PRODUCTIVE GARDEN PLANTS
The following plants are all pB1.5 size pots – $5
Groundcovers and Herbs – mints – apple mint, basil mint, spearmint, peppermint, vietnamese mint, herbs – oregano, golden marjoram, watercress, sage. German chamomile, texas tarragon. White alpine strawberries, Taranaki heritage strawberries, orangeberry, gotu kola, yarrow, orange balm, lemonbalm.
Plant guilds – Russian comfrey, winter flowering dwarf comfrey, tansy, valerian, lemon geranium, balm of gilead, carraway.
Aliums – Welsh bunching onions.
Useful – Soapwort, horseradish, nettle, tagasaste, tree lupin.
Dye plants – woad, madder
Medicinal – feverfew
Teas – pineapple sage, lemon balm, orange balm, apple mint, peppermint, nettle.
Climbers – hops
Trees – tree lucerne/tagasaste (nitrogen fixer)
Food Forest Starter Plants Box (ideal as a gift) – $60
Choose any 15 plants from the pb1.5 list above (subject to time of year and availability) to make up your food forest starter box
Favourite box is – 2 Russian comfrey, 1 dwarf comfrey, 2 tagasaste, 1 pineapple sage, 1 tree lupin, 2 alpine strawberries, 3 assorted mints, 1 lemon balm, 1 tansy and 1 soapwort.
The following plants are all pB3 size pots – $10
Understorey plants – globe artichoke, Rhubarb, raspberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants
Roots – yacon
Useful – basket willow
Climbers – boysenberries
Sub-tropical – myoga ginger, Tamarillo
Trees – French sugar fig, brown Turkey fig, American and European elderberry
TO BUY PLANTS JUST TXT OR EMAIL AND THEY CAN BE PICKED UP FROM THE PROPERTY (sorry no couriering out at this time) – 0211252035 – derinatur@hotmail.com
Fruit/Vegetables
A range of seasonable fruit, vegetables from the property are available for people who are staying on site for courses or holiday accommodation.