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Browse our selection of easy to grow plants that are an excellent addition to to any food forest garden or natural orchard.
Comfrey root pieces for growing
Common name
Sterile "Bocking 14"
Botanical name
Symphytum officinale
Details
Easily grown from root pieces, comfrey is a valuable and popular addition to any food forest garden. Widely used in organic and permaculture gardening, this plant is a fantastic soil improver and mulch producer. Suitable for a wide range of conditions and situations.
Flowers
Purple
Perennial
Propagation method
Division
Negatives
Can be difficult to eradicate if planted in the wrong place.
Price
$4.90
3 root pieces
Price for 4 or more
$4.50
3 root pieces if you buy 4 or more
Babaco cutting
Common name
Mountain papaya
Botanical name
Vasconcellea × heilbornii or Carica pentagona
Details
Stem cuttings from mature plants growing under cover in North Canterbury.
Propagate and grow your own babaco plants quick and easy with stem cuttings. Simply place the cutting 1 third into the soil (right way up) and keep damp in a sunny, sheltered, warm location. Roots will form around the bottom cut surface.
Plants are self fertile, so only one plant is required to set fruit.
High success rate and should produce fruit in 12 – 18 months.
Wind tolerance
poor due to big leaves
Flowers
white
Forest layer
low-tree
Frost sensitive
Edible
Fruit / berries
Perennial
Propagation method
Cutting
Price
$3.90
15cm stem cutting
Oregano
Botanical name
Origanum vulgare
Details
Hardy and easy to grow, this popular culinary herb is also loved by bees and is a good ground cover in the forest garden. Once you have this plant you can easily multiply by dividing up larger plants.
Diameter
1.00
Forest layer
ground cover
Flowers
purple
Drought tolerance
Edible
Propagation method
Transplant
Price
$3.90
3 rooted cuttings
Pepermint Divisions
Botanical name
Mentha × piperita
Details
A vigorous, aromatic perennial herb growing 30–90 cm tall, valued for its fragrant leaves and medicinal properties.
Easily propagated by cuttings, division, or runners, it can spread invasively if not contained.
It thrives in temperate to subtropical climates, preferring rich, moist, well-draining soil. Peppermint grows well in full sun to partial shade and requires regular watering to maintain consistent moisture.
Known for its culinary, medicinal, and aromatic uses, peppermint is used to flavour teas, desserts, and savoury dishes, and its essential oil is prized for relieving headaches, aiding digestion, and repelling pests.
Easily propagated by cuttings, division, or runners, it can spread invasively if not contained.
It thrives in temperate to subtropical climates, preferring rich, moist, well-draining soil. Peppermint grows well in full sun to partial shade and requires regular watering to maintain consistent moisture.
Known for its culinary, medicinal, and aromatic uses, peppermint is used to flavour teas, desserts, and savoury dishes, and its essential oil is prized for relieving headaches, aiding digestion, and repelling pests.
Forest layer
ground cover
Flowers
purple
Edible
Price
$3.90
3 rooted peices
Propagation method
Transplant
Sapphire berry cutting
Common name
Asiatic sweetleaf
Botanical name
Symplocos paniculata
Details
The optimal time to propagate sapphire berry from cutting is during autumn and early winter.
Rooting hormone can enhance success rates by promoting root development.
Plant the cuttings in a well-draining, fertile soil mix and maintain consistent moisture without overwatering to prevent rot.
Rooting hormone can enhance success rates by promoting root development.
Plant the cuttings in a well-draining, fertile soil mix and maintain consistent moisture without overwatering to prevent rot.
Flowers
White
Forest layer
shrub
Fruit / berries
Perennial
Propagation method
Cutting
Price
$2.90
15cm cutting
Jerusalem artichoke tubers
Common name
sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple
Botanical name
Helianthus tuberosus
Details
Easy to grow, highly productive plant that needs little care or watering. Produces tall leafy stems above ground and masses of knobbly, edible tubers.
Forest layer
rhizosphere
Edible
Seeds / nuts / tubers
Propagation method
Tubers
Price
$5.90
6 tubers
Egyptian walking tree onion bulbs
Botanical name
Allium proliferum
Details
These onions are easy to grow as they start from a powerful bulb and not tiny seed. Leave them growing until mid to late summer when they produce more bulbs (usually 5) at the top of the plant. Harvest and eat the bottom, keep the bulbs for planting next season.
Propagation method
Sow direct
Price
$9.90
20 bulbs
Perennial multiplying leek plants
Common name
Perennial leeks, Multiplier leeks, Perpetual leeks
Details
Easy to grow leek or spring onion substitute that will, once well established and managed, supply a constant supply of fresh leeks. Plants develop new baby leeks around the base. Just pull out the largest, central leek to eat and leave the rest to develop or replant space out the young ones if required.
Edible
Perennial
Price
$9.90
20 baby leeks
Female oak leaf papaya cutting
Common name
Oak leaf papaya / pawpaw
Botanical name
Carica quercifolia
Details
Grow your own papaya plant from cutting.
This species is dioecious, having separate male and female plants. You will need at least one of each to get fruit.
Handles temperatures down to -5 celcius
This species is dioecious, having separate male and female plants. You will need at least one of each to get fruit.
Handles temperatures down to -5 celcius
Wind tolerance
poor due to big leaves
Forest layer
low-tree
Frost sensitive
Edible
Fruit / berries
Propagation method
Cutting
Price
$3.90
15 cm stem cutting