Green Harvest specialises in a range
of rare, perennial food plants for Australian gardeners.
Due to seasonal variations Green Harvest
does not accept
pre-orders, quantities are often limited so it is important to
respond quickly once notified of availability. Plants on this
list are available seasonally, some in autumn and some
in early spring. The autumn notification is sent
by email only to people with a current membership. If
you would like to be notified please keep your email
address updated with us. The spring notification is
mailed out with the new catalogue in early July to the
current membership.
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NOT TO WA,
SA or TAS
SORRY
but due to quarantine restrictions between Australian States no plants can be ordered by residents of
SA, WA
and TAS.
These restrictions are very important as they prevent the
spread of plant pests and diseases.
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PLANTS AVAILABLE IN
LIMITED NUMBERS, ORDER EARLY TO AVOID MISSING OUT.
THERE MAY BE SHORT DELAYS
SENDING ORDERS AS PLANTS ARE STILL BEING DUG AND
PACKED
A hardy waterplant, with attractive arrow-shaped
leaves, suitable for pot culture in small ponds. It
produces a tasty, edible tuber, which was a staple
food of the American Indians. It is suitable for
temperate and subtropical areas.
More info....
SORRY NO PLANTS TO SA, WA &
TAS
Arrowroot
GA100 1 tuber for $5.50
GA101 5 tubers for $20.00
GA108 20 tubers for $49.50
Canna edulis
Queensland arrowroot
achira
achera
dong
rieng
edible
canna
ganyong
sakhu
chin
zembu
maraca
A clump-forming
perennial plant with large bright green leaves and
edible tubers
More info....
A
Kama is a
light-weight Asian-style sickle which is ideal for
cutting mulch plants
Hardy and easy-to-grow gourmet food plant, does well
from cooler temperate areas right through to the
subtropics. These are 2nd year crowns, that will
continue to produce for 20 years. 10 plants will
supply a family of 4 with nutritious fresh asparagus
to eat at least once a week through the spring picking
season.
Perennial and/or highly nutritious plants which will
provide some of the essential requirements your
chickens need, improve their health and reduce your
feed costs.
A
Kama is a
light-weight Asian-style sickle which is ideal for
cutting mulch plants
Galangal 'Red'
GG100 1 root set for $6.00
organically certified
Alpinia galangal
Thai ginger
laos
greater
galangal
galingale
kha
Attractive foliage plant that will grow under trees in
a moist position. The roots have a distinctive reddish
colouring and are used like ginger in Thai cooking but
with a greater fragrance. Suitable for warm temperate
to tropical areas.
Attractive foliage plant that will grow under trees in
a moist position. The white roots are used like ginger in Thai cooking but
with a greater fragrance. Suitable for warm temperate
to tropical areas.
Very
easy to grow for a year round supply in frost-free
areas. We plant in spring & harvest in autumn to avoid
our cold winter. It is a shade-loving perennial herb
native to the tropics & likes moisture
More info....
A very hardy, easy to grow tuber that can be cooked
like potatoes, it does best in well-drained soils. it
is especially good for diabetics as it contains no
starch. Suited to temperate climates but still
produces well in the subtropics.
This rhizome, belonging to the ginger
family, is widely cultivated in Thailand for its
aromatic, spicy flavour. It is eaten raw in salads,
added to soups and curries especially those made of
seafood. Suitable for subtropical and tropical areas.
This is the commonly grown lemongrass in Australia;
the thickened stem bases are used in Thai cooking;
it is a good source of Vit. A. It grows as a
grass-like clumps to 1 m. Suitable for warm
temperate to tropical areas.
Less commonly grown lemongrass; it is a taller, to
1.5m, a more vigorous plant with deep purple stem
bases. It produces an attractive purplish seedhead
in most areas. Used mainly for herb tea and mulch
production. It is resistant to the rust that plagues
West Indian Lemongrass. Suitable for warm temperate
to tropical areas.More info....
A
Kama is a
light-weight Asian-style sickle which is ideal for
cutting mulch plants
Oca
syn. New Zealand Yam
GO100 3 tubers for $6.00
limit
1 pack per customer
Oxalis tuberosa
New Zealand Yam
Oca has succulent clover-like leaves
and
produces a small pink delicious tuber. Suited to
cooler temperate climates, tolerant of high altitudes
and
a wide variety of soil types.
A
hardy, easily grown perennial pond plant with glossy
green leaves, spikes of attractive blue flowers in
summer. Seeds are edible, a bit like puffed brown
rice. Plant in full sun, in up to 20 cm depth of
water.
If space
is limited and you would still like to grow your own
spuds in a courtyard or on a balcony, then
Planter Bags are a great idea. Check that the
area is in full sun. Keep in mind that Planter Bags
full of spuds are pretty heavy so a balcony would
need to be capable of supporting the extra weight.
Potatoes
'King Edward'
GP101 1kg certified seed potatoes for
$7.50
Solanum spp.
Oval to pear-shaped tubers, smooth creamy skin, with
pink blotches around shallow eyes, white flesh.
Delicious flavour and firm waxy texture. Ideal for
boiling & baking.
German variety with long oval tubers, smooth light
yellow skin, shallow eyes and rich yellow buttery
flesh. Ideal for mashing, baking, salad or boiling.
Good producer, disease resistant.
German variety
with long banana-shaped tubers,
yellow skin
and
creamy-coloured flesh
with a nutty flavour. Good for roasting, steaming,
boiling and excellent for salads. Highly productive,
produces large number of tubers.
More info on growing spuds......
Medium round tubers,
smooth bright red skin, medium deep eyes and white
flesh. Good
general-purpose spud
for mashing, baking, boiling & roasting. High
yielding and drought tolerant
Potato introduced in the USA in 1938. Oval tuber
with shallow eyes, smooth, white skin. Good for
boiling and baking, with no darkening after cooking.
Good yield.
If space
is limited and you would still like to grow your own
spuds in a courtyard or on a balcony, then
Planter Bags are a great idea. Check that the
area is in full sun. Keep in mind that Planter Bags
full of spuds are pretty heavy so a balcony would
need to be capable of supporting the extra weight.
Rhubarb 'Wandin Red'
GR104 1 crown for $8.00
Rheum rhabarbarum
True crimson red stalks, produces all year round.
Rhubarb is shade-tolerant
and
prefers a rich, well-drained soil. It is suitable for
VIC, NSW
and
cooler areas of QLD.
A shade-loving hardy, perennial herb with a
beautiful white flower spike. The root can be used
fresh like ginger or dried and ground for curry
powder. It has long been used in both Chinese
and Indian medicine; recent research has shown that
it is beneficial in the treatment of many different
health conditions. Turmeric was traditionally called
Indian saffron and it is also used as a textile dye.
Suitable for warm temperate to tropical areas.
A rush-like aquatic plant to 1m tall, best planted in
an old bath or laundry tub 2/3 full of rich organic
matter (5 corms is suitable for this).It is a
delicious, nutritious easy-to-grow vegetable, which
can be grown Australia-wide.
More info....
Hardy plant to 2m high, yielding sweet, juicy tubers
that can be eaten raw or cooked. One of the
easiest-to-grow vegetables we have come across!
Suitable for temperate, subtropical and tropical
areas.
THE PLANTS LISTED BELOW ARE
EITHER AVAILABLE AT A DIFFERENT TIME OF YEAR EG
AUTUMN OR ARE VERY RARE and ONLY AVAILABLE ON OCCASION
Brazilian Spinach
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RARE PLANT
Suitable for hot, humid
areas.
Low growing perennial leaf vegetable, which forms a
neat mound. It is used cooked as spinach substitute.
Suitable for subtropical & tropical areas only. This
is a good tasting wet-season green leafy vegetable.
Elephant Garlic
organically certified
Not currently
available
Available next
autumn
2010
Allium ampeloprasum (Ampeloprasum
Group)
Russian Garlic
Levant Garlic
Elephant
garlic has a mild, sweet flavour that is somewhere
between garlic and onion. Cloves are large, easy to
peel and can be eaten raw, sliced into salads. Good
garlic for warmer, subtropical areas as it is harder
to hot conditions.
Well-known
bulb with flat, grey-green leaves; 'Italian
White’ is a soft-neck type with creamy white skin,
medium to large bulb with up to 17 cloves per bulb.
Worth
buying just for cooking as this organic garlic
has a superb flavour and will keep for many months.
There is an average of23 bulbs to 1kg.
Flat
leaf variety of chives with a garlic
flavour, attractive white flowers;
leaves and green flower buds used in
Asian cooking.
Suitable for temperate, subtropical and tropical areas.
Australians are often confused
about what a shallot actually is, as we commonly refer
to spring onions this way. Elsewhere in the world the
word ‘shallot’ is only used to describe this small
bulb with its superb, delicate flavour. These
shallots are long keeping & suitable for NSW, VIC
and
cooler areas of QLD.
Low
growing perennial clumping plant native to New Guinea,
the nutritious leaves and stems are eaten raw in salads
or cooked in stir-fry. Suitable for subtropical and
tropical areas only. More info....
Round
tuber with distinctive purple skin with smooth white
flesh. Excellent steamed or mashed and makes the
best Potato & Leek soup imaginable, dissolving to a
creamy consistency. Also recommended for gnocchi, as
it absorbs less flour than other varieties.
More info on growing spuds......
Only currently
available as part of the Salad Sensation Pack above
Solanum spp.
Long banana-shaped tubers, light pink
skin, cream waxy flesh, distinctive flavour.
Considered to be the world’s best salad spud, also
great for roasting, chipping & wedges. Hugely
productive.
A
spreading water plant with beautiful white scented
flowers blushed with pink. It needs a good-sized
pond in full sun as the leaves can be up to
80 cm across. Besides being very decorative this is
a highly productive plant with leaves, stems,
rhizomes and seeds all being edible. The young
rhizomes taste a bit like artichokes & are often
eaten in Asian meals without being recognised as
lotus.
Sacred Lotus can spread rapidly if planted in a dam
and take most of it over, it is better planted in a
large container in a pond, where it can be managed.
The
flower stamens are the world’s costliest spice. It
grows as a small bulb with purple flowers, each with
three stamens. Easy to grow, in dry Mediterranean
conditions (VIC, SA, drier areas of NSW). It is
unlikely to be successful in humid, subtropical
areas, such as coastal zones north of Sydney and QLD
but if you want to give it a try, plant it in a
terracotta pot that can be kept fairly dry.
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Society Garlic
Not currently
available
Available next
autumn
2010
Tulbaghia violacea
Attractive lilac flowers and strap-like leaves are
edible. Ideal edging plant.
It is suitable for temperate, subtropical and tropical
areas.
This is an ideal
strawberry for warmer climates. ‘Joy’ is a
Queensland developed cultivar that is productive
over a long period. Berries are large, glossy with a
round shape; fruit is very sweet with a low acidity.
It is considered to be one of the best tasting
cultivars grown in Australia.
Certified disease free plants.More
info....
Keep an
eye out for slugs & snails in the strawberry patch
A dense, clumping perennial grass, to 1.5 m in height,
native in India and Ceylon. ‘Monto’
is a sterile (non-seed producing) variety specially
selected not to become weedy.
Completely
different plant to Queensland Arrowroot, looks
similar to Turmeric in leaf shape. This is the
commercial source of Arrowroot flour. Simply grate
the root to thicken any meal, or steam as a crunchy
tuber.