bok Choi ‘Win Win F1’ White Stemmed Win-Win bok choi is smaller

growing than Joi Choi and has

excellent crisp white stems with

dark green leaves. It can be

harvested as a mini vegetable or

grown to full size. 50 Days from

seed planting to harvesting as full

size less for mini.

100 seeds $4.50

Choi Sum ‘Gunsho’ F1 Chinese Broccoli Choi Sum or Chinese broccoli is

one of the most popular Chinese

vegetable. They are harvested

just before or just as the first

flowers open. The stems bright

green, very sweet and have

excellent flavour. The plant

regrows and can be cut many

times. Sow all year round.

100 seeds $4.50

Mini Chinese Cabbage

Tokyo Bekana 21 days baby 45 days full size.

A popular Japanese mini

Chinese cabbage which can be

harvested as a baby leaf or mini

cabbage. Curly and ruffled light

green leaves are excellent for

salad as well as stir-fry. A good

cut and come again vegetable.

Sow all year round.

500 seeds $4.50

Garlic Chives/Kow Choi Chinese chives Garlic chives are a perennial

onion relative with a mild garlic

flavour. The leaves are used in

st ir f r ies, pancakes and

dumplings as well as a garlic

substitute in stews etc. Sow seed

in drills in early spring.

200 seeds for $4.50

Daikon Radish ‘Miyashige’ Traditional Japanese daikon for

planting late summer and

autumn. Roots grow 35-40cm

long. Used for pickling, salads

and soups. 100 seeds $4.50

Radish ‘Shunkyo’ Makes 10-12cm long red roots

with a crisp white flesh. The

flavour is both hot and sweet. A

favourite of northern Chinese

cuisine 100 seeds $4.50

Baby Bok Choi

‘Li Ren Choi’ F1 Best Baby Green Stemmed

Bok Choi

This true baby bok choi is a great

improvement on older types.

Takes 45 days from sowing to

harvest. Heads will not grow

large so harvest at baby stage.

Sow August until April. 45 days.

100 seeds $4.50

Shungiku Aromatic edible chrysanthemum

greens. Cut when 10-15cm tall

for a flavousome addition to

salads, pickles and sushi. Can be

stir fried too. Sow seeds 1/2cm

deep in 12cm wide bands about

80 seeds per 30cm. We are

offering a fine leaf strain. Plant

from August until April.

300 seeds $4.50

Broccoli x Gailan

‘Happy Rich F1’ Best Tasting Broccoli

A tasty and productive hybrid

between Chinese and Italian

broccoli for sowing the year

round with each planting giving 2

to 3 months of mini heads. Good

for stir-fries as well as steaming.

50 seeds $5.50

Daikon Radish ‘Alpine F1’ This half-long 12-15cm roots is the most commonly grown variety in

Korea. It’s a good choice for gardens with thinner soils. Excellent

flavour and can be used fresh in salads, in pickles and in miso soup.

Sow seed in rows 5cm apart, thin to 10-15cm.

100 seeds $4.50

Bok Choi

‘Black Summer F1’ ‘Black summer’ is quick growing

and slow to bolt. Makes a perfect

vase shape whilst small and also

when it gets to full size. Leaves

are dark green and stalks are

light green. Sow from August to

March. 45 days for full size less

for mini.

100 seeds $4.50

Baby Leaf Mustard

Greens ‘Red Antler’ 21 days baby 40 days full size.

A red mizuna style mustard leaf

with finely cut, dark red, ruffled

leaves with good vigour which

will add a beautiful spicy touch to

a mixed leaf salad. Sow from

August until April.

500 seeds $4.50

Baby Leaf Mustard

Greens ‘Golden Frills’ 21 days baby 40 days full size.

A light green very frilled and

ruffled leaf which makes a spicy

sweet tasting salad green. Best

harvested as a baby leaf for

salads and as a full size for

pickling or stir-fry. Sow from

August until April.

500 seeds $4.50

Ruby Chard ‘Intense’ Improved Ruby Chard (Red Silver Beet) ‘Intense’ has fewer green “off

types” than other ruby chards.

The main stalk is deep red and

this colour carries through the

veining. Great as a baby leaf as

well as full size. Ruby chard

makes a good ornamental. Sow

early spring until mid-autumn.

200 seeds $4.50

Rocket ‘Astro’ Quick growing with a mild flavour

A sweet and mild flavoured, heat

tolerant rocket with less deeply

lobed seeds than normal. Can be

sown the year round. 38 days

from sowing to harvest.

Organically grown seed.

500 seeds $4.50

Amaranth Red Leaf Vegetable (Vlita) Greek people love this vegetable

with its rich spinach flavour. It is

far superior to silver beet. In

Greece it is boiled in salted water

and then served with a squeeze

of lemon and a splash of olive oil.

It is also used in Indian cooking.

A warm season vegetable best

sown in mild frost-free climates

from early spring, mid to late

spring in colder climates. Start

picking young leaves when the

plant is 30cm tall. Red leaf

amaranth has oval green leaves

overlain with burgundy.

200 seeds $4.25

Mizuna ‘Miz America’ F1 New Dark Red Leaved Mizuna

A terrific new mizuna for baby

leaf or full size. Good looking with

serrated leaves it is mild in

flavour. Sow from early August

until late April. 21 days baby 40

days full size

200 seeds $5.00

Mizuna ‘Red Kingdom’ F1 Award Winning Red Mizuna

The deep red leaves, which have

a very mild mustard flavour, will

add a striking colour for salad

mixes. Can be used as a baby

leaf or allowed to grow to full

size. Sow from early August until

late April. 21 days baby 40 days

full size

200 seeds $5.00

Premium Greens Mix Asian Greens Baby Mixed Leaf

A beautiful looking mix of

different leaf shapes and colours

with an equally diverse range of

flavours from mildly spicy to

slightly sweet. This mix includes

red mustard, green mustard,

Chinese cabbage, bok choi and

tatsoi. Sow from early August

until late April. 21 days to

maturity. 200 seeds $4.50

Baby Leaf

We plant our winter vegetables in the last weeks of summer and the first weeks of autumn

Baby Leaf

Spinach ‘Raven’ Warm season baby leaf spinach Raven is best sown in the warmer months from early October until the end of March. It has an upright growth habit and very dark, slightly savoyed, oval green leaves with excellent texture. Adaptable to difficult conditions with good disease resistance Raven is slow to bolt making it good to harvest at a full size. 500 seeds $5.50

Spinach ‘Black Glove ’ Baby Leaf Black Glove is best sown from early April until early September to give excellent crops during the cooler months. If sown during hot periods it is likely to bolt. It is equally suitable for baby leaf and full size bunching spinach. The leaves have an oval/pointed shape strong texture and dark green colour. ‘Black Glove 10’ has excellent disease resistance too. 500 seeds $5.50

Wild Rocket ‘Nature’ 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. Wild rocket is so

easily grown and makes such a

refreshing salad that it’s hard to

imagine not having any to pick.

500 seeds $5.50

Sorrel French Red Veined An uncommon perennial herb/

vegetable which will give salads

a tangy lemon flavour. It can be

cooked like spinach, made into a

creamy fish sauce or a sorrel

soup. Use young leaves only.

Direct sow 1/2cm deep 12 seeds

per 30cm and thin to 30cm apart

using thinning as baby leaf. Keep

plants cut hard for good quality

leaves. 100 seeds $5.50

Kohlrabi ‘Kolibri F1’ Attractive purple variety

‘Kolibri’ is best harvested when 7-

10cm diameter which is when it’s

white flesh is most crisp and

nearly fibreless. Sow seed in

succession from mid-summer

until mid-autumn.

50 seeds $5.50

Fennel ‘Tauro’ F1 A new French variety of mini

fennel which if grown well resists

running up to seed and so can be

sown from late August until

December for harvesting from

December until April. Makes

delicious round white bulbs

50 seeds $5.75

Fennel ‘Leonardo’ F1 Florence Fennel

This new hybrid fennel is a better

proposition than open pollinated

varieties as it resists running up

to seed. Sow seeds during

January and February for a crop

of large bulbs from May until

August. Direct sow into drills in

rows 45cm apart and thin the

seedlings to 15cm apart.

50 seeds $5.75

Spinach ‘Bloomsdale’ This traditional heavily savoyed bunching spinach has been bred for cooking not for salads. Best grown for harvesting in autumn, winter and early spring.

500 seeds $5.25 5000 seeds $17.95

Okra ’Jambalaya’ F1 Jambalaya is an extra early vari-ety which will produce many dark green pods even in colder. Sow in individual pots on bottom heat in early spring for planting out when weather warms up in late spring.

30 seeds $5.25

Kohlrabi ‘Azur Star’ Organic This is one of the best if not the

best performing open pollinated

purple kohlrabi. Azur Star

produces round purple skinned

white fleshed bulbs with excellent

flavour. Slow to bolt the bulbs are

best eaten at 5 to 8cm size. Sow

January, February and March in

warm areas and from September

in cooler hills country.

30 seeds $5.50

Beetroot ‘Ruby Lips’ Baby Leaf Beetroot

‘Ruby Lips’ is a red leaved beet

for baby leaf production. It can be

sown the year round and is

especially useful for giving

brilliant glossy red leaves in

winter. Sow from August until end

of April for year round production.

500 seeds $5.25

5000 seeds $12.75

Kale ‘Toscano’ Baby leaf or full size kale

An Italian autumn and winter

vegetable which makes a terrific

addition to hearty winter soups. A

couple of bunches can be picked

every week from May until

September off half a dozen

plants. Good for baby leaf the

year round.

150 seeds $4.00

Brassica

Brussel Sprouts ‘Hestia’F1 Award Winning Early Cropping

Brussels Sprouts

Hestia has very firm smooth

sprouts for an early variety. The

sprouts are small to medium and

hold well in the garden. Harvest

from early to late autumn. It’s

important to sow seed in

November and plant out in

January. 20 seeds for $5.50

Brussels Sprouts ‘Dagan’ F1 Excellent Mid-season Brussels Sprouts This tall reliable midseason

variety is ready to harvest from

late autumn into mid-winter and

has medium to large firm smooth

sprouts which hold well in the

garden. It’s important to sow

seed in November and plant out

in January. 20 seeds for $5.50

Broccoli ‘Belstar F1’ Strong performer

A strong performer the year

round. Heads up well even in

winter here at Lambley. Gives a

good number of side shoots after

main head is cut. Sow seeds

from early August until late

March. . 30 seeds $5.50

Broccoli ‘De Cicco’ Organic Seed Traditional Italian multi cut variety

for sowing in early August and

early September for a spring and

early summer crop of delicious

small heads. Produces a lot of

side shoots once the main head is

cut. Sow again in late February

for a late autumn early winter

crop. Organic 100 seeds $4.50

Broccoli Rapini ‘Spring Raab’

Sold as rapini or broccoletti in

greengrocers. ‘Spring Raab’

makes dozens of small heads as

long as it is picked every couple

of days or so. Tasting a bit

sharper than the usual broccoli it

is an important part of southern

Italy’s cuisine. Sow late autumn

to late winter. 100 seeds $4.50

Broccoli ‘Rioja F1’ Purple Sprouting Superb Flavour Purple sprouting broccoli come

into their own at the end of winter

or beginning of spring when their

deliciously flavoursome heads,

tasting like a cross between

asparagus and broccoli, are

ready. Sow seed from November

until January.

20 seeds $5.50

Broccoli x Gailan

‘Happy Rich F1’ Best Tasting Hybrid

A tasty and productive hybrid

between Chinese and Italian

broccoli for sowing the year

round with each planting giving 2

to 3 months of mini heads. Good

for stir-fries as well as steaming.

50 seeds $5.50

Brussel Sprouts ‘Diablo’

F1 Proven Late Cropping Brussels

Sprouts

Tall strong plant produces a

prolific crop of medium sized

smooth sprouts which hold well in

the garden. Harvest mid to late

winter and into the spring. It’s

important to sow seed in

November and plant out in

January. 20 seeds for $5.50

Broccoli ‘Green Magic’ F1 Great Heat Tolerance

Sow seed in succession from late

winter to early summer for a crop

of smooth dense dark green

heads from December to March.

30 seeds $5.50

Broccoli ‘Arcadia’ F1 Best Autumn and Winter Broccoli

Vigorous broccoli with large firm

domed heads for cool weather

cropping. It produces lots of side

shoots too. Sow January,

February and March for autumn

and winter harvest.

30 seeds $5.50

Broccoli ‘Marathon ’ F1 I plant this tried and true variety

from December until February

and pick from autumn through

the winter. It produces good side

shoots after the main head is cut.

30 seeds $5.50

Cabbages, like most brassicas, need a fertile soil which is well watered. Seed can be planted undercover or direct

sown. We are selling the best varieties we can find, most of them small growing or mini cabbages. All are slow to

bolt if planted at the right time. All have an excellent sweet flavour and are good cooked or fresh in coleslaw.

Space 30 cm apart between plants and 50cm between rows.

Cabbages and Caulis

Cabbage ‘Alcosa’ F1 Small Savoy Cabbage

Delicious small, slow bolting

Savoy for autumn and winter

cropping. Sow seeds during

January and February for a late

autumn and winter crop. Close

planting will give mini cabbages.

Excellent flavour but best

cooked. 30 seeds $5.75

Cabbage ‘Farao’ F1 Organic Seed

Early mini cabbage

Delicious spicy sweet flavoured

early cabbage with good standing

ability (i.e. slow to split). Sow

seed undercover in July and

August or direct sow August and

September. Harvest 60 days

from transplant. 30 seeds $5.50

Cabbage ‘Tendersweet’ F1 Superb for coleslaw

A superb cabbage for coleslaw or

stir fry with tender, very thin,

sweet crisp leaves perfect for

coleslaw or stir-fries. Slow to bolt

it is good for year round

harvesting. Sow seeds from

August until March.

50 seeds $5.00

Cauliflower

‘Veronica F1’ Organic Romanesco cauliflower

The flavour is delicate and

nutty. Romanesco can

only be grown to be

harvested in autumn and

winter. Sow seed from

November until early

February.

Organic 30 seeds $6.00

Cauliflower Modern commercial strains of cauliflower aren’t difficult to grow well but the right varieties must be

planted at the right time. As cauliflowers don’t hold well in the garden, a week at the most, it’s best to plant small

numbers every couple of weeks rather than a dozen at a time. Cauliflowers prefer a well drained fertile soil high in

organic matter and a Ph of 6-7.5.

Cauliflower

‘Bishop F1’ Year round harvest

Vigorous growing with a

good leaf wrap. A good

doer in a variety of soils.

Sow seed from August

until late February for

harvesting for much of the

year. 30 seeds $5.00

Cauliflower

‘Skywalker F1’ Best

Organic The best organic variety

for autumn and winter

harvest. Large vigorous

plants with self wrapping

heads and a fine white

curd.

Organic 30 seeds $6.00

Cabbage ‘Deadon’ F1 Red Savoy for Winter S u p e r b J a n u a r y K i n g

varietygrown for winter harvest.

Very good flavour holding well in

the garden without splitting. Sow

December to early February for

late autumn and winter harvest.

105 days from transplant.

30 seeds $5.50

Cauliflower ‘Snow

Crown’ F1 Early and vigorous

An award winning easily

grown variety for sowing

from late winter until early

summer for an early

summer to autumn crop.

Produce top quality

medium sized heads.

30 seeds $5.75

Cabbage ‘Tiara’ F1 Superb Mini-Cabbage

Produces 1.5 kg round densely

packed heads with a sweet

flavour which is better than

Gonzales which it replaces. Slow

to bolt Tiara is excellent both

cooked and used fresh in salads.

Sow from July until February for

cropping most of the year.

40 seeds for $5.25

Cabbage ‘Omero’ F1 Great Flavoured Mini-Red

Cabbage

Omera produces 1.5kg heads of

densely packed vibrant purple-

red leaves which have a mild

sweet peppery flavour. Omero is

slow to bolt. Sow from early

spring until late summer for

cropping from early summer until

winter. 40 seeds for $5.25

Cabbage ‘Newton’ F1 Large blue-green 4-6kg cabbage

suited for cropping from

December until August. Sow in

succession from August until

February.

30 seeds $5.25

250 seeds $15.75

1000 seeds $42.00

Cabbage ‘Red Sky’ F1 Close planting produces small

1kg cabbages wider spacing will

produce 4kg cabbages. Good red

colouring throughout, small core,

slow to bolt. 10-11 weeks from

planting out seedlings. Best for

summer and autumn crops, Sow

from late winter until early

January. 30 seeds $5.35

250 seeds $16.75

1,000 seeds $44.00

Cauliflower

‘Amazing’ F1 Excellent open pollinated

variety for late summer,

autumn and early winter

crops. Sow in succession

from November until

February for a long

season

30 seeds $5.25

250 seeds $32.50

Herbs We have selected slow bolting commercial strains of herbs from some of the best breeders in Germany, England

and the USA. If you haven’t grown it already ‘Parcel’ celery is well worth a try. It’s a celery that grows like parsley

and is used in soups, stocks and Italian cooking.

Basil

‘Goldfields Early Wonder’ Good cold tolerance

‘Gold Fields’ is a selection of

Genovese basil, the one used for

pesto, that is more tolerant of

cold weather. A strong plant with

dark green leaves it has all the

flavour of older types but can be

sown a month or two earlier.

100 seeds $5.50

Basil ‘Italian Large Leaf’ Sweeter flavour

This variety is sweeter and has

less of a clove-like flavour than

normal basil. I find it a much

pleasanter basil to use in pesto

and tomato salads. Sow from

November in mild districts and

December in cold ones. Can be

sown until early February. 200 seeds $4.50

Chervil ‘Vertissimo’ Slow bolting

Vertissimo is a slow bolting

deliciously flavoured chervil. It

can be used in salads, as a micro

green or a garnish. Sow seed

straight into the garden during

spring and again in autumn.

200 seeds $4.50

Chive ‘Naomy’ Naomy is a high yielding,

medium to thick shafted, dark

green chive. It is fast growing and

very resistant to brown tips

adapting well to different weather

and soil conditions. Sow from

August until November and then

again in early autumn.

200 seeds $5.25

5000 seeds $12.75

Coriander ‘Santo’ Slow to bolt leaf coriander

A new improved substitute for Calypso with excellent yield, colour, habit and flavour. We grow coriander for its leaves rather than for its seeds so we sow this slow bolting variety. It is ready to pick in less than a month and a half and will, under reasonable conditions, take three or four months before it runs up to seed. 200 seeds $4.50

Dill ‘Dilligence’ Improved qualities

A substitute for ‘Hera’ with much improved qualities. Thick bushy habit and thick stems provide up to 30% higher yields and improved shelf life. It’s one of our favourite herbs. My wife uses it in her spinach and fetta cheese pie, for stuffing whole fish and in broad bean salads.

200 seeds for $4.50

Parsley ‘Giant of Italy’ Slow bolting parsley

A real giant but with wonderful

Italian parsley flavour has an

amazing size and productivity.

Sow seed on bottom heat during

early spring and in situ during

late spring, summer and early

autumn. Parsley can bolt if seed

is planted in soil which is too

cold.

150 seeds $4.50

Parsley ‘Starlett’ Curly Leafed

A terrific moss leaved, curly parsley, neat and dwarf enough to grow in a pot and vigorous enough for the garden. Quick to mature ‘Starlett’ has dark green densely filled foliage on strong stems. 100 seeds for $4.50

Garlic Chives/Kow Choi Chinese chives Garlic chives are a perennial

onion relative with a mild garlic

flavour. The leaves are used in

st ir f r ies, pancakes and

dumplings as well as a garlic

substitute in stews etc. Sow seed

in drills in early spring.

200 seeds for $4.50

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“We only sell bean varieties which are resistant to summer death, a problem which affects many rural gardens.” David Glenn

Beans

Runner Bean

‘Scarlet Emperor’ Scarlet Emperor is a superb

improved selection of Scarlet

Runner producing long and very

flavoursome pods from red

flowers. Plant 5 beans to a 4

pole tepee or sow 12 cm apart

on a trellis. It produces best in

southern Australia and sets

better during autumn.

20 seeds $5.00

Broad Bean ‘Coles Dwarf’ Smaller growing and earlier cropping than ‘Aquadulce’. Our strain is rigorously reselected to give long pods often holding 5 beans per pod. Although dwarfer growing than ‘Aquadulce’ this variety will still need staking.

50 seeds $4.25

Climbing Bean

‘Kentucky Blue’ Kentucky Blue is a professional

standard bean which freely

produces 20cm long, round,

stringless beans which have a

fantastic flavour. If allowed to get

over mature they will have a

slight string. ‘Kentucky Blue’ has

a n o u t s t a n d i n g y i e l d .

40 seeds $4.50

Broad Bean ’Aquadulce’ A rigorously reselected strain of

this traditional variety which can

produce long pods well filled with

up to 5 beans to a pod. Sow

seeds from early to late winter.

Cold areas should plant late

winter. Plants will fall over if they

aren’t staked.

50 seeds $4.50

Round Bean

‘Lawrence’ ‘Lawrence’ is a new refined,

glossy dark green round bean

with an excellent flavour. The

plant is upright and strong.

‘Lawrence’ is resistant to summer

death. 50 seeds $5.50

Round Bean

‘Bangalow’ An excellent new bean with great

vigour and disease resistance

including resistance to summer

death. Flavour is very good and

this variety will produce beans

over a long period.

50 seeds $5.50

Bush Bean

‘Sun 108’ True Baby Bean

Refined delicious pods are mid to

dark green in colour and are

mature at 11-12 cm long.

Beautiful to look at and better to

eat. Summer death resistant.

40 seeds $5.50

Bush Bean ‘Jackson’ Long picking period

A brand new improved

replacement for Rex with the long

picking period from dark glossy

green pods. Jackson handles hot

and wet conditions better than its

competitors. Improved disease

package including resistance to

summer death. Jackson has a

superb flavour.

40 seeds $5.00

Bush Bean ‘Jade’ Old favourite Green Jade, an old favourite of

ours, is a strong grower which

produces good quantities of

delicious round green beans.

Summer death resistant. 50 seeds $5.00

Yellow Bush Bean

‘Roc D’or’ Roc D’Or is one of the best

flavoured yellow beans. Long

round pods have a delicate

buttery flavour. Excellent cropper

and resistant to Summer Death. 40 seeds $5.00

Bean Bush ‘Hickok’ Good looking, great flavour,

excellent disease resistance and

vigour. Beans are held well off

t h e g r o u n d . M a s s i v e

concentrated crop. Sow from

September in warm districts,

October in cold districts. Can be

sown up until the end of January.

50 seeds $5.35

250 seeds $9.95

1000 seeds $32.00

Snow Pea 'Green Devil' PBR Green Devil Snow Pea

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.

150 seeds $5.50

Not for Tasmania

Sugar Snap Pea

‘Cascadia’ Vigorous Climber

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. Sow seeds to

crop during cooler weather. 100 seeds $4.50

Not for Tasmania

Sugar Snap Pea

‘Sugar Bon’ Dwarf disease fighter

The most popular dwarf sugar

snap pea for both professional

farmers and home gardeners

alike. Powdery mildew resistance

makes it a good variety for all

time slots. First pick 55-60 days.

100 seeds $4.50

Not for Tasmania

Snow Pea ‘Snowcrisp’ Small podded snow pea

Excellent snow pea with smaller

pods than most which makes it

the best choice for stir fries.

‘Snowcrisp’ is very productive

and has a high disease

resistance package making it a

good choice for cropping during

summer and autumn.

100 seeds $5.50

Not for Tasmania

Peas

Peas are a cool season crop and should be planted from June to September. The later plantings should be of

powdery mildew resistant varieties. We are offering the best of modern pea breeding which combines excellent

flavour with bountiful cropping and good disease resistance. Not for Tasmania

Climbing Pea ‘Alderman’ Tall climbing pea

‘Alderman’ is an old climbing

variety sometimes known as

‘Telephone Pea’. It needs wire or

trellis and will grow 2 metres tall

and produce good quantities of

12cm long pods of tasty sweet

peas. Sow to ripen whilst weather

is still cool. 100 seeds $4.50

Not for Tasmania

Shelling Pea,‘Willow’ New productive variety

‘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

can be sown for cropping during

warmer weather.. 150 seeds $4.50

Not for Tasmania

Shelling Pea ‘Novella’ Self supporting novelty ‘Novella’ is a unique leafless

shelling pea. It can be grown with

no support as it has a mass of

tendrils instead of leaves. 70

days to first pick.

150 seeds $4.50

Not for Tasmania

Shelling Pea ‘Green Feast’ An old variety which carries good

quantities of 11cm long pods with

up to 9 peas per pod. Will grow

75cm tall.

150 seeds $4.50

Not for Tasmania

Shelling Pea ‘Melbourne Market’

syn Massey Gem Melbourne Market is one of the

best flavoured shelling pea and is

wide ly p lanted by both

professional farmers and home

garden gardeners. Plants are

dwarf, growing to 50cm only, and

productive producing pods that

contain 8 peas. 150 seeds $4.50

Not for Tasmania

Shelling Pea ‘Princess’ ‘Princess’ is a new dwarf shelling

pea which carries large straight

pods some 10cm long. Peas are

sweet and full of flavour.

150 seeds $5.00

Not for Tasmania

Snow Pea ‘Oregon Giant’ ‘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.

100 seeds $5.25

Not for Tasmania

Shelling Pea ‘Onward’ An old variety, very popular in

Europe and the USA ‘Onward is

only just starting to make its mark

in Australia. Sweet and

flavoursome it is a prolific

producer of large pods. Not

powdery mildew resistant so best

grown in the cooler months.

100 seeds $4.75

Not for Tasmania

Carrots and parsnips

Direct sow seed in rows 35cm apart

sow seed 1-2cm apart 1/2cm deep

in well prepared beds. Surface of

the bed should not dry out until

seeds germinate which will take 1-3

weeks. Thin to 2cm apart for full

sized carrots and parsnips. We

water with a watering can with a fine

rose so that a crust doesn’t form on

the surface of the bed. Our carrot

and parsnip seed is always

maintained fresh and has excellent

germination rates.

Beetroot ‘Zeppo F1’ An industry leader Zeppo is

beautfully bred for smooth skin,

round and clean shape and a

very fine taproot. Zeppo also is

easier to thin as each capsule

contains less embryos so the

seedlings are less congested.

Excellent as a very sweet baby

beet. 100 seeds $4.50

Beetroot ‘Touchstone Gold’

A good quality golden beet with

smooth yellow fleshed roots.

Excellent sweet flavour with the

colour being retained when

cooked.

100 seeds $5.50

Beetroot ‘Cylindra’ Excellent flavoured dark red

cylindrical roots 12cm long by

5cm wide. Easy to cut into

uniform slices for cooking or

bottling. If the shoulders push out

of the ground hill up to keep them

smooth.

100 seeds $4.50

Carrot ‘Mokum F1’ Baby Carrot for year round

sowing

One of the quickest carrots to

produce 36 days for baby and 54

days for full size. The slender

roots have a very good sweet

flavour and a crisp texture.

Performs well even during hot

weather.

200 seeds $5.00

Carrot ‘Romance F1’ Voted England’s best tasting carrot

A new carrot which replaces ‘Laguna’ which

isn’t available this year. ‘Romance’ is a good

doer even in hot weather. Sow seed from

August until late February for harvesting

much of the year.

200 seeds $5.00

Carrot ‘Sweetheart’ Best open pollinated baby carrot

‘Sweetheart’ is very sweet, flavoursome and

productive bunching carrot for year round

production. It takes about 90 days from seed

sowing to harvest and maintains its flavour at

a larger size.

500 seeds $5.25

Rootcrops

Parsnip ‘Melbourne White Skin’ We only sell fresh parsnip seed as old seed

has very poor germination rates. This

selected open pollinated vigorous strain has

excellent white tapered roots, firm and bulky.

Sow from early spring until early December.

100 seeds $5.50

1000 seeds $25.75

Carrot ‘Purple Haze’ F1 Has a good sweet flavour unusual in purple

carrots. 20cm long roots are dark purple with

an orange interior. Cooking will cause the

colour to fade.

200 seeds $5.00

Carrot 'White Satin F1' (Organic)

Organic Seed A crisp, deliciously sweet flavoured white

carrot. Children find this white carrot

fascinating. Sow seed from August through to

February.

200 seeds $5.50

Celeriac ‘Brilliant’ F1 Vigorous Hybrid

Large, solid, round roots are

relatively smooth with very white

interiors. ‘Brilliant’ has good

flavour and holds well in the

garden. Sow seeds during

October or November for an

autumn-winter harvest.

50 seeds for $4.80

Kale ‘Winterbor’ F1 Baby leaf or full size kale

Winterbor is the most productive

Kale currently available growing

up to 90cm tall. The vigorous

plants will continue producing

fresh leaves as lower ones are

harvested. Sow seeds from early

November (best) to early January

for harvesting during autumn and

winter. 40 seeds $5.20

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Kale ‘Toscano’ Baby leaf or full size kale

An Italian autumn and winter

vegetable which makes a terrific

addition to hearty winter soups. A

couple of bunches can be picked

every week from May until

September off half a dozen

plants. Good for baby leaf the

year round.

150 seeds $4.00

Kale ‘Black Magic F1 Baby leaf or full size kale

‘Black Magic’ is a new and improved variety of Black Tuscan kale. It has very dark leaves which are deeply savoyed. It’s best grown as a full size plant and seed should be sown from November until January for an autumn and winter harvest.

100 seeds $5.00

Curly Kale ‘Red Bor’ F1 Baby leaf or full size kale

A beautiful looking kale with well

curled reddish purple leaves. Best

grown for winter cropping when the

flavour and colour is at its best but

can be sown from early spring until

early January.

30 seeds $6.35

Asparagus ‘UC157’ F1 Bred in California for growing in

hot climates ‘UC157’ is best both

for commercial plantings and

home gardeners. Or direct sow

seeds 1cm deep and 2cm apart

in a drill after the danger of frost

is over. Transplant the following

winter into permanent beds.

30 seeds $5.75

100 seeds $14.75

1000 seeds $95.00

Cucumbers For early crops sow seed undercover on bottom heat one seed per 7.5-10cm pot 4 or 5 weeks before

weather warms up. Plant 35cm apart in rows 150-180cm apart or 45cm apart if growing on trellis. Direct sow after

any danger of frost is over 2 or 3 seeds every 35cm. Thin to one seedling after germination. Seed can be planted

again in early January for later crops.

Cucumber

‘Clarion Pickler’ F1 55 days from transplant

A beautifully shaped pickling

cucumber which brines well and

has excellent flavour if eaten

fresh. It has very uniform,

cylindrical fruit which set 1 or 2

fruits per node.

20 seeds $6.00

Cucumber ‘Panama F1’ Lebanese for trellis

55 days from transplant

‘Panama’ is a superb variety with

excellent disease resistance

which produces delicious, crisp

Lebanese cucumbers with a thin

dark green skin. It makes a

compact but vigorous plant and is

highly productive. ‘Panama’ is

best grown on a trellis.

8 seeds $9.20

Cucumber ‘Caman F1’ Very productive Slicer

55 days from transplant

‘Caman’ was the best slicer in

our cucumber trials. It is very

productive with good fruit length.

The fruit has smooth dak green

skin and crisp flesh. A market

leader amongst commercial

growers a couple of plants will

keep a house supplied for

months. 10 seeds $8.20

Cucumber ‘Khassib F1’ Productive Lebanese

50 days from transplant

The best Lebanese cucumber in

our tr ia ls for non-t rel l is

production. Very quick to produce

and incredibly productive this

variety has uniform crops of dark

green crisp fleshed fruits for all of

the warmer months. A couple of

plants will keep a household

going. 8 seeds $9.20

Zeppo Beetroot ‘Zeppo’ is far and away the best beetroot variety that we’ve grown at Lambley. From seeds which were direct

sown on the 24th of August we started pulling golf ball size baby beets in early November. These roots were

round and smooth with a fine tap root and excellent colour throughout.

From the same sowing we pulled and cooked ‘Zeppo’ every week from November until the 25th January. The last

roots were huge, weighing in at 700grams each, but still, when cooked, had good colour throughout with no zoning

and were tender with no hard core.

‘Zeppo’ has fewer embryos per seed than other beetroot varieties and doesn’t need thinning. It is also

exceptionally slow to bolt. To be honest it has never bolted here at Lambley no matter when we sow the seed.

Rijk Zwaan is a Dutch family and employee owned seed company which has its Australian headquarters in the

Victorian Central Highlands hamlet of Musk where extensive research is carried out. Extensive seed production

activities in Musk and surrounds support the local and overseas markets.

Cooking Beetroot

In a saucepan cover the beetroots with cold water

and bring to a boil. Turn heat to simmer. Don’t add

salt at this point.

Simmer until the roots are tender with no crunch but

not flabby. This can take from 20 minutes for small

beets and up to 90 minutes for very large ones.

When cooked take off the heat and whilst running

each one under cold water slip the skin off and cut

off tail and the rough top.

Small beets can be just cut in half or quarters but

large beets are cut into 2cm or so dice.

Whilst hot add salt to taste and then just enough

balsamic vinegar to coat the beets. Toss until

coated.

Add extra virgin olive oil and toss again. Let the

flavours amalgamate for an hour or two before

serving. The last roots were huge, weighing in at 700grams each, but

still, when cooked, had good colour throughout with no zoning and were tender with no hard core.

Salanova® Lettuce‘Green Crisp’ Latest innovation in lettuce

Salanova® lettuce have the texture and

flavour of full headed lettuce but, in the home

garden, leaves are harvested as needed.

30 primed seeds $5.75

100 primed seeds $12.75

500 primed seeds $38.00

Salanova® Lettuce ‘Red Butter’ Seed collected from these superb modern

varieties will grow true to type. Lettuce

breeding has come along in leaps and

bounds over recent years.

30 primed seeds $5.75

100 primed seeds $12.75

500 primed seeds $38.00

Latest innovation in lettuce Salanova® lettuce have the flavour and texture of full headed lettuce but leaves can be picked individually by the

home gardener as required. Salanova lettuce are slow to bolt and leaves can be harvested for many weeks. Sow

year round.

Salanova® Lettuce ‘Red Crisp’ Sow August to May for year round harvest.

Commercial growers harvest these as fully

mature heads, they then cut out the core and

a multitude of small uniformly sized leaves

are ready for baby leaf salad mix.

30 primed seeds $5.75

100 primed seeds $12.75

500 primed seeds $38.00

Lettuce, Iceberg ‘Crispino’ Organic An adaptable Iceberg lettuce for year round planting. It makes good solid, crisp hearts, is quick to mature and slow to bolt. Crispino will produce quality lettuce the year round.

100 seeds $4.25

Salanova® Lettuce ‘Green Oakleaf’ Large framed and best suited to autumn,

winter and spring production in cooler areas

Salanova® lettuce are slow to bolt and

leaves can be harvested for many weeks.

Sow year round. 30 primed seeds $5.75

100 primed seeds $12.75

500 primed seeds $38.00

Salanova ® Lettuce ‘Red Oakleaf’ Exciting new red leaf type perfect for salad

mixes. Salanova® lettuce are slow to bolt

and leaves can be harvested for many week,

many weeks. Sow year round.

30 primed seeds $5.75

100 primed seeds $12.75

500 primed seeds $38.00

Lettuce, Iceberg ‘Toscanas’ A top quality iceberg which will crop well from

September until May and beyond. Makes

tight heads of crisp leaves and is strongly

resistant to tip burn and bolting.

30 primed seeds $5.50

Salanova® Lettuce

‘Green Butterhead’ A superior glossy leaved green butterhead

type. Salanova® lettuce are slow to bolt and

can be harvested over a long period. Sow

seed from August until May for year round

salads. 30 primed seeds $5.75

100 primed seeds $12.75

500 primed seeds $38.00

Lettuce, Iceberg ‘Jasperinas’ A large traditional iceberg for cropping during

spring, summer and autumn. It has well filled

heads of sweet crisp leaves and is slow to

bolt. Sow from July until January.

40 primed seeds $5.50

Iceberg Lettuces

Lettuce cultivation Plant 3 seeds every 20cm in rows 30cm apart. Thin to one seedling after the first true leaves

appear. Or plant 2 seeds to a 5cm pot or 2cm apart seedling trays and plant out when big enough. Lettuce

germinate best at or below 20C. All the lettuce varieties we sell have been bred for both flavour and disease

resistance. All have a high resistance to lettuce aphid.

Lettuce Little Gem ‘Aldea’ Great flavour and crispness

‘Aldea’ is a new and very much improved little

gem type with mid-green, shading to pale

yellow green at the base, crinkled leaves. It

has an excellent disease package and can be

sown the year round.

40 primed seeds $5.75

Lettuce, Red Oakleaf 'Rouxai' A new oakleaf with attractive lobed leaves, deep cherry red colour, great flavour and texture. Good for year round production. The best red oakleaf to date.

30 primed seeds $5.50

Lettuce Red Baby Cos ‘Rosaine’ Red Sweet Gem Type

A beautiful looking red leaved baby cos which,

although good on its own, is great in a mixed

lettuce salad. It can be sown the year round

and has an excellent sweet flavour and crisp

texture. It also has a terrific disease resistance

package. Sow all year round.

40 primed seeds $5.75

Lettuce Baby Cos ‘Elf’ Outstanding green baby cos

Elf produces compact heads of blistered

medium green leaves with paler hearts. This

variety is outstanding for flavour, crisp texture

and year round production. It has an

excellent disease resistance package.

40 primed seeds $5.75

Lettuce ‘Skyphos’ Red Butterhead Far and away the best red butterhead

available. Quick growing with tender, sweet,

deep burgundy and cream hearts. A

favourite at Lambley.

30 primed seeds $5.50

Lettuce Cos ‘Quintus’ New cos for year round

‘Quintus’ is a superb new variety with

excellent disease resistance and superb

flavour and crispness. It is slow to bolt and

strong against tip burn. Sow from August until

May. Seeds are primed for ease of

germination. 30 primed seeds $5.50

Organic Lettuce ‘Tan-Tan’ Mini-Cos The best mini-cos for the home gardener. It

makes good solid, crisp hearts, is slow to bolt

and quick to mature. Will produce quality

heads the year round.

100 organic seeds $4.50

Lettuce, Green Oakleaf 'Kirinia' Slow bolting traditional oakleaf ‘Kirinia’ is a new strain of oakleaf with extra vigour, slow bolting characteristics, good disease resistance and good sweet flavour. Can be sown the year round except in the very coldest mountain districts.

40 primed seeds $5.75

Capsicum ‘Harley’ F1

Harley is a large red blocky

capsicum for outside garden and

field production. It makes a

compact plant which maintains

good leaf cover to restrict fruit

burn. Firm and thick walled from

green to ripe red. 10 seeds $6.75

50 seeds $18.00

Capsicum ‘Hustler’ F1 Sweet banana wax capsicum ‘Hustler’ is a very productive

variety of yellow with straight fruit

averaging 20cm in length. The

fruit has thick walls and delicious

sweet capsicum flavour. Good

disease resistance makes this

one of the best of its type.

15 seeds $6.50

Capsicum ‘Bullsweet F1’ Early productive bullhorn A delicious early bullhorn which

crops well in the cooler parts of

the country producing a heavy

crop of exceptionally sweet

Italian style sweet peppers during

summer and autumn.

15 seeds $6.50

Capsicum and Chili

Older varieties of capsicum and chilli struggled to ripen in the cooler parts of southern Australia. The following

have all been trialled in southern Victoria and will ripen even here in chilly old Central Highlands. Plant the seed

into individual 5cm to 7.5cm pots on a bottom heat in mid August. Germination is quick. Leave on heat until

October and then move the plants off the heat but still keep them under cover. In November harden off outside for

a few days whilst still in the pots. Plant out and stake. Put a plastic tree guard around the seedling to protect it

from wind and cold for a few weeks. In December when the plants are in strong growth remove the tree guard. Put

four 80cm stakes in a circle around the plant to stop it falling over when bearing fruit.

Eggplant ‘Midnight F1’ Mini Lebanese eggplant

65 days from transplant

Th is outs tand ing var iety

produces straight elongated fruit

with glossy purple-black skin. A

strong upright habit which is

super productive even in cooler

parts of the country.

15 seeds $6.20

Eggplant ‘Fantastic F1’ A new large round eggplant, with

good flavour, which can be grown

outside even in colder areas.

50cm apart and 90cm between

rows. 65 days from transplant.

15 seeds $6.25

Eggplant ‘Ranchero F1’ Early maturing tear drop

65 days from transplant

Ranchero has an attractive tear

drop shape with beautiful glossy

deep purple to black skin. Crops

over a long period in our cold

Central Highlands district. It

makes a strong compact upright

plant. 15 seeds $6.20

Chilli Jalapeno

‘Popeye F1’ Popeye is a new early producing

Jalapeno suitable for growing in

cooler areas of the country.

Jalapeno chillis are usually

picked green. ’Popeye’ is in the

medium range for pungency.

15 seeds $5.50

Chilli ‘Habahot’ F1 Some like it hot and this pepper

is hot. Habanero peppers are

amongst the hottest chillies in the

world. Habahot makes a strong

compact plant and is very

productive even in cooler areas

of the country.

20 seeds for $5.50

Chilli ‘Birdseye Hot F1’ Thai Dragon Chilli

Produces high yields of short fruit

4-5cm long by .8cm diameter.

This is a hot chilli used in Thai,

Sri Lankan and Indian cooking as

well as other cuisines that need a

kick. 10 seeds $5.50

Capsicum ‘Sunny F1’ Early Yellow Blocky A blocky yellow fruited high yielding variety. Fruits are thick walled, blocky and four lobed. It has a long harvest period. 10 seeds $6.50

Eggplant ‘Stria’ F1 Stria is both beautiful to look at

and terrific to eat. The medium

sized round fruit have white

striped purple skin. Early to crop

and prolific this variety topped

our eggplant trials last season. It

holds well after picking too.

10 seeds for $7.80

Eggplant ‘Little Fingers’ The attractive slender fruit are

borne in clusters of 5-10. The

best of its kind for outdoor

production.

10 seeds $6.20

50 seeds for $18.50

100 seeds $34.75

Mache Corn Salad ‘Vit’ Winter salad green A nutty cool season salad

vegetable much enjoyed by

anyone that grows it. Very

popular in northern Europe. If

planted from late February to

early April, corn salad can be

harvested from early winter until

mid spring. 200 seeds $4.50

Italian and French Cooking

Radicchio ‘Bel Fiore’ Variegato di Lusia type for

year round harvest

‘Bel Fiore’ (Beautiful Flower) is one of the most attractive salad

vegetables It has a cream interior spotted with red and a good nutty

mildly bitter flavour. Can be braised too. Sow seeds from August until

March.

30 seeds $5.50

Radicchio ‘Fiero F1’ Modern Treviso variety

Beautiful deep maroon, white veined leaves are produced in solid cos

lettuce shaped heads. ‘Fiero’ has a mildly bitter flavour and is good in

salads as well as braised. Treviso radicchio is an essential Italian

vegetable. Sow seeds from August until March

30 seeds $5.50

Silver Beet ‘Bright Lights’ Good for baby or full size Bright Lights has “lightly savoyed, green or

bronze leaves with stems of many colours

including gold, pink, orange, purple, red and

white with bright and pastel variations.” It is

milder in flavour than normal silver beet. Good

for both baby and full size. Sow from early

Silverbeet ‘Fordhook Giant’ This is the standard silverbeet (Swiss chard)

with dark green, savoyed (crinkled) leaves,

white veins and broad white stems. Sow from

early spring until mid-summer for cropping

most of the year. The later sowings will

produce throughout winter.

50 seeds $4.50

Swede ‘Laurentian’ Swedes are turnip like root vegetables which

when cooked has soft sweet flesh. Laurentian

has round uniform roots with excellent sweet

mild flavour. Sow December and January for

autumn and winter cropping. 100 seeds $5.25

1000 seeds $9.75

Eggplant

‘Little Fingers’

Onion Flat White‘Bianca di Maggio’ Flat white salad onion

Delicious ‘cipollini’ onion suited to fresh use

in salads, pickled, baked or roasted. ‘Bianca

di Maggio’ doesn’t store well and should be

used soon after harvest. Sow from March

until June for a spring harvest.

100 seeds $4.50

Spring Onion ‘Guardsman’ This very early bunching onion is a cross

between a bulbing onion and a spring onion.

It has all the virtues of a spring onion but with

a milder taste. Sow from August to March for

all year round cropping.

300 seeds $5.00

Onion ‘Pukehohe Long Keeper ‘ Best brown onion for storing The best onion to grow for storage.

Harvested in January it will keep until the

following October if stored properly. Sow

seeds from July until mid-August.

300 seeds $4.50

White Onion ‘Callisto’ F1 A new variety and one of the best white

onions with a gentle flavour and good storing

capability. Sow seeds from early July until

mid-August. ’Callisto’ keeps well for a white

onion still eating well in late June.

200 seeds $5.00

Onions Direct sow bulbing onions 1/2cm deep 2 cm apart in a well prepared bed. Thin to 4-5cm apart. Use thinning as

scallions. Harvest when 80% of tops have folded down. The following varieties of bulbing onions are suited to

areas south of mid NSW.

Red Onion ‘Cabernet’ F1 Cabernet produces medium to large globe

shaped onions with a deep red colour both

externally and internally. Narrow necked with

mostly single centres Cabernet has good

storage potential of 4 to 6 months. Best grown

in southern Australia. Sow from mid-July to

early September. 100 seeds $5.50

White Onion ‘Sierra Blanca’ F1 Widely adapted onion which can be grown

the length and breadth of Australia. Produces

large white white skinned onions with a mild

flavour and thick rings. Sow early spring in

southern Australia and autumn in the north.

100 seeds for $4.75

Spring Onion ‘Paragon’ Paragon is the market leader across Australia grown by more growers than any other spring onion. Fantastic in our trials its vigour allows it to be grown all year round cropping well even in winter.. It has deep blue-green leaves and long white shanks. Direct sow the year round. 200 seeds $4.50

Onion Brown ‘Tilbury’ F1 Australia’s longest storing onion. This

improved Pukekohe Longkeeper type has a

high number of attractive dark golden skins

next to no thick necks. If stored properly it will

keep well into spring from a January harvest.

Intermediate day length variety best grown in

the southern half of Australia.

200 seeds $5.75

1,000 seeds $12.00

5000 seeds $42.50

Onion Red ‘Rio Red Rocks’ F1 ‘Rio Red Rocks’ has been the best red onion

in our trials over the last two or three years.

It’s very productive, with a firm skin and good

colour both exterior and interior. Sow from the

end of July until early September. 200 seeds $5.25

5000 seeds $12.75

Butternut Pumpkin ‘Gobi’ F1 Thick necked good flavour

Commercial quality butternut

with a orange flesh and a thick

neck. Very productive producing

6 or more fruits per vine. If cured

properly will keep well into winter

and even into spring.

15 seeds $5.50

Pumpkin

‘Jarrahdale Large’ 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.

10 seeds $8.20

Pumpkin Jap ‘Ringer’ F1 Quicker maturing than other Kent

types. Generative type resulting in a larger crown set than other

varieties which will result in large numbers of fruit that can be 1kg l i g h t e r i n w e ig h t t h a n

Jackaroo. Superior internal quality and storage.

15 seeds $6.00

Pumpkins Most pumpkins taste better when allowed to cure for a month or so after picking. Keep them inside lying

on their sides in a dry place where the temperature rarely gets below 14C. Sow pumpkin seed in November when

the danger of frosts is over. In milder climates they can be sown earlier. All our varieties are short season types

and can be grown successfully in colder climates.

Zucchini Sow seed indoors in individual 7.5cm pots mid-October (earlier in coastal districts) and plant into the garden 3 weeks later allowing

90cm between plants and 150-190cm between rows. Direct sow 3 seeds 90cm apart and thin to strongest one after germination.

Zucchini ‘Nitro F1’ High resistance to powdery

mildew

‘Nitro’ is astonishingly productive

and with its high resistance to

powdery mildew will produce

excellent flavoured fruits right up

to the end of April long after other

varieties have succumbed to

powdery mildew. It has good

flavour too.

10 seeds $6.50

Early Jap Pumpkin

‘Ken’s Special Hybrid 864’ Earliest Jap Pumpkin

This Jap pumpkin can be grown

in cooler areas of Australia as it

is so early. Jap pumpkins are

considered by many to be the

best flavoured pumpkins. This

variety has a vigorous vine and

needs plenty of space so it isn’t

suited to small gardens.

15 seeds $6.00

Zucchini

‘Button Squash Pinwheel’ Pinwheel is a pure yellow button squash with the typical yellow peduncle and blossom end. The distinctive scallop shape is retained as the fruit grow larger. Resistant to Zucchini yellow mosaic virus. These squash are a joy to grow and pick.

10 seeds $6.25

Kabocha Pumpkin ‘Kurijiman’ This is one of the main pumpkin varieties exported from Australia to the discerning Japanese market. It is a vigorous vine and can be sown earlier than other varieties as it will germinate in quite cool soil. ‘Kurijiman’ has a dark green skin and orange flesh. It stores well and the flavour is excellent. 15 seeds $6.25

Zucchini ‘Bush Baby’ F1 Bush Baby's fruits are true

miniatures and ready to harvest

at 10-15cm. When picked they

are better proportioned than full-

size zucchinis picked young.

Fruits are dark green with

distinctive stripes. It is a prolific

producer of tasty striped fruits

which are best picked when 10 to

12 cm long. Plant from Nov to

early Jan. 10 seeds $5.50

Spaghetti Squash ‘Vegesgetti’ F1

‘Vegesgetti’ is a 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.

10 seeds $6.25

Zucchini Lebanese

‘Litanis’ F1 A new Lebanese zucchini with a

more compact growth habit than

older varieties needing less

space in the garden. Heavy

cropper of pale green tapered

fruit with a nutty flavour.

10 seeds for $5.50

Pumpkin ‘Barbara’ F1 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.

15 seeds $6.00

Mini GrapeTomato ‘Elmo F1’

Best flavoured mini-grape ‘Elmo’ was the best tasting of all cherry

tomatoes in our trial of 23 tomato varieties

last year. It has a delicious sweet well

balanced tomato flavour and a long

productive harvest period. Good disease

package. Indeterminate variety. Needs

staking or growing on trellis.

8 seeds $10.75

Cherry Tomato ‘Felicity’ F1

Vigorous good flavour ‘Felicity has a terrific flavour when ripe, it

doesn’t split and has good disease

resistance. It is an extraordinarily vigorous

variety and will grow nearly 3 metres tall.

Felicity is an indeterminate variety so it needs

staking.

8 seeds $8.50

Yellow Grape Tomato ‘Zesty’ F1

Sweet flavour low acidity Much loved by children this is a good looking,

very sweet, low acid variety. It is very

productive with good disease resistance

although it has no resistance to tomato

spotted wilt virus. Indeterminate variety

needs support. 8 seeds $9.50

Hybrid versus Heirloom Tomatoes

“Most if not all ‘heirloom’ tomatoes have very little disease resistance.” I’ve written before about the many diseases that afflict tomatoes and the need to grow varieties which have high

resistance to the major tomato diseases. Most if not all ‘heirloom’ tomatoes have very little disease resistance and

it must also be said most if not all seedlings sold by the big box stores and garden centres also have very poor

disease resistance. Seedling growers who supply the big box stores and the garden centres are under enormous

pressure to sell their plants at the cheapest possible prices so they can’t afford to buy top quality seed.

Let’s take Roma tomatoes as an example. You can buy 1000 open pollinated generic Roma tomato seeds for $3.

The best, most productive, disease resistant and flavoursome varieties, Katya F1 and Sheena F1 for example,

grown by commercial tomato growers cost 35 times more. Why would hard-nosed commercial growers, who have

to work incredibly hard to survive in the cut-throat world of vegetable production, pay a premium for Katya and

Sheena seed when they could buy generic Roma seed for a fraction of the price?

It’s not always the seed quality which causes problems for the home vegetable grower. Planting into the same part

of the garden two years in a row is not a good policy. Saving tomato seed will be a problem unless the tomato pulp

and seed is fermented. Merely drying the seed on paper is asking for trouble as the seed itself can carry several

diseases. Since I stopped growing ‘heirloom’ tomato varieties in the garden and planted modern F1 hybrids

instead I’ve had bumper crops every year.

Tomato ‘Nemo’ F1

Productive Cherry Tomato ‘Nemo’ is a highly productive indeterminate

cherry with a vigorous adaptable plant for

open field. Fruit has an intense, sweet flavour

with a weight of 12-16g. Indeterminate variety

that needs stalking or trellising

8 seeds $8.20

Tomato ‘Cherry Bite’F1

Good flavour ‘Cherry Bite’ has really good flavour combined with good disease resistance. It has larger size fruit to 20g each. A top quality commercial tomato. Indeterminate so needs staking or trellising.

8 seeds for $9.95

Spanish Greenback ‘Montenegro F1’

Firm Spanish style with excellent flavour

My wife Criss Canning’s favourite tomato this

traditional Spanish greenback tomato has the

most exceptional taste of all the large

tomatoes we offer. Vigorous indeterminate

plant needing staking or trellising. Good

disease package suited to garden and

polyhouse growing.

8 seeds $8.50

Cuore Di Bue Tomato ‘Rugantino F1’

A famous curiously shaped Italian oxheart

tomato. “Reminiscent of a pouch with a

gathered top.” ‘Rugantino’ is one of the

tastiest saucing tomatoes, with dense flesh

and lustrous orange red skin. Indeterminate

variety that needs stalking or trellising. Good

disease resistance. 8 seeds $9.50

Tomato ‘Katya F1’

New top quality Roma This variety has an improved disease

resistance package and quality fruit. A good

alternative to ’Sheena’ if you have grown that

before. ‘Katya’ whilst having a concentrated

harvest period can still be picked over a 3

month period. Katya is a determinate variety

so no staking required. 10 seeds $8.20

50 seeds $25.75 100 seeds $45.85

Tomato ‘Ornela’ F1

High disease resistance A mini San Marzano teardrop type with very high disease resistance and very high yield potential boasting a good full flavour. Good fruit set in cool and hot times. This was a great favourite for picking from the vine last summer and deep into the autumn. Indeterminate variety that needs stalking or trellising

8 seeds $10.20

Tomato ‘Valiant’ F1 A well-tried quality intermediate type with a proven disease resistance profile for growing a larger type fruit to 150gms approximately. Good quality and strong resistance to cracking is another advantage. Bred for trellis production in the garden.

8 seeds $9.50

Tomato Roma ‘Origin’ F1 New indeterminate Roma with a great disease resistance package, high yield potential and good flavour. Produces clusters of full size tomatoes up until frost here at Lambley. Indeterminate variety that needs stalking or trellising

9 seeds $9.75 50 seeds $28.95

100 seeds $51.75

“Since I stopped growing ‘heirloom’ tomato varieties in the garden and planted modern F1 hybrids instead I’ve had bumper crops every year.”

Melons We plant one seed per 7.5cm pot in the first two weeks of October and put onto a heated bed. We grow on

in a poly house until mid-November when we plant out in the garden protecting the seedlings for a few weeks with

a plastic tree guard. A spacing of 60 to 80cm between plants and 180cm between rows will suit. The first melons

will be ripe in early to mid- February. Or when warm late spring weather arrives about mid-November we plant two

seeds per station in the open garden and thin this to one when the first true leaves appear.

Mid-season Cantaloupe ‘Albright’ F1

Extends the season as it ripens a few weeks

later than Saba. Albright produces good

quantities of sweet well flavoured fruit.

10 seeds $6.25

Watermelon ‘Conguita’ F1 Black skinned small watermelon

A terrific new black skinned variety weighing

a convenient 2-3 kg when ripe. The firm

flesh is sweet, crisp and deep red with a

much more intense flavour than the

seedless varieties. A productive small

seeded variety that will ripen in cooler as

well as warmer areas of Australia.

8 seeds $9.95

Watermelon ‘Tigrinho’ F1 New tiger striped small watermelon A beautiful looking and productive tiger striped variety weighing 2-3 kg with sweet, firm, crisp, red flesh. Flavour is out of this world, much better than the seedless types. ‘Tigrinho’ will ripen in cooler as well as warmer areas of Australia. 8 seeds $9.95

“I plant modern varieties; melons bred to grow, flower and ripen quickly.” David Glenn

Watermelon ‘Gatinho’ F1 New small tiger This new small tiger striped micro-seeded

variety is a prolific setter 2-3kg fruit that have

a sweet crisp, red firm flesh. Good disease

resistance package.

8 seeds $9.95

Piel de Sapo Melon ‘Ricura’ F1 A terrific new Piel de Sapo melon with good

internal qualities, juicy and sweet. The

flavour is delicious. A great favourite of

Europeans from Barcelona to Birmingham.

‘Ricura’ has a good disease resistance

package. 10 seeds $8.25

Melon ‘Rangipo’ F1 Rangipo Cantaloupe Rangito is one of the best flavoured cantaloupe available in Australia today. The deep orange flesh is juicier than most and has a terrific cantaloupe flavour.

10 seeds $8.75

Italian Rock Melon ‘Rosada’ F1 Early maturing An early maturing melon with aromatic

intensely flavoured deep orange flesh. Good

disease resistance package. It makes a

strong vine with high fruit numbers.

10 seeds $8.25

Early Cantaloupe ‘Saba’ F1 Earliest to ripen

The earliest cantaloupe to ripen in our trials

with the first fruit ready to pick in Early

February even though the summer was cool.

Productive cropper with excellent flavour. As

well as being early it will ripen quite late in

autumn from an early summer sowing.

10 seeds $6.25

Melon ‘Sweet Delight’ F1 Productive early Honeydew

‘Sweet Delight’ is a delicious honeydew

melon with juicy, full flavoured flesh if picked

ripe. As it is quick to ripen it can be grown in

cooler areas of Australia where the later

ripening heirloom strains are problematic.

10 seeds $6.50

Sweetcorn ‘Max F1’ Reliable supersweet for cooler climates

Max is a really good doer which grows well

in the cooler parts of Australia. It has an

excellent disease resistance package and

produces good flavoured, sweet tasting

yellow cobs, often two per plant. Sow

November, December and early January.

100 seeds $5.00

Sweetcorn ’Polaris F1’ Cool climate honey and cream

Polaris cobs grow to 20cm long and are

sweet and juicy. The plant can make 180-

200cm tall and provides good disease

resistance to ensure a bumper crop. A

terrific 'honey and cream' variety.

100 seeds $5.00

Radish ‘Red Meat’ Watermelon Radish

Large round radish with unique

pink flesh. It has a very sweet

mild taste. Sow late summer and

autumn only as earlier sowings

will run up to seed.

200 seeds $4.25

Radish ‘White Icicle Short Top’

The 20-12cm snow white roots

have a mild flavour. 27 days to

maturity. 100 seeds $4.50

Radish ‘Pink Beauty’ ‘Pink Beauty’ is quick to grow, 26

days to harvest, visually beautiful

and has a mild sweet flavour. It

also resists pithiness.

100 seeds $4.50

Long French Radish

‘D’Avignon’ A traditional variety from

southern France producing 7-

10cm long slender roots, red with

a white tip. Nice gentle flavour

and quick to size. Must be

harvested when ready to avoid

pithiness.

200 seeds for $4.50

Radish

Hybrid Melon Seed

For four or five years a couple of decades ago I grew the heirloom watermelon ‘Moon and Stars’. In all those years

not one ‘Moon and Stars’ melon ripened properly. This was because this melon takes up to 125 days to ripen

which is problematic in our area where there are spring frosts as late as the third week in November and autumn

frost as early as the end of April.

Watermelons need to grow, flower, set and ripen fruit within 90 days to be of any use here in the Central

Highlands of Victoria.

Most commercial crops of watermelon grown nowadays are seedless and whilst these don’t have the flavour of

seeded watermelons they are the types that the supermarkets insist on getting. To set seedless watermelon fruit a

pollinating variety is needed. These pollinators are distinctly different in size and looks from the seedless ones so

as not to get them mixed up at harvest time.

In the past pollinators were not harvested so they didn’t have to be good eating but recently seed breeders have

developed varieties that have great flavour.

We sow the seed of melons individually in 7.5 cm pots in early October in one of our poly-tunnels and plant them

into the open garden after the danger of frosts is over in late November.

Radish ‘Rover’ F1 ‘Rover’ is very quick to crop, holds well in the garden and keeps its round shape even during the hottest of summers. Skin is smooth and dark red, flesh is white and crisp.

100 seeds $5.25 1000 seeds $9.55

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