Thornbury Plants - Most Popular

Popularity: 2

Arrowroot

This edible canna has large round red rhizomes can be eaten raw, cooked as potatoes or used as a flour and thickening agent. Tubers multiply prolifically in deep rich friable soil.

140mm pot | $12.90 AU | Approx. 10 in stock

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Black Sapote - Seedling

Closely related to the Persimmon this attractive glossy foliaged tree produces a fruit often called the 'Chocolate Pudding Fruit'. Delicious when eaten as a desert with cream and a touch of Rum or vanilla. Seedling selection worth growing in cooler marginal areas.

175mm pot | $17.90 AU | Approx. 61 in stock

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Popularity: 1

Hardy Kiwifruit - 74-49F female

Related to the Chinese Gooseberry it differs in fruit and hardiness. The fruit are generally green, fuzzless, and the size of grapes. Cut open, they look much like regular kiwifruit with its small black seeds.

175mm pot | $24.90 AU | Approx. 26 in stockRequires a male kiwi fruit for pollination

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Yacon - Apple of the Earth

Also known as the 'Earth Apple' this is one of the ancient crops of the Inca's. Produces large tubers similar in appearance to sweet potatoes, but they have a much sweeter taste and crunchy flesh. Vigorous, herbaceous perennial plant related to the sunflower growing to 2 metres tall.

140mm pot | $12.90 AU | Approx. 74 in stock

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