Edible plant specialists
Edible Plants grown with love
Experience the pleasure that comes from growing, harvesting, sharing, and enjoying fruit – straight from your very own garden. As specialist edible plant growers, we’ve spent the last 20 years, lovingly propagating and nurturing hundreds of varieties of fruiting plants at our nursery in Katikati. The result is the most extensive range available anywhere in New Zealand, so you can choose the variety that’s exactly right for you, with the confidence that it’s been developed specifically for New Zealand growing conditions.
Having a garden is one of life’s great joys, reconnecting us with the earth, and helping us to savour the changes of each new season. We love each and every stage of the growing experience, and we hope that you will too.
Popular Varieties
Browse our most popular varieties below or view the full range
Fiona’s pick of the month
Wasabi ‘Mazuma’
Wasabi plants or Japanese Horseradish is a must for all fans of Japanese food, most often used with sushi as well as fish dishes. The highly flavoursome, slightly pungent spicy Wasabi paste has a strong hot intensity, similar to hot mustard but disappears quickly, leaving a sweet taste with no burning sensation. The Wasabi rhizomes/stems are finely grated or ground into a paste, the paste does loose its flavour quickly if left uncovered. Leaves can be eaten raw and have a spicey flavour, but a common side effect is diarrhoea.
The Wasabi plant enjoys a shady position and high humidity, often found near rocky stream in Japan. Can easily be grown in containers with a free draining mix, with plenty of water. The large leaves are on long thin stalks given a lush green canopy, with white flowers appearing from late winter to early spring. Harvest the rhizomes in Autumn.
Wasabi japonica ‘Mazuma’
Incredible Experts
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Home-grown delicious
Food brings people together and takes pride-of-place in many of our most important celebrations – and those special moments taste even better when the ingredients are picked fresh from your own garden. So whether your vision is a rustic cheese platter with home-grown fig chutney, or adding a fresh twist to Nana’s famous pikelets - we’re here to help you bring that dream to life.
