Gateshead Plants - Most Popular

A comprehensive guide to the fruit, nuts, bush foods and other edible plants that we grow. Includes a guide to the care and planting of fruit trees, climatic zone and essential reason for growing your own food. Excellent reference resource that we have been adding to over the last 37 years.

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	$5.00	194		Magazine	Buy 2 or more @ $2.50ea

Stevia or the sugar herb is native to Brazil. The fresh or dried leaves can be used as a sugar substitute to sweeten cakes, drinks or desserts and are the only natural sweetener to have zero calories, carbohydrates and a zero glycemic index. The leaves if eaten fresh have a distinct set of flavours, the first sensation on the taste buds is the sweetness, this is followed by a pleasant aniseed like flavour which is lost totally once the herb is dried. Stevia is best grown in a sunny or partly shaded position where it is protected from frost. Thrives in moist, well drained soils enriched with

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	$12.90	18	Cutting	Pot: 0.75L Height: 20-30cm

25 litre Woven planter bag - Ideal for growing on or to bonsai fruit trees. The green colour keeps the root system cool and being woven aeration is optimal for healthy roots.

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	$4.90	124		(N/A Bag)	Buy 8 or more @ $3.50ea

This species bears a striking similarity to Cape York Turmeric. It differs in that the flower bracts are a deeper pink/purple colour as is the dark strip that runs up the centre of the leaf. Often used medicinally, in Bali a delicious drink is made by cooking dried slices of rhizome in water with palm sugar.

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	$24.90	15	Rhizome	Pot: 0.75L Height: 30-40cm