Sunflower Seeds
- Plant climbing beans amongst the sunflowers when they are a meter high, the beans will climb the stem
- The seeds ripen in April and can be fed directly to chickens or left for birds
- Can get blown over by strong wind
Over the years we have introduced a large number of useful and practical plant species. Much of the information relating to these plants was obtained from pfaf.org
While similar to common 'regular' onions, the Egyption walking tree onion produces a cluster of bulbs, both under the ground as well as at various locations up the stem. Rather than reproducing via seed, this plant can be cultivated simply by planting the small bulblets that form in the air.
At the end of the plan's life, if not harvested, the stems with aerial bulblets fall over, touching the ground and eventually taking root and forming new plants. This is how the onion 'walks'.
Starting plants from a bulb hundreds of times bigger than the actual seed gives it a much stronger start in life, allowing it to grow in more competitive situations, even allowing it to push up through quite thick mulch.
Eating - The bulbs from under the ground are much like shallots, being stronger in flavour and more elongated in shape compared to the more conventional onions most people are familiar with. The larger aerial bulblets can be eaten too.
Graceful grass tolerates moist or dry soils. A monotypic genus of grass indigenous to New Zealand. Thrives in both sun and shade. The grasses glossy green foliage turns to a coppery colour in the auntumn and sometimes stays through into winter depending on the dryness of the soil. Freely self-seeds and grows in 1 metre by 1 metre clumps with red airy flower stems appearing in spring. Further plants can be propagated by division in the middle of spring and the start of summer.
Fruit about 2.5cm round turning golden yellow when fully ripe. April - July. Aromatic, juicy with small edible seeds
Small tree from 2-4 metres. Can be moderately vigorous. Spreading habit. Prune for size or shape late autumn or early spring. Fruits on new seasons growth (reddish-bronze colour) prune before spring growth starts.
Self-fertile, pollinated by insects and birds.
Can tolerate costal conditions and some shade.Name | Drought tolerance | Edible | Evergreen | Forest layer | Frost sensitive | Fruit / berries | Jugulone tolerance | Nitrogen fixer | Perennial | Propagation method | Seeds / nuts / tubers | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sunflower Seeds
| no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | sow direct | yes | ||
Osage Orange
| no | no | no | canopy | no | no | no | no | no | sow pot / tray | no | |
Sichuan Pepper
| no | yes | no | shrub | no | yes | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Oak Leaved Papaya
| no | no | no | low-tree | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Chinese Yellow Wood
| no | no | no | low-tree | no | no | no | yes | no | no | ||
Red cherry / strawberry guava
| no | yes | yes | shrub | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
June Berry, Western Service Berry, Saskatoon
| no | yes | no | shrub | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Black locust
| yes | no | no | canopy | no | no | yes | yes | no | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Siberian Pea Shrub
| yes | yes | yes | shrub | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Loquat
| no | yes | yes | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Cornelian Cherry
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Grape
| yes | yes | no | vertical | no | yes | no | no | yes | cutting | no | |
Chinese wisteria
| no | no | no | vertical | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | ||
Radium Weed
| no | no | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
New Zealand Flax
| no | no | yes | shrub | no | no | no | no | no | division | no | |
Empress tree
| no | no | no | canopy | no | no | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Sea berry
| yes | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Oregano
| yes | yes | no | ground cover | no | no | no | no | no | transplant | no | |
Hardy kiwi
| no | yes | no | vertical | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Asimina triloba
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | yes | no | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Apple
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | no | graft | no | |
Fennel Seeds
| no | yes | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | ||
Chinese haw
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Foxglove Seeds
| no | no | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Tree Mallow
| yes | no | yes | shrub | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
MacVerna Plum
| no | yes | no | canopy | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Luisa Plum
| no | yes | no | canopy | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Shiro Plum
| no | yes | no | canopy | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Babaco
| no | yes | yes | low-tree | yes | yes | no | no | yes | cutting | no | |
Teasel
| no | no | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | no | sow direct | no | |
Elaeagnus multiflora
| yes | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Acacia suaveolens
| no | no | no | shrub | no | no | no | yes | no | no | ||
American cranberry bush
| no | no | no | shrub | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | ||
Senna multiglandulosa
| no | no | yes | low-tree | yes | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Purple toadflax
| no | no | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Apple Rose
| no | yes | yes | shrub | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Black Chokeberry
| no | yes | no | shrub | no | yes | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
False Indigo
| yes | no | no | low-tree | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | ||
Tree onion
| no | yes | no | rhizosphere | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Broadleaved dock
| no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
Comfrey
| no | no | no | rhizosphere | no | no | no | no | yes | division | no | |
Pentaglottis sempervirens
| yes | no | yes | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Perennial multiplying leeks
| no | yes | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Clavulina rugosa - edible fungi
| no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
Feijoa
| yes | yes | yes | shrub | no | yes | no | no | yes | graft | no | |
Silver wattle
| yes | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | no | |||
Shining gum
| no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
Lathyrus odoratus
| yes | no | no | vertical | no | no | no | yes | no | no | ||
Chaste tree
| no | no | no | shrub | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Citrus
| no | yes | yes | low-tree | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Chinese dogwood
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Australian Indigo
| yes | no | yes | shrub | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | ||
Elaeagnus pungens
| yes | yes | yes | shrub | no | yes | no | yes | yes | no | ||
Elaeagnus x ebbingei
| yes | yes | yes | shrub | no | yes | no | yes | yes | no | ||
Horopito
| no | yes | no | low-tree | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
French Sorrel
| no | yes | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Laburnum
| yes | no | no | low-tree | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Kowhai
| yes | no | yes | canopy | no | no | no | yes | no | sow pot / tray | no | |
Staghorn sumac
| yes | no | no | low-tree | no | no | yes | no | no | sow pot / tray | no | |
Italian Alder
| yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | |||
Titoki
| no | no | yes | low-tree | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
European hazelnut
| no | no | no | low-tree | no | no | yes | no | no | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Sweet Chestnut
| no | yes | no | canopy | no | no | no | no | no | graft | yes | |
Psoralea Pinnata
| yes | no | yes | low-tree | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Thornless Honey Locust
| yes | no | no | canopy | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Jujube
| yes | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Pear (Pyrus communis)
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | no | graft | no | |
Anemanthele lessoniana / oryzopsis rigida
| yes | no | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | yes | division | no | |
Purple Coral Pea Shrub
| yes | no | yes | vertical | no | no | no | yes | yes | cutting | no | |
Soap nut
| no | no | no | canopy | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | ||
Flame vine
| no | no | yes | vertical | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Tree medick
| no | no | yes | shrub | yes | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Virgilia divaricata
| yes | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | no | ||
Bougainvillea
| no | no | yes | vertical | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Bay Tree
| no | yes | yes | low-tree | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Acacia
| no | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | no | ||
Jerusalem Artichoke
| no | yes | no | rhizosphere | no | no | no | no | yes | tubers | yes | |
Guava - Cherry Yellow Cherry
| no | yes | yes | low-tree | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Pyrus x bretschneideri
| yes | yes | no | canopy | no | yes | no | no | no | no | ||
Olive
| yes | yes | yes | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | no | no | ||
Nashi
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Peruvian Pepper
| no | yes | yes | low-tree | no | no | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Japanese Chinquapin
| no | yes | yes | canopy | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | ||
Kiwifruit
| no | yes | no | vertical | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Blood Navel Orange
| no | yes | yes | low-tree | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | ||
Arbutus unedo
| no | yes | yes | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Kakabeak
| no | no | yes | shrub | yes | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Turkey Tail Mushroom
| no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
Pecan
| no | yes | no | canopy | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | ||
Judas Tree
| yes | no | no | low-tree | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Chinese licorice
| no | yes | no | rhizosphere | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | ||
Maximillian Sunflower
| no | no | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Creeping Raspberry
| yes | yes | yes | ground cover | no | yes | no | no | yes | division | no | |
Alpine Strawberry
| no | yes | yes | ground cover | no | yes | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Male Bamboo
| yes | yes | no | rhizosphere | no | no | no | no | yes | division | no | |
Moso / Chinese timber Bamboo
| no | yes | no | vertical | no | no | no | no | yes | division | no | |
Elderberry
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | no | no | ||
Rhubarb
| no | yes | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | yes | division | no | |
Chinese water chestnuts
| no | yes | no | rhizosphere | yes | no | no | no | yes | tubers | yes | |
Vietnamese coriander
| no | yes | yes | herbaceous | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Pineapple sage
| no | yes | no | shrub | yes | no | no | no | yes | cutting | no | |
Small Leaved Lime, Littleleaf linden
| no | yes | no | canopy | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Evergreen laburnum
| no | no | yes | shrub | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | ||
Golden Rain Tree
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Silk tree
| yes | no | no | low-tree | no | no | no | yes | no | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Tree Lucerne, Tagasaste
| yes | no | yes | low-tree | yes | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Goji berry
| no | yes | no | shrub | no | yes | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Chaenomeles japonica
| no | yes | no | shrub | no | yes | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Liquorice
| no | yes | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Fig
| yes | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | no | no | ||
Japanese Raisin Tree
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Green Tea
| no | no | yes | shrub | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Crimson clover
| no | no | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | yes | no | sow direct | no | |
Phacelia
| no | no | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | no | sow direct | no | |
Coprosma
| yes | yes | yes | shrub | no | yes | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Asiatic sweetleaf/Sapphire berry
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | ||
Foamflower
| no | no | yes | ground cover | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Yellow Loosestrife
| no | no | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Ajuga
| no | no | yes | ground cover | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Cape broom
| yes | no | yes | shrub | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow direct | yes | |
Italian Stone pine
| yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes | |||
Walnut
| no | no | no | canopy | no | no | no | no | no | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Plum
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Blueberry
| no | yes | yes | shrub | no | yes | no | no | yes | cutting | no | |
Black Mulberry
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | no | no | ||
Arizonica
| no | no | yes | canopy | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | ||
Akeake
| yes | no | yes | low-tree | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Peach
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Sweet Cherry
| no | yes | no | canopy | no | yes | no | no | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Chinese Persimmon
| no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes | no | |||
Asparagus
| no | yes | no | herbaceous | yes | no | no | no | no | division | no | |
Apricot
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | yes | graft | no | |
Blue lupin
| no | no | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | yes | no | sow direct | no | |
Mountain Paw Paw
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Cabbage Tree
| no | no | no | low-tree | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Almond
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | no | no | no | no | graft | yes | |
Earthnut Pea
| no | yes | no | ground cover | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Liquorice
| no | yes | no | rhizosphere | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Black tomato
| no | yes | no | herbaceous | yes | yes | no | no | no | sow direct | no | |
spring vetchling or spring pea
| no | no | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Oleaster, Russian Olive
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | no | |
Thai Ginger
| no | yes | no | rhizosphere | yes | no | no | no | yes | division | no | |
Carob
| no | no | yes | canopy | no | no | no | yes | yes | sow pot / tray | yes | |
Chinese sweet box
| no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
Winter Sweet
| no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
Photinia reb robin
| no | no | yes | low-tree | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Broad-leaved hickory
| no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
NZ Toothed Lancewood
| no | no | yes | canopy | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Japanese white birch
| no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
Fraqgrant epaulette tree
| no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
NZ Bronze Flax
| no | no | yes | shrub | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Flowering ash
| yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
Kobus magnolia
| no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
Green flowered hellebore
| no | no | no | ground cover | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Hybrid witch hazel
| no | no | no | shrub | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Golden rain tree
| no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
South African tree heath
| no | no | no | shrub | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Shagbark hickory
| no | yes | no | canopy | no | no | no | no | no | yes | ||
Sugar maple
| no | no | no | canopy | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Japanese maple
| yes | no | no | canopy | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Shantung Maple
| no | no | no | canopy | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Fullmoon maple
| no | no | no | canopy | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Himalayan cedar
| yes | no | yes | canopy | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||
Red Alder
| no | no | no | canopy | no | no | no | yes | no | no | ||
Butternut
| no | yes | no | canopy | no | no | no | no | no | yes | ||
Pear - Red Bartlett
| no | yes | no | low-tree | no | yes | no | no | no | no | ||
White Alyssum
| no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
Quince - Orokonui
| no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||
California mountain mahogany
| no | no | no | shrub | no | no | no | yes | no | no | ||
Marlborough weeping broom
| no | no | no | shrub | no | no | no | yes | no | no | ||
Bladder Senna
| no | no | no | shrub | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | ||
Wildflowers of the British Isles
| no | no | no | mixed | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Sweet Bay Tree, Bay Laurel, Bay Leaf
| no | no | no | tree, shrub, hedging | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Gunnera
| no | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes | no | |||
Chinese Julian hackberry
| no | no | no | large tree | no | no | yes | no | no | no | ||
Chilean guava, NZ cranberry, strawberry myrtle
| no | yes | no | shrub | no | yes | no | no | no | no | ||
Pink tree broom
| no | no | no | shrub | no | no | no | yes | no | no | ||
Red Kidney Vetch
| no | no | no | ground cover | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
| no | no | no | shrub | no | no | no | no | yes | no | ||
Parsnip
| no | yes | no | rhizosphere | no | no | no | no | no | sow direct | yes | |
Plantain
| no | no | no | herbaceous | no | no | no | no | no | sow direct | no | |
Demand white clover
| no | no | no | ground cover | no | no | no | yes | no | sow direct | no | |
Icon "Semi Winter Active" Lucerne
| no | no | yes | ground cover | no | no | no | yes | no | sow direct | no | |
Oranges
| no | yes | yes | shrub | yes | yes | no | no | no | no |