Annual, grows to 1.5 metres, leaves and stems used like spinach.  Sow Spring-Summer.  High in protein, vitamins and minerals.

Perennial to 2 metres, old variety, robust spears, used commercially. Start harvesting after 2 years.  Sow Spring - Summer.

Smooth dark red root up to 20cm long. Tender with sweet flavour. Use in salads, soups, cooked or preserved. Sow All year except very hot weather.

Producing round red roots up to 12cm across. Smooth tender, sweet flavour. Use in salads, soups, cooked or preserved. Sow all year except very hot weather.

Compact plant, dark grren, large heads. Sow all year.

Popular variety producing over a long period. Rich in  calcium, vitamins and minerals. Sow all year. 

Sweet fruit, cube shaped 10 cm, bell type, heavy producer use green or red, high in Vitamin C.

Popular variety, fruit red or green, hot, 8 cm long, thick flesh, original Mexican chillies.

Short roots to 12cm, orange red colour. Ideal for shallow soils.

Grows to 60cm, with large spicy flavoured leaves, 3-4cm wide midrib & tapered at the end. Midrib is crunchy, juicy and sweet, can be eaten fresh or cooked.

Attractive ancient form of celery. Stems and leaves reddish in colour, stems stay red when cooked. Grows to 60cm. Stalks tasty with slight nutty flavour.

Hardy annual to 1.5 metres, leaves used in salads, seeds for sprouts. Seeds rich in vitamins and protein, forage plant. Whole plant regarded as survival food. Sow Spring-Summer.

Hardy bi-annual with penetrating wite taproot. Green leaves used in salads or cooking. Roots can be blanched and used in food dishes. Also roots dried and roasted for a coffee substitute.

Annual to 1.5 metres, very hardy, eat leaves raw or cooked.  Attractive Yellow flowers.  Sow anytime.

Fruit 15cm long, spiny skin, orange at maturity. Sweet green jelly-like flesh inside. Four times the Vitamin C of oranges. Not available to WA

Compact spreading vine, producing yellow tinged fruit, pick at 20cm. Juicy and crisp eaten fresh, pick at young stage for pickling.

Good slicing variety, fruit dark green to 20 cm long, white flesh and mildew resistant.

Compact bush variety, the original non-hybrid. Fruit picked at 20cm, green colour, good flavour, non acid. For home gardens and commercial growers

Long white fruit to 18cm, very tasty. Early season variety. Non-acid.

Produces green 5cm diameter fruits, soft spines on outside, sweet and juicy when young. Used for pickling. Eat fresh. Not available to WA

Much like apple cucumber except larger and smooth skinned, excellent eating, non acid. Good commercial variety.

Decorative annuals, attractive leaves and flowers. Fruit used in cooking. Large oval black fruit. Sow Spring - Summer.

Large open growth, attractive serrated curly leaves, winter hardy. Use in salads and blanched. Sow Autumn-Spring.

Larger variety with longer stem. Great steamed, baked, fried for garnish, boiled, blends well with other vegetables. Sow Autumn - Winter.

Loose leaf type, leaves are light green and dissected.

Purple tinged loose leaf with oak shaped leaves.

Compact hearting variety. Soft red/brown leaves with a sweet flavour.

Large loose leaf with deeply lobed curly green leaves.

Frilly green dissected leaves. Light green colour. Highly decorative loose leaf type.

Train on trellis, large yellow flowers.  Bathroom sponge and scrubber.  Eat like marrow when young.  Sow after frost.