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stock in addition to those listed here. Payment may be made using a credit card without
opening a PayPal account. Items from this catalogue may be ordered throughout the remainder
of 2014 and through the first half of 2015.
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Lambley Nursery, ‘Burnside’, 395 Lesters Road, Ascot, Victoria, 3364
Phone: (03) 5343 4303 Fax: (03) 5343 4257
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.lambley.com.au
ORGANIC SEED Lambley is trying to source as much certified organic seed as possible. Any
seed listed as organic has been certified organic in its country of origin.
ASCOT is 12km north of the Western freeway, which by-passes Ballarat, on the C287, the
Clunes-Maryborough Road, about halfway between Miners Rest and Clunes.
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Flower Seeds
We are offering a terrific selection of flower seeds in this catalogue. Many are new strains from the world’s best
breeders and many are old favourites that used to flourish in our grandparents’ gardens. Most varieties listed
need no special skills to grow well and are happy sown in situ. We use many of the annuals you can find in this
catalogue in our own flower gardens which are well worth a visit.
The use of annuals and biennials are such an important part of gardening. They bring so much joy, trigger so
many memories.
The seeds we sell are imported from the best breeders and suppliers in Europe and the USA. We buy seed in
relatively small amounts so that we always sell fresh seed with excellent germination rates. Sowing instructions
are on the seed packets.
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Amaranthus (Love-Lies-Bleeding) So much beauty for so little effort. Amaranthus are such easily grown annuals
which will self sow every year to give a fantastic summer and autumn display. Sow seeds in situ in a sunny spot
from early spring, in warm areas, to late spring in cold districts. Thin resulting seedlings to 40-50cm apart. All are
impressive cut flowers and bold garden plants.
Amaranthus ‘Green Thumb’
Amaranthus ‘Emerald Tassels’
Amaranthus gangeticus ‘Carnival’
The most effective way I’ve grown this was
as a backdrop to lime green Zinnias and a
greenish white sunflower. In good soil it will
grow 160cm tall by 80cm wide. The long
green tassels are produced from midsummer until late autumn. 100 seeds $4.00
A new striking foliage plant with new leaves
unfurling to fiery shades of yellow and red.
On maturity the leaves turn bronze. Long
spikes of purple flowers are produced in late
summer and autumn. 120cm tall.
100 seeds $5.00
Small growing plant growing 60cm tall
carrying soft green, upright flower spikes
from mid-summer until mid-autumn.
100 seeds $4.00
Amaranthus ‘Pygmy Torch’
Princes Feather
Amaranthus caudatus
Love-Lies-Bleeding
Amaranthus caudatus ‘Opopeo’
Small growing plant growing 60cm tall
carrying deep burgundy, upright flower
spikes from mid-summer until mid-autumn.
100 seeds $4.00
Green Mist
Ammi visnaga
Another Egyptian wild flower similar to
Queen Anne’s Lace, but having 15cm lacy
heads of green flowers. Height 90cm space
15-20cm.
100 seeds $4.00
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“Ropes of deep red trailing blooms” are a
reminder of 19th century gardens when
these flowers were used extensively. Height
200cm space 30-60cm.
200 seeds $4.00
This extraordinary variety stuns visitors to
our garden every year. The deep purple-red
tassels, on strong 200cm tall stems clothed
with burgundy leaves, are held upright
rather than dangling. It makes a fine
commercial cut flower as well as a grand
garden subject.
100 seeds $4.00
Queen Anne’s Lace
Argemone grandiflora
Ammi majus
This Egyptian wild flower makes a fine
addition to the garden and to a vase. 15cm
diameter white lacy flower heads are
produced on a strong 50-60 cm tall, self
supporting plant. Sow seed in situ from
autumn until spring. Thin to 15-20cm.
100 seeds $4.00
A beautiful annual from Mexico which we
use as a quick fill in bare spots in the dry
garden. Young plants look like silver leaved
thistles but they soon mature and produce a
long spring, summer and autumn display of
large white poppies. We just sprinkle the
seed in the garden where we want the
poppies to grow.
40 seeds $4.00
Corn Cockle Plant seed into final spot in the garden from mid-autumn until spring. If thinned to 30cm apart each
plant will produce a hundred or more flowers on long slender stems. Great as a cut flower as well as an incredibly
beautiful garden plant.
Ageratum ‘Tall Blue Planet F1’
This tall variety of Ageratum with strong self
supporting 60-70cm tall plants carrying soft
mauve blue flower heads from January until
May. Sow seed indoors during early spring
and plant into a sunny spot in the garden
when weather warms up and frost danger is
over. Good cut flower and good garden
plant. Space 30-40cm apart. 50 seeds $6.00
China Aster
‘Giant Princess Formula Mixed’
90cm tall large flowered blend, blue, light
blue, rose red, salmon, white and yellow.
100 seeds $4.00
China Aster ‘Roccoco’
A new fully double peony flowered strain in
all the colours on 70cm tall stems.
50 seeds $5.00
Agrostemma githago
Corn Cockle ‘Ocean Pearl’
Agrostemma milas
Corn Cockle ‘Rose’
‘Ocean Pearls’ is a new strain which
produces pure white silky flowers some 3 to
5cm across on 60 to 70cm tall stems during
spring.
100 seeds $4.00
Hundreds of exquisite rose pink flowers are
carried on slender 100cm tall stems.
200 seeds $4.00
China Aster ‘Milady’
Aster ‘Valkerie Mix’
40 cm tall strain with well formed double
flowers in blue, rose, rose red and white.
100 seeds $4.00
A beautiful new strain with quilled flowers in
white, light yellow, pink, crimson, rose and
dark and light purple are carried on top of
strong 60 cm tall stems.
50 seeds $5.00
Bellis perennis ‘Monstrosa’
Double Mixed
Browallia americana ‘Blue Lady’
Bellis perennis ‘Monstrosa’ is an extra large
flowered strain of double English daisies.
The flowers are a mixture of white, pink and
crimson. As these daisies are biennual sow
the seed from late summer until mid-autumn
for a fine show the following spring. Height
25cm width 30cm.
100 seeds $4.00
This easily grown annual has long been a
star in the late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch’s
garden at Cruden Farm. Clear blue flowers
each with a cream eye are carried for most
of summer and autumn on 60cm tall stems.
Sow seed in situ in spring thinning to 2030cm. ‘Blue Lady’ will happily self-sow.
100 seeds $5.00
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Calendula (Pot Marigold) One of the easiest annuals to grow. Seed can be sown any time from late summer until
early spring for flowering from early winter until summer. Sow seeds in situ or individually in small pots.
Calendulas make cheerful cut flowers which are especially useful during winter when there is little to pick. Happy
in sun or light shade.
Calendula ‘Bronzed Beauty’
Calendula ‘Fiesta Gitana’
Calendula ‘Lemon Twist’
A new English strain with large creamy
peach flowers with a contrasting black eye.
45cm tall by 40cm across.
100 seeds $4.00
This makes neat dwarf plants suited to the
border front or pots. Showy orange or yellow
flowers 30cm tall by 40cm wide.
100 seeds $4.00
Fully double warm lemon flowers on a neat
compact plant. Suited to bedding and
containers. 25cm tall by as much across.
100 seeds $4.00
Calendula ‘Mandarin Twist’
Calendula ‘Princess Mixed’
Fully double orange flowers on compact
plants. Ideal for bedding schemes and
containers. 25cm tall by as much across.
100 seeds $4.00
A tall strain with double lemon, yellow or
orange flowers some having black centres
other having green. A terrific blend for cut
flowers as well as a good garden subject.
50cm by 40cm.
100 seeds $4.00
Bupleurum ‘Cream Gold’
Hare’s Ear
A great cut flower and a great garden plant
producing lime-green Euphorbia like flowers
on top of wiry stems clothed with round
leaves. Plant straight into the garden.
Germination can take up to 3 weeks. It will
also make a fine dried flower. Height 60cm
width 20cm.
100 seeds $5.00
Celosia ‘Kramer’s Burgundy’
A cockscomb type with large burgundy red velvet textured flowers on strong branching 70cm tall stems.
30 seeds $5.00
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Celosia These summer and autumn flowering perennials make superb cut flowers and terrific garden plants.
Those blooming in the Lambley flower garden last season caused more favourable comments than any other
group of plants. We recommend sowing seed under cover during early spring and plant out into a sunny spot in
the garden when the weather warms up. Seed can be planted in situ but this is less successful. The following are
the best varieties we can find. All are excellent for tall cut flowers as well as great self supporting garden plants.
Celosia ‘China Town’
Celosia ‘Kramer’s Lemon-Lime’
Celosia ‘Kramer’s Rose’
Stunning 15cm spikes of scarlet flower
feathers are held on strong 50cm tall stems.
As the weather warms the leaves of this
variety turn bronze-purple.
30 seeds $5.00
A cockscomb type with large cream velvet
textured flowers on strong branching 70cm
tall stems.
30 seeds $5.00
A cockscomb type with large deep rose
velvet textured flowers on strong branching
70cm tall stems.
30 seeds $5.00
Celosia ‘Pampas Plume’
Celosia ‘Red Flame’ Organic
Celosia ‘Ruby Parfait’
This is a terrific cut flower strain, a blend of
scarlet, orange, bright yellow, pink and
cream feathery plumes held on 100cm tall
stems.
100 seeds $5.00
A new vibrant red flowered variety. The
flower heads are large and velvet textured
making it a superb cut flower.
Organic Seed 30 seeds $5.00
Deep rose arrow shaped flower spikes held
on strong 50cm tall stems. A commercial cut
flower in the US ‘Ruby Parfait’ has done
brilliantly as a border plant at Lambley.
20 seeds $6.00
Celosia ‘Sylphid’
Celosia ‘Eternity Improved’
Celosia ‘Forest Fire’
The striking lime green plumes on 70-80cm
tall stems complement purple, crimson,
mauve and pink flowers in one of our flower
borders.
20 seeds $6.00
Crimson flowers are held on 80-90cm tall
stems. Flowers are great as a fresh cut vase
specimen and also dry well.
30 seeds $5.00
Dazzling red flowers on 80cm tall stems.
Foliage ripens to bronze-red.
200 seeds $4.00
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Cleome ‘Colour Fountain’ Mixed
Cleome ‘Sparkler F1’ Mixed
The traditional large growing strain which
has a fine blend of pink, rose, lilac, purple,
carmine and white flowers. Height 140cm
width 60 to100cm.
50 seeds $4.00
This new line is the first dwarf strain. It
performed very well in our flower garden last
season growing much smaller than
traditional varieties making it suitable for
smaller gardens. A subtle blend of rose,
blush, pale lavender and white. Height 90cm
width 40 to 60cm.
20 seeds $6.95
Cleome (Spider Flowers) Cleome
are fascinatingly beautiful annuals
which are rarely seen nowadays
perhaps because they don’t lend
themselves to being grown as
plugs. From seed sown from early
to late spring a long succession of
spiralling scented sprays of flowers
are produced from summer until
late autumn. A great garden plant
and good cut flower.
Cornflowers The classic cottage garden cornflowers have been given a new twist with the following new varieties.
Plant seed in a sunny spot in the garden from mid autumn until late winter. They generally flower from early spring
until the weather gets too hot. Great as a cut flower. All will grow 100cm tall and need some support.
Cornflower ‘Classic Fantastic’
Cornflower ‘Classic Magic’
Cornflower ‘Fireworks’
A captivating blend of blue shades ranging
from light heavenly blue to dark blue. The
flowers are often in two shades of blue or
have a dark centre and lighter petals.
100 seeds $5.00
A harmonious blend of exceptional shades
from light mauve with a dark centre to
flowers which are very nearly black with a
white tip on each petal.
100 seeds $5.00
Cornflower ‘Florists Blue Boy’
Sweet Rocket Violet
Sweet Rocket White
This is a commercial cut flower strain with
the classic blue flowers.
100 seeds $5.00
Hesperis matronalis
A sweet scented biennial which flowers
during early to mid spring at about the time
tulips flower and is used at Giverny to
complement tulip plantings. The fragrant four
petalled, mauve violet flowers are held in
large clusters on 90cm tall stems. Sow seed
in situ during spring or early autumn for
blooming the following spring. 90cm tall by
40cm across.
200 seeds $5.00
Hesperis matronalis
A sweet scented biennial which flowers
during early to mid spring at about the same
time as tulips and is used at Giverny to
complement tulip plantings. The fragrant four
petalled, mauve white flowers are held in
large clusters on 90cm tall stems. Sow seed
in situ during spring or early autumn for
blooming the following spring. 90cm tall by
40cm across.
200 seeds $5.00
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A new startling bright red, white and blue
blend.
100 seeds $5.00
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Purity’
‘Purity’ is a tall white flowered variety
selected from the ‘Sensation’ strain. From
seed sown in situ during spring ‘Purity’ will
make 100cm tall by 70cm wide plants
topped by a profusion of large pure white
flowers from early summer until autumn.
100 seeds $4.00
Cosmos bipnnatus ‘Rubenza’
Fleuroselect Novelty
Cosmos ‘Sea Shells’
A stunning new variety with dark ruby red
flowers going to old rose. It blooms profusely
on 80-90cm tall plants.
100 seeds $5.00
Sea Shells is a new strain with tubular petals
and fluted edges which give a two toned,
three dimensional effect. The 6 to 8cm
diameter flowers are carmine, rose, pink and
white. Height 100cm.
50 seeds $5.00
Cosmos ‘Sensation Mixed’
Cosmos sulphureus ‘Tango’
Snap dragon ‘Lucky Lips’
Sensation is an All American Selections
award winner. The single flowers, 8 to 10cm
across are in a good range of colours,
lavender, pink, magenta and white. Height
100cm.
50 seeds $4.00
Tango is a tall orange flowered strain suited
to both garden display and cut flowers. It’s
good to see that seed houses are still
producing tall varieties.
30 seeds $5.00
Antirrhinum majus
A new tall growing variety with spectacular
large purple-red and white flowers. A 2014
Fleuroselect Novelty winner. An excellent
home garden cut flower and self supporting
garden plant. Plant seed undercover during
late winter and spring for flowering during
spring, summer & autumn. Plant out when
big enough 30-40cm apart. 100 seeds $5.00
Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) Easily grown cottage garden plants which are happy in full sun or light shade. Plant
seed in pots or in situ during summer and autumn to flower the following spring and early summer. Will self sow.
Plant 60-90cm apart. The flower stems are 100-120cm tall. Some excellent breeding work has been done on
foxgloves lately and we offer three new magical strains.
Digitalis purpurea
‘Primrose Carousel’
The first primrose yellow foxglove to come
true to seed.
100 seeds $5.00
Digitalis purpurea ‘Sugar Plum’
The dark purple throated flowers are closely
set on the stem. A spectacular new
selection.
100 seeds $5.00
Digitalis purpurea ‘Mirabelle’
A first year flowering strain, a mixture of four
colours white, pale pink, mid-pink and
purple. Seed can be sown during late winter
and early spring for blooming in late spring
and summer as well as the traditional late
summer and autumn sowing.
100 seeds $5.00
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Coreopsis tinctoria ‘Roulette’
Plains Coreopsis
Euphorbia marginata
‘Snow on the mountain’
Easily grown annual which is happy in dry
gardens as well as flower borders. ‘Roulette’
is a new strain producing dark bronze-red
flowers with contrasting golden flashes.
Direct sow in spring for summer flowering.
Height 60-80cm spacing 20-30cm.
50 seeds $5.00
The pure white and green flower bracts,
carried on 60cm to 80 cm tall stems, make a
great cut flower. Take care with this plant as
the sap can cause rashes so wear glasses,
gloves and long sleeves when handling it.
30 seeds $4.00
California Poppy ’Brilliant Orange’
California Poppy ‘Cream Swirl’
Fleroselect Novelty Winner
Eschscholzia californica
This poppy is happy in any sunny position,
even parts of the garden with poor soil. It is
both heat and drought tolerant. Once
established it will self sow each year. This
typical form has bright, silky orange flowers.
200 seeds $4.00
Candytuft ‘Confetti’
Iberis umbellata
Candytuft was found in all the old cottage
gardens as it is so easy to grow. ‘Confetti’ is
a beautiful blend of white, purple and lilac.
Direct sow into a sunny garden during winter
and spring for flowering during spring and
summer. Sow 1-2cm deep and thin to 20cm
apart. Height 12cm.
100 seeds $5.00
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A beautiful new double flowered strain with
cream flowers.
100 seeds for $5.00
Rose Mallow ‘Silver Cup’
Lavatera trimestris
Winner of the Royal Horticultural Society’s
prestigious Award Of Garden Merit ‘Silver
Cup’ has large hibiscus-like flowers, pink
with a silver sheen. A strong compact plant
growing some 60cm tall by 40cm across.
Direct sow seed in a sunny garden bed in
spring. It will take up to 3 weeks to
germinate.
50 seeds $5.00
Hollyhock ‘Chater’s Double’
A great colour range of fully double flowers,
rose, yellow, maroon, salmon pink, scarlet
and white on 250cm tall stems. Plant seed in
individual pots during February and March
and plant out into the garden when ready.
The larger the seedlings grow before winter
the more magnificent the flowering will be.
50 seeds $4.00
California Poppy ‘Lemon Drops’
Eschscholzia californica
Californian poppy, the state flower of
California, is an easily grown annual best
planted by thinly sprinkling the seed in the
garden during spring. Lemon Drops is a
delightful soft lemon flowered strain.
200 seeds $4.00
Linum grandiflorum ‘Rubrum’
Scarlet Flax
A marvellous little annual which will flower
quickly from seed sprinkled onto the garden.
Sow seed during autumn and again from
late winter through spring for a vivid display
of the reddest of red flowers. 30cm.
200 seeds $4.00
Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea)
Modern seed houses have been busy developing new colour strains of Morning Glory. A climbing annual, Morning
Glory will soon cover a trellis, fence or old shed. For early flowers sow seed in individual pots under cover during
late winter. Plant out as soon as the weather warms up in spring. Direct sowings can be made from mid to late
spring. Plants will grow 2 metres tall.
Ipomoea purpurea
‘Bohemian Shades’
Ipomoea purpurea ‘Celestial Mixed’
An exciting mixture of red and deep violet
shades.
40 seeds for $5.00
A blend of soft blue, white and deep blue
shades often with a contrasting eye.
40 seeds for $5.00
Ipomoea purpurea ‘Dolce Vita’
Marigold ’Dwarf Harmony’
Large white flowers with a crimson eye.
40 seeds for $5.00
Harmony has 4cm diameter flowers each
with an orange central crest surrounded by a
ruff of mahogany. Height 20-25cm width 1520cm.
50 seeds $4.00
Queen Sophia is an All America Selection
winner. Dark, bronze-orange-red petals are
laced with gold.
50 seeds $4.00
Marigold ‘Giant Orange’
Marigold ’Giant Yellow’
Marigold ‘Ivory’
We planted this strain in the double flower
borders in the vegetable garden last year. It
produced large, 8cm diameter, fully double
flowers from January until mid-April. A tall
grower suitable for cut flowers as well as the
garden. Dead head occasionally to prolong
the display.
30 seeds $4.00
Tagetes erecta
A new strain of marigold which carries large
creamy white double flowers on stiff stems
dressed in dark green ferny foliage. It will
flower for much of summer and autumn and
is great for planting drifts through the
garden. Height 35cm width 30cm.
30 seeds $4.00
A stunning tall growing strain of fully double
bright orange marigolds. Flowering from
early summer until mid-autumn it is as good
in a vase as in the garden. Height 80cm
width 70cm.
30 seeds $4.00
Ipomoea purpurea
‘Dacabo Light Blue’
A dark purple star is set in heavenly blue
flowers.
40 seeds for $5.00
Marigold, Dwarf ’Queen Sophia’
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Malva moschata ‘Snow White’
Snow White Musk Mallow
A first year flowering perennial making a
50cm tall compact plant well clothed in dark
green leaves which have a pleasant musk
fragrance when crushed. The glistening
white flowers are displayed above the
foliage. The white flowered form was given
the RHS Award of Garden Merit. 50cm by
50cm.
50 seeds $5.00
Mollucella Irish Bells
A much improved strain of this popular cut
flower. Long stems covered with applegreen, bell shaped flowers some 4cm
across. Great for fresh and dried flower
work. Plant seed 1/2cm deep in the garden
during late winter (in mild districts) and early
to mid-spring elsewhere. H 60-80cm x W 2535cm.
50 seeds $4.00
Nigella orientalis ‘Transformer’
Yellow Love-in-a-Mist
The yellow flowers stand proud above dark
green ferny foliage on 50cm tall stems. The
seed heads are ornamental and dry well for
dried flower arrangements. Sow seed 1/2cm
deep in situ during late winter and spring.
Will self sow.
50 seeds $4.00
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Mirabilis jalapo (Four O’Clock Plant)
‘Lemon and White Marbles’
Stock ‘Perfection’
An annual or perennial plant growing to
80cm tall by as much across. Blooming
during warmer months it’s intensely fragrant
flowers open in the early evening. Best
planted where its fragrance can be enjoyed.
Each flower is coloured lemon and white.
Plant seeds under cover or in situ when the
soil warms up in spring.
50 seeds $4.00
Matthiola incana
This strain has a good percentage of double
flowers in shades of white, pink, lavender,
red and purple. Can be sown into prepared
garden beds but better if raised undercover.
Sow autumn, winter and early spring for
flowering most of the year except the hotter
summer months. Height 60cm spacing
30cm.
100 seeds $4.00
Nasturtium ‘Gleam Hybrids’
Nigella hispanica, Love-in-a-Mist
This blend has a good mix of primrose, gold,
orange, red, mahogany and more on
moderately vigorous trailing plants. Can be
used as a groundcover, a climber on a trellis,
to trail on paths as in Giverny or in a hanging
basket. Sow seeds in early in most areas,
later in frosty ones.
30 seeds $4.00
The most beautiful of all the Nigellas with
blue flowers floating on fine ferny foliage set
on 50cm tall stems. An excellent cut flower
as well as a great garden subject. During
autumn, late winter and early spring direct
sow seeds 1/2cm deep or sprinkle seeds on
the garden and keep moist until they
germinate.
100 seeds $4.00
Papaver commutatum ‘Ladybird’
Papaver nudicaule ‘Excelsior’
This always causes excitement when it’s in
flower. Possibly the most popular of all
poppies. Broadcast seeds into the garden in
late autumn, winter or very early spring for a
mass spring early summer display. Each
plant produces dozens of bright red flowers
with a shining black blotch at the base of
each petal. 40cm tall by as much across and
happily self seeds.
300 seeds $4.00
Iceland poppy
A tried and true garden strain with all the
colours, white, pink, lemon, red, yellow each
as beautiful as the next. Easily grown in any
sunny garden bed. Broadcast seeds in situ
during late autumn and winter for flowering
from late winter until early summer. Iceland
poppies are both showy in the garden and
great in a vase.
300 seeds $4.00
Papaver rhoeas (Flanders Poppy, Corn Poppy) Easily grown spring flowering annuals. Seed is best grown
sprinkled straight out into a sunny spot in the garden from late autumn until mid winter for flowering the following
spring. Seedlings can be thinned to 15cm apart and the plants will grow from 40 to 60cm tall.
Papaver rhoeas ‘American Legion’
A large flowered heirloom variety. The bright
red poppies have a clear white cross in the
centre of each flower.
200 seeds $4.00
Papaver rhoeas ‘Mother of Pearl’
This is the strain that the Welsh artist Cedric
Morris developed in his Suffolk garden
‘Benton End’. A mixture of soft smoky
colours, grey, lilac, mauve, pink, soft orange
and white. Many of the poppies are flecked
and there are some picotees. This is one of
the most subtle blends of poppies available.
200 seeds $4.00
Papaver rhoeas ‘Angels Choir’
Angels Choir Shirley Poppy
A blend of all the diverse Shirley Poppy
colours and types with double, semi-double
and single flowers many of which are
bicolors in pastel pink, apricot, peach,
cream, salmon, rose, dove grey and
lavender.
200 seeds $4.00
Peony Poppy ‘Danish Flag’
One of the most exciting of all peony
poppies carrying bright red single flowers
each with a white central cross. Flowers are
held on 100cm tall stems. Sow seed in situ
from autumn until late winter.
100 seeds $5.00
Papaver rhoeas ‘Bridal Silk’
This new strain of Flanders Poppy has white
flowers rather than the usual red.
Fleuroselect Novelty Winner 2008.
200 seeds $4.00
Peony Poppy ’Double Coral’
The seed of this deep coral, fully double
variety came originally from an old Ballarat
garden. A bed of it in the vegetable garden
this year occasioned much favourable
comment. If planted in good soil during
autumn it will grow to a metre or more tall
and produce a half a dozen or so flowers. In
very poor soil it may have single flowers.
100 seeds $4.00
Peony poppies are easily grown annuals. Scatter seed in a sunny spot in the garden from mid-autumn until midwinter. Thin to 20 to 30cm apart. Plants will grow 100cm or more and flower during spring and early summer.
Peony Poppy ’Double Red’
Peony Poppy ‘Double White’
Peony Poppy ‘Double Red’ This is a fully
double red flowered strain. Sow seed 3mm
deep or just sprinkle the seed straight into
the garden. Height 90cm spacing 30cm.
100 seeds $4.00
Peony Poppy ‘Double White’ has pure white
fully double flowers. Sow seed 3mm deep or
just sprinkle the seed straight into the
garden. Height 90cm spacing 30cm.
100 seeds $4.00
Peony Poppy ‘Pink and Mauve’
Peony Poppy ‘Pink and Mauve’ is a mixture
of soft mauve pink and soft mauve. Sow
seed 3mm deep or just sprinkle the seed
straight into the garden. Height 90cm
spacing 30cm.
100 seeds $4.00
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Rudbeckia hirta Rudbeckias put on a terrific show during summer and autumn. They were stand out plants in our
double flower borders last year where their large vivid flowers held sway for many months. We treat them as
annuals but they are in fact perennials. Plant seed undercover in early spring or plant outdoors mid to late spring.
Happiest in a sunny spot these Rudbeckias are very heat tolerant and reasonably drought tolerant although we do
water them occasionally during the summer. All make good cut flowers and none need staking.
Rhodochiton atrosanguinea
Purple Bell Vine
An annual or tender perennial climber which
will flower in its first summer. It does best in
a moist lightly shaded spot, although it will
grow in sun. Plant seed in pots undercover
early to mid spring. Plant established plants
when the weather warms up in late spring or
early summer. 2 metres.
15 seeds $5.00
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Cherry Brandy’
This outstanding strain is the first red
flowered Rudbeckia from seed. Sturdy
plants produce dozens of long lasting
flowers on 40-50cm stems from early
summer until late autumn. Space 30-40cm.
30 seeds $5.00
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Marmalade’
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Solar Eclipse’
‘Marmalade’ is a dwarf growing strain suited
to pot culture or a spot at the front of a
garden bed. Warm orange-yellow flowers
are produced on 40cm tall stems from early
summer until late autumn. Space 30cm
apart.
50 seeds $4.00
This stunning variety has bright yellow
flowers with mahogany centres. It makes a
strong plant growing 60cm tall and needing
a space of 30-40cm.
50 seeds $5.00
Nicotiana Night Scented Tobacco
Scabiosa atropurpurea
‘Black Knight’
This annual fills empty spots in the garden.
200cm tall stems clothed in large handsome
leaves carry, from mid-summer onwards,
large clusters of pure white narrowly tubular
flowers, flared at the end. Sprinkle seeds
anywhere in the garden where there is bare
200 seeds $4.00
soil and stand back.
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A more compact plant than the wild type.
Whilst this species is perennial it is best
treated as an annual. Self sows readily. It
carries its dark blood red, almost black
flowers, on 60cm tall plants. Plant
undercover during early spring or straight
into the garden in October/November.
Space 30cm apart.
50 seeds for $5.00
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Indian Summer’
‘Indian Summer’ has the largest flowers of
any strain. Each bloom can be 15cm across.
Warm yellow black eyed flowers, up to 15cm
across are produced on strong 100cm tall
stems from early summer until late autumn.
Space 40cm apart.
50 seeds $5.00
Sweet William Cottage garden Mix
Dianthus barbatus
A tall growing heirloom blend with all the old
bicolors, white, pink, rose, mauve and crimson. Excellent as a cut flower and an easily
grown cottage garden plant. As it is biennual
seed needs to be planted during summer
and autumn for flowering the following spring
and summer. 40cm tall by 20-30cm spacing.
200 seeds for $4.00
Pollen-free Sunflowers Semi Dwarf Varieties
These are smaller growing strains suited to small gardens or pots. If the centre growth is nipped out at 15cm these
will make multibranched plants which will only grow 80cm tall.
Dwarf sunflower ‘Calypso Spray’
20 seeds $5.00
Dwarf Sunflower ‘Classic Spray’
20 seeds $5.00
Dwarf Sunflower ‘Ice Spray’
20 seeds $5.00
Dwarf Sunflower ‘Summer spray’
20 seeds $5.00
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Pollen-free Sunflowers
These are the result of many years of hard work from an Australian flower breeder. Until recently all his seed was
sold to commercial cut flower growers. The big advantage that the pollen-free sunflowers have over traditional
sorts is that they last much longer when picked. Each flower also lasts much longer in the garden than older
varieties. The following are all branching varieties. If you want them for cut flowers then nip out the leader when it
reaches 25cm in height. If you want a fine garden plant let it grow naturally giving it about 60cm space. They grow
from 150 to 180cm tall depending on soil conditions. I generally plant sunflower seed 1cm deep from November
until January but October wouldn’t be too early and in warmer gardens seed can be planted in September. They
don’t need a lot of extra irrigation and are happiest in full sun.
Sunflower ‘Burgundy Spray’
Sunflower ’Calypso Spray’
25 seeds $5.00
25 seeds $5.00
Sunflower ‘Ice Spray’
Sunflower ‘Lilac Spray’
25 seeds $5.00
Sunflower ‘Orange Spray’
25 seeds $5.00
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Sunflower ‘Garnet’
25 seeds $5.00
Sunflower ’Mauve Spray’
25 seeds $5.00
25 seeds $5.00
Sunflower ‘Summer Spray’
Sunflower ‘Sonnet’
25 seeds $5.00
25 seeds $5.00
Sweetpeas
150 years of assiduous breeding by generations of gardeners has gone into the following named varieties of
Sweet Pea. They are as easy to grow as more readily available cultivars but they are the best available. These are
the Sweet Peas that gardeners swoon over at the Chelsea Flower Show each year. All have an intense fragrance.
Sweetpea ‘Black Knight’
Sweetpea ‘Dorothy Eckford’
Handsome dark maroon sweet pea bred in
1898.
10 seeds $5.00
Sweetpea ‘Fire and Ice’
Fine free flowering pure white sweet pea.
10 seeds $5.00
Exquisite variety with
standard and blue wings.
Sweetpea ‘Flora Norton’
Sweetpea ‘Lady Grisel Hamilton’
Sweetpea ‘Lord Nelson’
A beautiful clear light blue first grown in
1905.
10 seeds $5.00
1895 award winner with clear lavender
flowers.
10 seeds $5.00
One of the finest heirloom sweet peas with
dark blue flowers.
10 seeds $5.00
Sweetpea ‘The Major’
Sweetpea ‘Wretham Pink’
Vigorous purple flecked sweet pea.
10 seeds $5.00
Soft pink sweet pea.
crimson flared
10 seeds $5.00
10 seeds $5.00
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Nasturtium ‘Cream Troika’
The large cream flowers have strong
maroon markings. Growth is semi trailing
making for a good groundcover or hanging
basket plant.
30 seeds $4.00
Nasturtium ‘Mahogony Jewel’
This compact strain growing 40cm tall by
50cm across, is smothered by glowing deep
mahogany red flowers all summer and
autumn long.
30 seeds $4.00
Thunbergia alata ‘Golden Eyes’
Climbing Black Eyed Susan
This beautiful climber, happy in sun or light
shade, is an annual in cold climates but can
be perennial in warmer areas. It will grow 1.5
-2 metres in a season. Plant seed inside
during spring into the garden during late
spring and early summer. It will flower for
months during the warmer months.
30 seeds $5.00
Tithonia ‘Goldfinger’
Mexican Sunflower
A dramatic annual for hot dry spots with
large zinnia like, vivid burnt scarlet-orange
flowers up to 10cm across. Plant 3 seeds
per station some 30 to 50cm apart when any
frost danger is past in spring. Thin to one
plant when true leaves appear. Height
100 seeds $4.00
150cm width 60cm.
Wallflower ‘Cloth of Gold’
Wallflower ‘Cloth of Gold’ has large warm
bright yellow intensely fragrant yellow
flowers. If well grown Wallflowers will grow
50cm tall by as much across and flower for
much of spring and early summer.
100 seeds $4.00
Zinnia elegans ‘Macarenia’
Wallflower ‘Fire King’
Wallflower ‘Ruby Gem’
Wallflower ‘Fire King’ is an old favourite with
flowers, as Sarah Raven puts it, “a lovely
sort of browny, toffee-apple orange” As they
are biennials plant seed in drills into a
prepared garden bed from January until
March or plant two seeds to a 7.5cm pot
thinning to one after germination.
100 seeds $4.00
Wallflower ‘Ruby Gem’ has rich ruby, violet
tinged flowers. Full sun or as sunny a spot
as possible. Soil should be prepared, well
drained and fertilised. Add lime if soil is too
acid.
100 seeds $5.00
Nasturtium ‘Cream Troika’
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Zinnias
Zinnias were grown in every grandmother’s garden but in latter years have all but vanished from the scene. One
reason is that if Zinnias are bought as seedlings success is unlikely. Zinnias must be direct seeded into the
garden. Plant 3 seeds per station when the weather warms up (mid-November here at Lambley) in well drained
soil in a sunny spot. Thin to the strongest seedling when the first true leaves appear. Zinnias start to flower in
January and produce until well into April. They are especially good as a cut flower as well as being bright cheerful
garden subjects.
Zinnia Benary’s Giant Lilac’
Zinnia ‘Benary’s Giant Lime’
30 seeds $5.00
30 seeds $5.00
Zinnia ‘Benary’s Giant White’
30 seeds $5.00
Zinnia Benary’s Giant series
At last a high quality Zinnia can be bought in individual colours. This strain has been highly commended by the
Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers. It gives a prolific yield of long sturdy stems topped by fully double 10
to 15cm diameter flowers. Height 70-90cm width 50cm.
Zinnia ‘Benary’s Giant Wine’
Zinnia ‘Benary’s Salmon Rose’
30 seeds $5.00
30 seeds $5.00
Zinnia ‘Giant Dahlia Flowered’ Mix
A traditional mix of yellow, rose, scarlet,
green. Orange, pink, red, purple, coral,
orange and gold shades mostly fully double
but some seedlings will be semi-double and
the odd one will be single. Great for cut
flowers as well as garden plants. Height 7090cm width 50cm.
100 seeds $4.00
Zinnia ‘Oklahoma Formula Mixed’
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Zinnia elegans ‘Macarenia’
This new strain of Zinnia gained a
Fleuroselect Novelty award in 2012. It
carries golden tipped scarlet flowers on a
strong 60cm tall plant. Great for the garden
as well as cut flowers.
30 seeds $5.00
Zinnia elegans ‘Mazurkia’
This new strain of Zinnia was also a winner
of the Fleuroselect Novelty award in 2012. It
carries scarlet flowers tipped with cream on
a strong 60cm tall plant. Great for the garden
as well as cut flowers.
30 seeds $5.00
Zinnia ‘Oklahoma Formula Mixed’
Smaller pom-pom flowers which are terrific
for posies. The fully double flowers in the full
Zinnia colour range are 5 to 6cm diameter.
Height 60-70cm width 40cm.
50 seeds $4.00
Zinnia elegans ‘Mazurkia’
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Vegetable Seeds
Vegetable Seed for the Serious Gardener
The vegetable seed in this catalogue has been selected by Lambley because we think it is the best available seed
for people wanting a productive vegetable garden. This seed is far and away better than the seed offered in
garden centres and big box stores.
We offer very little “heirloom” vegetable seed as in our opinion “heirloom” seed, is more often than not, second
rate. Vegetables grown from our seed have terrific flavour, excellent germination rates and good disease
resistance. They are generally quicker to reach harvesting stage and are slower to bolt than “heirloom” types.
Most varieties we sell have been trialled over the past few years in our large and productive vegetable garden.
Much of the seed we sell is hybrid seed. It is not genetically engineered seed.
To quote the late Lawrence D. Hills, a renowned advocate for organic vegetable growing and founder of the Henry
Doubleday Foundation (now Garden Organic) in the UK.
“Scientific and accurate breeding programmes have made it possible not only to bring out the outstanding qualities
of the parent plants, but in most cases, these qualities have been enhanced and new desirable characteristics
added to the resulting hybrid plants. In addition to qualities like good vigour, trueness to type, heavy yields and
high uniformity which hybrid plants enjoy, other characteristics such as earliness, disease resistance and good
holding ability have been incorporated into most F1 hybrids.
“We can’t expect to get all these advantages for nothing because creating F1 hybrids involves many years of
preparation. So you often have to pay more for your seed or get fewer in a packet. It works both ways. The
gardener gets better, though more expensive varieties and the plant breeder gets a reasonable return on the
investment.”
Storing Seed
We buy our seed in relatively small quantities which means our seed is really fresh. If stored properly all will be
viable for several years. Our seed comes to you in an airtight plastic envelope which can be resealed. Place the
seed packet in a plastic food container in the fridge with a water absorbing gel. Fluctuating temperatures and
dampness are the enemy of long term seed viability. Parsnip though should be bought fresh each year. We throw
any leftover parsnip seed away and buy new stock every year.
Lambley Nursery is a GM free zone.
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Asian Vegetables
Chinese Cabbage ‘Minuet F1’
Chinese Cabbage ‘Rubicon F1’
Suited to year round production this is a
closed head mini type with attractive yellow
interiors. Good sweet taste. Slow to bolt.
Sow seed in garden bed 3 seeds1/2cm deep
every 30-40cm from August until March.
Thin to one seed.
100 seeds $4.00
Full size closed head with deep green
leaves and a creamy yellow interior. Sweet
tangy juicy flavour. A slow bolting variety
suited to year round growing. Sow seed in
garden bed 3 seeds 1/2cm deep every 3040cm from August until March. Thin to one
seed.
100 seeds $4.00
Shungiku
Tatsoi Organic
Aromatic edible chrysanthemum greens. Cut
when 10-15cm tall for a flavousome addition
to salads, pickles and sushi. Can be stir fried
too. Sow seeds 1/2cm deep in 12cm wide
bands about 80 seeds per 30cm. we are
offering a fine leaf strain. Plant from August
until April.
300 seeds $4.00
Mizuna Organic Seed
A quick growing salad green best picked at
10-12cm as a baby leaf as 3 weeks after
sowing. Sow seed shallowly in 12cm wide
bands about 50 seeds per 30cm. Can be
grown the year round and is a cut and come
again green.
Organic 500 seeds $5.00
Makes a compact rosette of dark green
smooth leaves for salads and stir fries. 21
days baby leaf 45 days full size. Slow to bolt
if planted from late spring until mid-autumn.
Sow seed 1cm apart for baby leaf and thin to
15-20cm apart for full size.
Organic 500 seeds $5.00
Bok Choi is best planted straight out into prepared beds in the garden. As our seed has a high germination rate,
plant 1 seed 5mm deep 5cm apart in rows 30 to 40cm apart and thin to 20cm apart. We cook the thinnings. All our
varieties are slow bolting and can be planted all the year round. I harvest them from small to full size.
Bok Choi ‘Black Summer F1’
Bok Choi ‘Joi Choi F1’
Bok Choi ‘Win Win F1’
The best Bok Choi of the half a dozen
varieties I’ve planted. It has dark green
leaves on light green stalks and makes a
perfect vase shape even when small. Slow
to bolt. I plant from September through until
100 seeds $4.00
February.
Joi Choi is a vigorous white stemmed bok
choi with dark green leaves. It makes a vase
shaped plant some 30cm tall when fully
grown but can be harvested when it is much
smaller.
100 seeds $4.00
Win-Win bok choi is smaller growing than Joi
Choi and has excellent crisp white stems
with dark green leaves. It can be harvested
as a mini vegetable or grown to full size. It is
vase shaped and has white stems and deep
green leaves. 50 Days from seed planting to
harvesting as full size less for mini.
100 seeds $4.00
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Broad Beans
Broad Beans are cool season crops best planted in southern Australia in July and August. Both frosty and hot
weather inhibits pod set. Plant the seeds 3cm deep, 10 to 15cm apart in rows 60 to 90cm apart. All broad bean
varieties need staking.
Bush Bean ‘Royal Burgundy’
Royal Burgundy has round to oval brilliant
purple pods averaging 12-13 cm long. The
pods turn dark green when cooked.
50 seeds $4.00
Runner Bean ‘Scarlet Emperor’
Bush Bean ‘Simba’
A round dark green bush bean with terrific
flavour. It is a heavy cropper and has good
disease resistance. Its heavy frame keeps
the beans straight and clean as they are
held well off the soil. It takes about 50 days
to harvest from seed planting.
50 seeds $4.00
Kentucky Blue is a professional standard
bean which freely produces 20cm long,
round, stringless beans which have a
fantastic flavour. If allowed to get over
mature they will have a slight string. It has
an outstanding yield.
40 seeds $4.00
Bush Bean ‘Valdor’
Scarlet Emperor is a superb improved
selection of Scarlet Runner producing long
and very flavoursome pods from red flowers.
Plant 5 beans to a 4 pole tepee or 12 cm
apart on a trellis. It produces best in
southern Australia.
20 seeds $4.00
‘Valdor’ replaces ‘Goldrush’ as it is resistant
to summer death. Delicious tasting yellow
beans are produced over a long period.
50 seeds $5.00
Broad Bean ’Aquadulce’
Broad Bean ‘Tripoli’
This is the traditional variety which can
produce up to 5 beans to each pod. Our
strain has been rigorously selected to give
long pods well filled with beans.
50 seeds $4.00
Climbing Bean ‘Kentucky Blue’
Tripoli is an exciting new variety of broad
bean which offers massive improvements in
pod size and yield compared with older
varieties. It marks the return of a true longpodded broad bean variety with 6 or 7 large
beans to a pod. It has a terrific flavour too.
30 seeds $5.00
Scarlet Emperor Tripod
We only sell bean varieties which are resistant to summer death a problem which affects many rural gardens.
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Asparagus ‘Jersey Knight’ F1
A purple stemmed asparagus which
produces male plants only for better quality
spears. Very good disease resistance and
can be grown in heavy soils. Plant seed from
mid-spring to early one seed 1cm deep per
5cm pot. Plant resulting seedlings 30cm
apart in a well prepared 90cm wide bed
remembering that Asparagus will remain in
the same spot for up to 30 years. Harvesting
can begin during the second year.
20 seeds $7.00
Beetroot ‘Cylindra’
Excellent flavoured dark red cylindrical roots
12cm long by 5cm wide. Easy to cut into
uniform slices for cooking or bottling. If the
shoulders push out of the ground hill up to
keep them smooth.
100 seeds $4.00
Brussels Sprouts ‘Nautic F1’
Organic
‘Nautic’ replaces Doric which is unavailable
this year. Nautic, an organic variety, makes
a big productive plant and produces
excellent flavoured medium sized sprouts
from late autumn well into winter. It is
essential that seed of Brussels Sprouts is
planted in November, the earlier the better,
and transplanted no later than early
January. 50-60cm between plants 80-90cm
between rows.
Organic 20 seeds $5.00
Eggplant ‘Fantastic F1’
A new large round eggplant, with good
flavour, which can be grown outside even in
colder areas. Sow 2 seeds per 7.5cm pot on
bottom heat during early to mid September
thin to 1 plant after germination. Plant out
into a sunny spot in the garden in midNovember. 50cm apart and 90cm between
rows. 65 days from transplant.
15 seeds $6.00
Beetroot ‘Touchstone Gold’
Beetroot ‘Red Ace F1’
The best beetroot we’ve grown. Fast
growing good as a baby beet as well as full
size. Holds well in the garden as it’s slow to
bolt and is tender even when it reaches a
large size.
Conventional seed 100 seeds $4.00
Organic seed 100 seeds $5.00
The best golden beet with smooth yellow
fleshed roots. Excellent sweet flavour, the
colour is retained when cooked.
Conventional seed 100 seeds $5.00
Organic seed 100 seeds $6.00
Lambley Early Spring Vegetable Garden
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Broccoli Using newer varieties broccoli can be picked the year round. As the seed Lambley sells has a very good
germination rate plant one seed 1/2cm deep in a 5 or 7.5cm pot undercover. Harden plants before setting them in
the garden 35-45cm between plants and 60-80cm between rows. Carefully remove the cotyledons i.e. the seed
leaves. and plant down to the first pair of true leaves. For direct seeding sow 3 seeds 35cm apart and thin to one
plant.
Broccoli ‘Bay Meadows F1’
Broccoli ‘Belstar F1’ Organic
A tough adaptable variety which performs
well in difficult conditions. Sow seed from
early August until late March. It will head up
60 days from transplant. It will give some
side shoots after main head is harvested.
30 seeds $4.00
A strong performer the year round. Heads up
well even in winter here at Lambley. Gives a
good number of side shoots after main head
is cut. Sow seeds from early August to late
March. 66 days from transplant to harvest.
Organic 30 seeds $5.00
Broccolini ‘Happy Rich F1’
Broccoli Purple Sprouting ‘Rioja F1’
A tasty and productive hybrid between
Chinese and Italian broccoli for planting the
year round with each planting giving 2 to 3
months mini heads. Direct seed thin to 35cm
between plants and 60cm between rows.
50 seeds $5.00
Broccoli ‘De Cicco’ Organic
Traditional Italian multi cut variety for sowing
in early August and early September for a
spring and early summer crop of delicious
small heads. Produces a lot of side shoots
once the main head is cut. Sow again in late
February for a late autumn early winter crop.
Organic 100 seeds $4.00
Broccoli Rapini ‘Spring Raab’
Purple sprouting broccoli come into their
own at the end of winter or beginning of
spring when their deliciously flavoursome
heads, tasting like a cross between
asparagus and broccoli, are ready. ‘Rioja’
can be planted quite late in the season
unlike older varieties. Sow seed in January
and February.
20 seeds $5.00
Sold as rapini or broccoletti in greengrocers.
‘Spring Raab’ makes dozens of small heads
as long as it is picked every couple of days
or so. Tasting a bit sharper than the usual
broccoli it is an important part of southern
Italy’s cuisine. Direct sow seed 1/2cm deep
in a drill from late winter till mid-spring. Thin
to 10cm.
100 seeds $4.00
Corn Salad Vit (Mache)
Spinach Baby ‘Kookaburra F1’
Spinach ‘Tyee F1’
A nutty cool season salad vegetable much
enjoyed by anyone that grows it. Very
popular in northern Europe. If planted from
late February to late April corn salad can be
harvested from early winter until mid spring.
Direct sow seeds 1/2cm deep 2cm apart in a
15cm wide band.
200 seeds $4.00
Best baby leaf spinach for year round
planting as resists summer tip burn and will
germinate even in hot weather. Sow 1/2cm
deep in 15cm wide bands, 40 seeds per
30cm. Fast growing 25 days baby leaf 35
days full size. Excellent silky flavour.
1000 seeds $5.00
Standard savoy spinach for year round
production. Makes a large plant, flavour is
stronger than baby spinach. Sow seed
1/2cm deep 5cm apart.
200 seeds $4.25
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Cabbages, like most brassicas need a fertile soil which is well watered. Seed can be planted undercover or direct
sown. It’s important to choose the right variety for each season although some are reasonably adaptable. We are
selling the best varieties we can find most of them small growing or mini cabbages. All are slow to bolt if planted at
the right time. All have an excellent sweet flavour and are good cooked or fresh in coleslaw. Space 30 cm apart
between plants and 50cm between rows.
Cabbage ‘Caraflex’ Pointed or
Cabbage ‘Deadon F1’
Sweetheart Cabbage Organic
These small headed cabbages, very popular
with northern Europeans, have a soft texture
and sweet mild taste. We’ve grown them the
year round at Lambley even for mid winter
harvesting.
Organic seed 20 seeds $5.00
Conventional seed 30 seeds $5.00
Red Savoy for Winter
Superb January King variety, one of the
most visually beautiful of all cabbages,
should be grown for winter harvest. Very
good flavour holding well in the garden
without splitting. Sow December to early
February for late autumn and winter harvest.
105 days from transplant.
30 seeds $5.00
Cabbage ‘Farao F1’ Organic
Cabbage ‘Gonzalez F1’
Early mini cabbage
Delicious spicy sweet flavoured early
cabbage with good standing ability (i.e. slow
to split). Sow seed undercover in July and
August or direct sow August and September.
Harvest 60 days from transplant.
Organic 30 seeds $5.00
Silver Beet ‘Bright Lights’
Bright Lights is “Lightly savoyed, green or
bronze leaves with stems of many colours
including gold, pink, orange, purple, red and
white with bright and pastel variations.” It’s
milder in flavour than normal silver beet.
Space 5cm apart for baby leaf and 30cm
apart for full size.
100 seeds $4.00
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Round mini cabbage
This fabulous new variety, which is very
popular in northern European shops,
produces 10-15cm round dense heads for all
of the year except winter. Sweet spicy
flavour. Suited to cooking or coleslaw. 66
days from transplant.
50 seeds $4.40
Cabbage ‘Famosa F1’
Organic mini Savoy cabbage
A handsome looking cabbage with deep
blue-green leaves and dense tender yellow
interior leaves. Great flavour suited to
cooking. Sow seed from August until
December for a long harvest season. 75
days from transplant.
Organic 30 seeds $5.00
Cabbage ‘Super Red F1’
Mini red cabbage
Quick hearting well flavoured mini red
cabbage. It resists splitting. The leaves are
tender and crisp. Sow seed from August
until February for harvesting much of the
year. 73 days from transplant.
50 seeds $4.40
Silver Beet ‘Intense’
Silver Beet ‘Silverado’
‘Intense’, a new variety, has fewer green “off
types” than other ruby chards. The main
stalk is deep red and this colour carries
through the veining. The leaf is more rugose
(wrinkled or creased) than others. ‘Intense’
is great as a baby leaf as well as full size. I
use ruby chard as an ornamental, planting it
with bright yellows, oranges and scarlets.
200 seeds $5.00
Silverado is a new, improved variety with
glossy dark green leaves, more savoyed
than Fordhook Giant It also has a narrower
stem. It’s very quick to grow and can be
planted the year round. It takes 30 days for
baby leaf and 60 days for full size. Space
5cm apart for baby leaf and 30cm apart for
full size.
200 seeds $4.00
Carrots Direct sow seed from August until February. In rows 35cm apart sow seed 1-2cm apart 1/2cm deep in well
prepared beds. Surface of the bed should not dry out until carrots germinate which will take 1-3 weeks. Thin to
2cm apart for full sized carrots. We water with a watering can with a fine rose so that a crust doesn’t form on the
surface of the bed. We sell the best modern varieties which all have terrific flavour. Our carrot seed is fresh and
has excellent germination rates.
Carrot ‘Laguna F1’ Full sized red
Laguna has a rich sweet flavour even during
hot months. Harvest it from November until
August from late winter to February sowings.
200 seeds $4.40
Carrot ‘Purple Haze F1’
Bright purple roots
Has a good sweet flavour unusual in purple
carrots. 20cm long roots are dark purple with
an orange interior. Cooking will cause the
colour to fade.
200 seeds $4.40
Carrot ‘Napoli’ Organic
Baby and full size
Carrot ‘Nelson’
Early baby and full sized
Summer and early autumn planting for an
autumn winter crop of baby and full sized
carrots, sweet and crisp.
Organic 200 seeds $5.00
High yielding variety for spring, summer and
early autumn harvest. Has excellent flavour
even during very hot weather. Sow August
through to January.
200 seeds $4.40
Carrot ‘White Satin F1’
Organic white carrot
Carrot ‘Yellowpak F1’
Yellow carrot
A crisp, deliciously sweet flavoured white
carrot. Children find this white carrot
fascinating. Sow seed from August through
to February.
Organic 200 seeds $5.00
Cook this good flavoured yellow carrot with
orange and white varieties. Yellowpak is an
all yellow, productive, uniform strain and is
considered the best of its type.
200 seeds $4.40
Ornamental Gourds
‘Harrowsmith Select’
Fennel ‘Orion F1’ Organic
From mid-spring until mid-summer direct
sow seeds into a well prepared sunny bed.
Plant 3 seeds 1/2cm deep every 15cm. Thin
to one seedling after germination. Rows
should be 45cm apart. Bulbs will heart up
after 100 days.
Organic 50 seeds $5.25
This is a a short season strain of gourds
which ripens well in cooler parts of the country. A mixture of warted pears, dumplings,
patty pans, cheeses and other shapes in a
range of colours. I grow them on a 200cm
tall trellis but they are equally happy sprawling along the ground as you would grow
pumpkins. Plant 3 seeds per station 60cm
apart and thin to the strongest seedling
when the first true leaves appear. Allow a
spread of 200cm if grown on the ground.
30 seeds for $5.00
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Cauliflower
Modern commercial strains of cauliflower aren’t difficult to grow well but the right varieties must be planted at the
right time. As cauliflowers don’t hold well in the garden, a week at the most, it’s best to plant small numbers, say 3
or 4, every couple of weeks rather than a dozen at a time. Cauliflowers prefer a well drained fertile soil high in
organic matter and a Ph of 6-7.5. A spacing of 45 cm between plants and 60-80cm between rows. Sow seed
under cover or direct sow.
Cauliflower ‘Bishop F1’
Cauliflower ‘Denali F1’
Cauliflower ‘Skywalker F1’ Organic
Vigorous growing with a good leaf wrap. A
good doer in a variety of soils. Sow seed
from August until late February for
harvesting for much of the year.
30 seeds $4.40
An excellent autumn and winter variety with
a strong root system making Denali a good
choice for gardens with below average
fertility. Sow seed January to the end of
March.
30 seeds $4.40
The best organic variety for autumn and
winter harvest. Large vigorous plants.
Organic 30 seeds $5.50
Cauliflower ‘Veronica F1’ Organic
Celery Par-Cel
Celery Tango Organic
Romanesco cauliflower
Romanesco cauliflowers have light green,
amazingly beautiful, intricately spiralled
heads. The flavour is more delicate and
nutty than white cauliflowers. Romanesco
can only be grown to be harvested in
autumn and winter. Sow seed from early
December until early February.
Organic 30 seeds $5.50
Parsley celery or cutting celery
A celery that grows and looks like curly
leafed parsley. Can be eaten fresh, in salads
or cooked in soups, sauces etc. A true
celery. It has a true sweet celery flavour and
is easy to grow. Sow seed in pots or seed
trays from late winter until late summer and
plant out when big enough or direct sow
from November to February.
100 seeds $4.00
Seasonal Produce at Lambley Nursery and Gardens
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Tango has long tender stalks with excellent
flavour. Easier to grow than most varieties.
Sow seeds undercover from September until
January. They will take two to three weeks to
germinate. Plant out when large enough
spacing 20cm apart in rows 60cm apart.
Keep well watered. If young plants are
exposed to temperatures below 13C for ten
days or more there is a good chance that
they will bolt.
Organic 50 seeds $4.40
Cucumbers For early sow seed undercover on bottom heat one seed per 7.5-10cm pot 4 or 5 weeks before
weather warms up. Plant 35cm apart in rows 150-180cm apart or 45cm apart if growing on trellis. Direct sow after
any danger of frost is over 2 or 3 seeds every 35cm. Thin to one seedling after germination. Seed can be planted
again in early January for later crops.
Cucumber Gherkin ‘Harmonie F1’
Cucumber Lebanese ‘Amiga F1’
Early dark green European style pickler.
Prolific producer of 7-10cm fruit which have
excellent flavour. 47 days from transplant.
20 seeds $6.00
A productive Lebanese cucumber with
excellent disease resistance. The thin
skinned 15cm long fruits are crisp with good
flavour. Fruits 55 days from transplant.
20 seeds $5.25
Cucumber ‘Striped Armenian’
(Painted Serpent)
Cucumber ‘Suyo’ Long Organic
Cucumber Australian Slicer
‘Marketmore F1’ Organic
Good quality 20cm long refined cucumbers
can be picked over a long season with this
variety of Australian slicer. 58 days from
transplant.
20 seeds $5.25
Cucumber ‘Tasty Jade F1’
A traditional Chinese cucumber producing
bitter free 40cm long fruit over a long period.
Excellent flavour and good for salads,
sandwiches and Chinese pickles. 60 days
from transplant.
20 seeds $5.50
Vigorous high yielding cucumber producing
thin skinned, 25-30cm long, crisp tasty fruit.
Needs to be grown on a trellis for straight
fruit.
15 seeds $6.00
Kale ‘Black Magic’
Parsnip ‘Lancer’
Parsnip ‘Javelin F1’
‘Black Magic’ is a new and improved variety
of Black Tuscan kale. It has very dark leaves
which are deeply savoyed. It’s best grown as
a full size plant and seed should be sown
from November until January for an autumn
and winter harvest.
100 seeds $5.00
Lancer is a much better open pollinated
variety than older strains. It has good vigour
and excellent disease tolerance. Best
harvested in autumn and early winter.
150 seeds $4.25
Dark and light green stripes give a unique
appearance to this cucumber. Excellent
flavour if harvested 20-40cm long. 63 days
from transplant.
20 seeds $5.25
Javelin is a good new variety for mid-winter/
early spring harvest. It has a good flavour
combined with good disease resistance.
100 seeds $4.25
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Herbs
Basil ‘Goldfields Early Wonder’
Basil ‘Italian Large Leaf’
Chervil ‘Vertissimo’
‘Gold Fields’ is a selection of Genovese
basil, the one used for pesto, that is more
tolerant of cold weather than traditional
varieties. A strong plant with dark green
leaves it has all the flavour of older types but
can be sown a month or two earlier. Plant
seed direct from November until the end of
January.
100 seeds $5.00
This variety is sweeter and has less of a
clove-like flavour than normal basil. I find it a
much pleasanter basil to use in pesto and
tomato salads. I never plant basil seed, or
plants for that matter, in the open garden
before December as cold weather is
anathema to this delicious herb.
200 seeds $4.00
Vertissimo is a slow bolting deliciously
flavoured chervil. It can be used in salads,
as a micro green or a garnish. Plant seed in
drills in the garden in spring and again in
autumn.
200 seeds $4.00
Chives Fine Leaf
I always have a patch of chives in the
garden. This is an excellent flavoured
variety with delicate fien leaves good for
both cooking and as a garnish.
200 seeds $4.00
Coriander ‘Calypso’
I grow coriander for its leaves rather than for
its seeds so I grow this slow bolting variety.
It is ready to pick in less than a month and a
half and will, under reasonable conditions,
take three or four months before it runs up to
seed. It’s best to sow seed at six weekly
intervals.
200 seeds $4.00
Parsley ‘Giant of Italy’
Parsley ‘Curly Leafed Starlett’
A real giant but with wonderful Italian parsley
flavour this is the variety which has amazed
visitors to the nursery with its size and
productivity. I plant seed on bottom heat
early in the spring and outside in the garden
after mid-November. Parsley will sometime
bolt if seed is planted in soil which is too
cold.
150 seeds $4.00
A terrific moss leaved curly parsley, neat
and dwarf enough to grow in a pot and
vigorous enough for the garden. Quick to
mature, ‘Starlett’ has dark green densely
filled foliage on strong stems.
100 seeds $4.00
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Dill ‘Hera’
A vigorous slow bolting variety with an
upright growth habit which can be planted
the year round. It’s one of our favourite
herbs. My wife uses it in her spinach and
fetta cheese pie, for stuffing whole fish and
in broad bean salads.
200 seeds $4.00
Sorrel French Red Veined
An uncommon perennial herb/vegetable
which will give salads a tangy lemon
flavour. It can be cooked like spinach,
made into a creamy fish sauce or a sorrel
soup. Use young leaves only. Direct sow
1/2cm deep 12 seeds per 30cm and thin
to 30cm apart using thinning as baby leaf.
Keep plants cut hard for good quality
leaves.
100 seeds $5.00
Lettuce Baby Leaf ‘Encore’ Mix
Lettuce Cos ‘Helvius’
All organic mix of stunning colours, textures
and shapes. Includes green and red oakleaf,
green and red cos, Lolo Rossa. Can be
grown year round and cut several times.
Plant 60 seeds 1/4cm deep, per 30cm in 15
m wide bands. Can be harvested in 30 days;
a little longer during winter.
Organic 600 seeds $5.00
Full size cos with good heat tolerance
making it the choice for summer harvest
although it will happily crop the whole year
round. It makes heavy dense hearts.
100 seeds $4.25
Lettuce ‘Panisse’ Oakleaf
Lettuce ‘Rouxai’ Red Oakleaf
Lettuce ‘Skyphos’ Red Butterhead
Quick growing oakleaf for year round
production. The pale green leaves are sweet
and tender.
100 seeds $4.25
A new oakleaf with attractive lobed leaves,
deep cherry red colour, great flavour and
texture. Good for year round production. The
best red oakleaf to date.
100 seeds $5.25
Far and away the best red butterhead
available. Quick growing with tender, sweet,
deep burgundy and cream hearts. A
favourite at Lambley.
100 seeds $5.25
Lettuce ‘Sylvesta’ Green
Butterhead Organic
Lettuce ‘Tan-Tan’ Mini-Cos Organic
Large pale green butterhead, tender and
sweet tasting. Slow to bolt it is an all year
round variety.
Organic 100 seeds $4.25
Lettuce ‘Crispino’ Organic Iceberg
An adaptable Iceberg for planting the year
round. It produces good solid crisp heads
even in summer when other varieties fail.
White interior, juicy and mild flavour.
Organic 100 seeds $4.25
The best mini-cos for the home gardener. It
makes good solid, crisp hearts, is slow to
bolt and quick to mature. Will produce
quality the year round.
Organic 100 seeds $4.25
Cultivation Plant 3 seeds every 20cm in rows 30cm apart. Thin to one seedling after the first true leaves appear.
Or plant 2 seeds to a 5cm pot or 2cm apart seedling trays and plant out when big enough. Lettuce germinate best
at or below 20C. All the lettuce varieties we sell have been bred for both flavour and disease resistance. All have a
high resistance to lettuce aphid.
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Onions
Direct sow bulbing onions 1/2cm deep 2 cm apart in a well prepared bed. Thin to 4-5cm apart. Use thinning as
scallions. Harvest when 80% of tops have folded down. The following three varieties of onions are suited to areas
south of mid NSW. Sow seed from late May to August.
Brown Onion Pukehohe
Long Keeper
(Cream and Gold Long Keeper)
The best onion to grow for storage.
Harvested in January it will keep until the
following October if stored properly.
300 seeds $4.00
Leek ‘Bandit F1’ Organic
Bandit is a late leek best harvested from late
autumn until late winter. It has dark bluegreen erect leaves and a shaft which grows
thick without bulbing.
Organic 100 seeds $4.50
Red Onion ‘Red Shine’
White Onion ‘Callisto F1’
A good looking bright red globe shaped
onion which stores better than most reds.
200 seeds $4.25
A new variety and one of the best white
onions with a gentle flavour and good
storing capability.
200 seeds $4.50
Leek ‘King Richard’ Organic
True strain of this old early variety. Leeks
are ready from March into the winter. Good
long white shafts.
Organic 100 seeds $4.00
Onion, Spring ’Damast’ Organic
Onion, Spring ’Nabechan F1’
This new variety has a compact upright
growth habit with dark green leaves and a
white shaft. It has a long harvest period as it
keeps well in the garden. It can be sown all
the year round.
Organic 300 seeds $4.25
Nabechan is a Japanese spring onion with a
better, sweeter and more complex flavour
than typical spring onion varieties. Into
prepared beds sow seed 1cm apart in 5cm
wide drills from July until March.
200 seeds $4.25
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Leek ‘Tadorna’ Organic
Vigorous grower which can be harvested
from mid-autumn until winter’s end.
Organic 100 seeds $4.00
Garlic Chives/Kow Choi
Garlic chives are a perennial onion relative
with a flavour closer to garlic than chives.
The leaves are used in stir fries, pancakes
and dumplings as well as a garlic substitute
in stews etc. Plant seed in drills in early
spring and transplant into permanent
position when big enough. Space 15cm
between plants 30cm beween rows.
200 seeds for $4.00
Peas
Peas are a cool season crop and should be planted from June to September. The later plantings should be of
powdery mildew resistant varieties. We are offering the best of modern pea breeding which combines excellent
flavour with bountiful cropping and good disease resistance. Not for Tasmania
Shelling Pea ‘Novella’
Novella is a unique leafless shelling pea. It
can be grown with no support as it has a
mass of tendrils instead of leaves. 70 days
to first pick.
150 seeds $4.00
Not for Tasmania
Shelling Pea ‘Super Gem’
Powdery mildew tolerant variety suited to
planting from early until late in the season. It
produces the largest pod of any dwarf
variety, up to 13cm long with 11 peas to a
pod making it as excellent a variety for the
show bench as the kitchen. 5% of plants will
not be true. 75 days to first pick.
Not for Tasmania
150 seeds $4.00
Pea, Shelling ‘Willow’
Willow is a fabulous new variety of shelling
pea. It produces a large number of
attractive, long, dark green pods. Willow is
resistant to powdery mildew so a late
planting is worth a try. Plant seeds 2cm
deep in a 10cm wide band approximately 20
seeds per 30cm.
150 seeds $4.00
Not for Tasmania
Pea, Snow ‘Green Devil’
Snow Pea ‘Yakumo’
Pea, Sugar Snap ‘Cascadia’
An exciting new variety of snow pea with
excellent disease resistance producing dark
green, flat pods under a variety of weather
conditions.
An October or November
planting would be worth a try. Plant seeds
2cm deep in a 10cm wide band
approximately 20 seeds per 30cm.
Not for Tasmania
150 seeds $5.25
A tall climbing snow pea which must be
grown on a trellis or tepee. Produces long
straight pods, 14cm long by 2.8cm wide. 75
100 seeds $5.25
days to first pick.
Not for Tasmania
Cascadia is a vigorous, climbing sugar snap
and needs a trellis or tepee to grow on. It
has excellent flavour but is not resistant to
powdery mildew. Plant seed 10 to 12cm
apart.
100 seeds $4.25
Not for Tasmania
Sugar Snap Pea ‘Sugar Bon’
Sweetcorn ’Polaris F1’
Sweetcorn ‘Max F1’
The most popular dwarf sugar snap pea for
both professional farmers and home
gardeners alike. Powdery mildew resistance
makes it a good variety for all time slots.
First pick 55-60 days.
100 seeds $4.25
Not for Tasmania
Polaris cobs grow to 20cm long and are
sweet and juicy. The plant can make 180200cm tall and provides good disease
resistance to ensure a bumper crop. A
terrific 'honey and cream' variety to use
instead of Samurai.
100 seeds $4.00
Max is a really good doer which grows well
in cooler parts of Australia. It has an
excellent disease resistance package and
produces good flavoured, sweet tasting
yellow cobs, often two per plant.
100 seeds $4.00
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Hybrid versus Heirloom Tomatoes
If you are having trouble growing a good crop or indeed any crop at all of “heirloom” tomatoes or seedling
tomatoes
bought
from garden
centres or big box stores you will be joining a growing band of gardeners. The seed
Hybrid versus
Heirloom
Tomatoes
of
modern
good
flavoured,
disease
tomato
hybridsany
is expensive
more thantomatoes
pays for or
itself
in the
If you are having trouble growing aresistant
good crop
or indeed
crop at allbut
of it“heirloom”
seedling
vastly
improved
production
of
ripe
tomatoes.
tomatoes bought from garden centres or big box stores you will be joining a growing band of gardeners. The seed
of modern good flavoured, disease resistant tomato hybrids is expensive but it more than pays for itself in the
Asimproved
the seed production
we sell hasofa ripe
95%tomatoes.
germination rate plant the seed individually in 5 or 7.5 cm pots on bottom heat
vastly
6 to 8 weeks before the last frost. If you get no frost then plant in September. We plant the seed in mid to
lateseed
September.
As the
we sell has a 95% germination rate plant the seed individually in 5 or 7.5 cm pots on bottom heat
When
the
true
leaves
appear
we take
the
seedlings
off bottom
heat
but keep them
in a the
polyseed
house.
6 to
8 first
weeks
before
the
last frost.
If you
get
no frost then
plant in
September.
We plant
in mid to
We don’t
over water, keeping the potting soil just moist.
late September.
When the tomatoes
have made
sturdy
plants,
before they
flowering
andkeep
the danger
is over the
first true leaves
appear
we take
the seedlings
offstart
bottom
heat but
them inof
a frost
poly house.
tomatoes
planted
60cm
for soil
the determinate
We don’t
over are
water,
keeping
theapart
potting
just moist. varieties and 90cm apart for the staking varieties.
After
we puthave
a plastic
tree
guard
around
the small
seedlings
to protect
them
fromofwind
alsothe
give
Whenplanting
the tomatoes
made
sturdy
plants,
before
they start
flowering
and the
danger
frostand
is over
them
a warm
climate.
tomatoes
are micro
planted
60cm apart for the determinate varieties and 90cm apart for the staking varieties.
The
are tied
a three
wire,the
or small
pig wire
trellis about
100cm
high.
These
varieties
can
Afterdeterminate
planting we varieties
put a plastic
tree to
guard
around
seedlings
to protect
them
from
wind
and also
give
also
allowed
to sprawl
on the ground.
thembe
a warm
micro
climate.
The staking,
indeterminate
varieties
tied wire,
to 200cm
or 200cm
wire trellis.
determinate
varieties are
tied to are
a three
or pigstakes
wire trellis
aboutpig
100cm
high. These varieties can
also be allowed to sprawl on the ground.
The staking, indeterminate varieties are tied to 200cm stakes or 200cm pig wire trellis.
Cherry Tomato ‘Blackbird’
Cherry Tomato ‘Santa Lucia F1’
Large egg shaped cherry tomato with
beautiful presentation and great flavour
Cherry
Tomato
‘Santa
Lucia F1’Three
when ripe.
Incredibly
productive.
Large
egg shaped
cherry
tomato
plants produced
enough
tomatoes
to fill with
our
beautiful
and sauce
great and
flavour
fridge with presentation
60 boxes of pasta
also
when
Incredibly
productive.
Three
keep usripe.
in fresh
tomatoes
until the end
of
plants
producedindeterminate
enough tomatoes
fill our
May. Vigorous
plant toneeding
fridge with
60 boxes of pasta 8
sauce
and
also
staking
or trellising.
seeds
$7.95
keep us in fresh tomatoes until the end of
May. Vigorous indeterminate plant needing
staking or trellising.
8 seeds $7.95
A delicious medium sized, egg shaped,
cherry tomato with a typical Black Russian
Cherry
Tomato
‘Blackbird’
flavour when
ripe. Fruit
is dark blackish red
A
medium
sized,
egg The
shaped,
withdelicious
bottle green
tiger like
stripes.
seed
cherry
withbut
a typical
Black
Russian
is
very tomato
expensive
well worth
it as
these
flavour
when
ripe.
Fruit
is dark
blackish
red
tomatoes
fetch
$20
a kilo
at better
green
with
bottle Very
green tiger
like stripes.
grocers.
productive
and The
a seed
long
is
very expensive
well worth
it asquality
these
harvesting
season.butProduces
good
tomatoes
$20
a kilo
at better
green
fruit to thefetch
end of
May.
Happy
grown in
the
grocers.
Very
and a long
open
garden
but productive
even more productive
in a
harvesting
quality
polyhouse. season.
Good Produces
disease good
resistance.
fruit
to the end of May. Happy
grown
in the
Indeterminate.
5 seeds
$19.95
open garden but even more productive in a
polyhouse. Good disease resistance.
Indeterminate.
5 seeds $19.95
Cherry Tomato ‘Felicity F1’
Tomato ‘Gabriella F1’
Felicity was a stand out in our trials last
season. It has a terrific flavour when ripe, it
Cherry
doesn’t Tomato
split and ‘Felicity
it has F1’
good disease
Felicity wasI a
stand
out good
in ourripe
trials
resistance.
was
picking
fruitlast
at
season.
It has
terrific flavour
when ripe, it
the end of
April.a Felicity
is an indeterminate
doesn’t
andstaking.
it has good disease
variety sosplit
it needs
resistance. I was picking good
ripe fruit
at
8 seeds
$7.95
the end of April. Felicity is an indeterminate
variety so it needs staking.
8 seeds $7.95
Gabriella is a good tasting full size tomato. It
has excellent disease resistance and
Tomato
produces a‘Gabriella
good crop F1’
right up to the end of
Gabriella
good tasting
full size
tomato. It
the
April.is a
Gabriella
is an
indeterminate
has
varietyexcellent
and needsdisease
staking. resistance and
produces a good crop right up8toseeds
the end
of
$7.95
the April. Gabriella is an indeterminate
variety and needs staking.
8 seeds $7.95
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Autumn tomato crop
Autumn tomato crop
Autumn tomato crop
Spanish Greenback Tomato
‘Montenegro F1’
Traditional Spanish greenback tomato with
Spanish
Greenback Tomato
exceptional taste. Fruit is harvested and
F1’pink star stage. Vigorous
‘Montenegro
ready to eat at the
Traditional
Spanish
indeterminate
plant greenback
needing tomato
staking with
or
exceptional
taste.
Fruit package
is harvested
trellising. Good
disease
suitedand
to
ready toand
eatpolyhouse
at the pinkgrowing.
star stage. Vigorous
garden
indeterminate plant needing8 seeds
staking
or
$7.95
trellising. Good disease package suited to
garden and polyhouse growing.
8 seeds $7.95
Cuore Di Bue Tomato
‘Rugantino F1’
A famous curiously shaped Italian oxheart
tomato. “These big tomatoes bottom heavy
shape reminiscent of a pouch with a
gathered top.” ‘Ragutino’ is one of the
tastiest saucing tomatoes, with dense flesh
and lustrous orange red skin. Indeterminate
variety that needs staling or trellising. Good
disease resistance package. 8 seeds $8.95
Tomato ‘Sheena F1’
Cherry Tomato ‘Tycho’
Sheena is as good as it gets in a Roma
tomato. It has large, smooth, egg shaped
fruit and maintains a good size right up to
the end of the season. Sheena is great for
grilling, sauce making, bottling and passata.
It is a determinate variety suitable for ground
growing or on a 100cm tall three wire trellis
or a pig wire trellis.
12 seeds $6.95
Tycho is a very high yielding cherry tomato
with uniform glossy red fruit which are very
sweet and flavoursome. Terrific disease
package including high resistance to the
devastating Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus.
Vigorous indeterminate plant which needs
staking or trellising.
8 seeds $7.95
Capsicum
Capsicum ‘Bullsweet F1’
A delicious early bullhorn which crops well in
the cooler parts of the country producing a
heavy crop of exceptionally sweet Italian
style sweet peppers during summer and
autumn.
15 seeds $5.00
Pepper, Habanero ‘Habahot F1’
Pepper, Jalapeno ‘Popeye F1’
Some like it hot and this pepper is hot.
Habanero peppers are amongst the hottest
chillis in the world. Habahot makes a strong
compact plant and is very productive even in
cooler areas of the country.
Popeye is a new early producing Jalapeno
suitable for growing in cooler areas of the
country. It has high yields of 8cm by 3cm
glossy dark green fruits which are suitable
for stuffing.
15 seeds $5.00
20 seeds $5.00
Capsicum and Chili
Capsicum ‘Synergy F1’
Synergy is an early red, blocky, sweet
capsicum which ripens well in cooler
districts. It has good disease resistance and
good leaf cover to protect the fruit from
scalding in the heat of summer.
15 seeds $5.00
Older varieties of capsicum and chilli struggled to ripen in the cooler parts
of southern Australia. The following have all been trialled in southern
Victoria and will ripen even here in chilly old Central Highlands. Plant the
seed into individual 5cm to 7.5cm pots on a bottom heat in mid August.
Germination is quick. Leave on heat until October and then move the
plants off the heat but still keep them under cover. In November harden off
outside for a few days whilst still in the pots. Plant out and stake. Put a
plastic tree guard around the seedling to protect it from wind and cold for a
few weeks. In December when the plants are in strong growth remove the
tree guard. Put four 80cm stakes in a circle around the plant to stop it
falling over when bearing fruit.
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Melons
Lambley has successfully grown all of the melons listed below in our vegetable garden in the Central Highlands of
Victoria. They are all short season melons that is all will grow and ripen in our cold garden which is 450 metres
above sea level. They have all been selected for their superb flavour. We grow them in two different ways.
Melon Ananas ‘San Juan F1’
Cantaloupe ‘Sarah’s Choice F1’
A superior flavoured variety of these middle
eastern melons with a sweet, aromatic,
spicy flavour and ivory coloured flesh.
Ananas melons are the sweetest of all
melons. Fruit is ripe when the skin is nearly
yellow and the melons slip from the vine.
20 seeds $6.00
Sarah’s Choice is the best tasting of all
cantaloupes. When ripe it has sweet juicy
incredibly delicious flesh. When you eat this
easily grown rock melon you will be spoiled
for any other. This melon is ripe when the
skin colour begins to warm and the fruit slips
easily from the vine.
20 seeds $6.00
Melon, Crenshaw ‘Lilly F1’
Melon, Galia ‘Diplomat F1’
Lilly has an unbelievable sweet and spicy
taste. This is the first Crenshaw melon that
can be grown successfully in cooler
southern parts of Australia. When ripe the
skin is pale yellow and the flesh is light
orange. Harvest at forced slip.
20 seeds $6.00
Watermelon ‘Sugar Baby F1’
An older variety and the standard small
watermelon. Good sweet flavour, juicy and
crisp texture. Home grown and ripened
watermelons are a step above bought types.
30 seeds $4.00
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Diplomat is an excellent flavoured Galia
melon with sweet aromatic green flesh.
Galia melons are much more juicy and
flavoursome than honeydews. Galia melons
are ripe when the skin becomes yellowish
and the fruit gives off an aromatic fragrance.
Cut from the vine.
20 seeds $5.00
Melon Charentais ‘Savor F1’
The sweetest variety of this traditional
French melon with unsurpassed eating
quality. The deep orange flesh has an
intense sweet aromatic flavour. 85 days
from planting to ripe fruit.
10 seeds $7.50
Melon, Canary ‘Brilliant F1’
Brilliant is a short season Canary melon with
yellow skin and white flesh tasting like a
tangy cross between a cantaloupe and a
Nashi pear. This very productive variety is
ripe when the fruit is bright lemon yellow and
can then be cut from the vine or ‘forced slip’.
Canary melons are a Japanese favourite.
20 seeds $6.00
Watermelon ‘Sunshine F1’
Watermelon ‘Little Baby Flower F1’
This is only 15cm in diameter and weighs
about a kilo when ripe. It takes a mere 70
days to ripen (as opposed to 110 to 120
days for many older varieties).
15 seeds $6.00
Sunshine is one of the best tasting
watermelons I’ve ever eaten. The bright
yellow flesh is crisp, sweet and juicy. It
grows ripens and fruits in 75 days from
transplanting and so it can be grown
successfully in the colder parts of southern
Australia as well as warmer areas.
15 seeds $6.00
Pumpkins All pumpkins taste better when allowed to cure for a month or so after picking. I keep them inside lying
on their sides in a dry place where the temperature rarely gets below 14C. I plant these pumpkin varieties in midNovember after the danger of frosts is over. In milder climates they can be planted earlier.
Acorn Pumpkin ‘Jester F1’
Buttercup Pumpkin ‘Burgess’
Organic
Delicata Pumpkin ‘JS’
Rich sweet flavoured pumpkin 1-2kg. Dark
green skin, with a typical grey button on the
blossom end, and deep orange flesh. 3-4
fruits per plant.
Organic 20 seeds $5.25
Widely grown in the United States this pretty
pumpkin has very sweet flesh and is
excellent for baking. It doesn’t need curing
and can be cooked straight after harvest. 5-7
fruits per plant. 100 days to harvest.
Organic 20 seeds $5.00
Pumpkin ‘Dill’s Atlantic Giant’
Pumpkin, Buttercup ’JWS 6823 F1’
This strain holds the world record for a giant
pumpkin some 782 kilos. Whilst they didn’t
break any records my grandchildren grew
huge pumpkins from this seed.
10 seeds $5.25
Kabocha Pumpkin ‘Sunshine F1’
I grew this variety for the first time last
season. It is very productive and its short
vines make it suitable for smaller gardens. It
yielded 6 fruits per plant last summer. This
butternut has smaller fruit with a smaller
seed cavity than older varieties and also has
some resistance to powdery mildew.
20 seeds $5.00
A beautiful orange-scarlet skinned Kabocha
with superior eating qualities. An All
American Selection winner. Short vigorous
vine with 3-4 fruits per plant. 95 days to
harvest.
20 seeds $6.00
Pumpkin, Kabocha ‘Cha Cha F1’
Organic
Pumpkin ‘Spaghetti Squash’
Beautiful looking with excellent flavour this
new variety produces 5-7 ivory, striped
green fruits per vine. They average 750gm
each. Best eaten within two months of
harvest. 95 days to ripen.
20 seeds $5.00
According to all those in the family who eat
pumpkin this is the best flavoured of all. Its
bright orange flesh has a nutty, sweet
flavour and keeps its shape when cooked.
Organic seed 20 seeds $5.00
When baked or boiled in its skin it forks out
like spaghetti and can be topped with sauce
and eaten like pasta. 4-5 fruits per plant
weighing 1-2 kg each.
20 seeds $4.00
Buttercup Pumpkin ‘Bonbon F1’
An All American Selection winner
‘Bonbon’ is a classic looking buttercup
pumpkin with deep green smooth skin
and a prominent grey button on the
blossom end. Deep orange fibreless flesh
has a good sweet flavour. Fruit weighs 22.5kg and each vine produces an
average of 4 pumpkins.
15 seeds $5.00
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Radish East Asian
ORGANIC SEED
Lambley is trying to source
as much certified organic
seed as possible.
Daikon Radish ‘Alpine F1’
This half-long 12-15cm roots is the most
commonly grown variety in Korea. It’s a
good choice for gardens with thinner soils.
Excellent flavour and can be used fresh in
salads, in pickles and in miso soup. Sow
seed in rows 5cm apart, thin to 10-15cm.
100 seeds $4.25
Daikon Radish ‘Miyashige’
Traditional Japanese daikon for planting late
summer and autumn. Roots grow 35-40cm
long. Used for pickling, salads and soups.
Can be stored. Sow seed in rows 5cm apart,
thin to 10-15cm. Needs a well prepared
deep bed.
100 seeds $4.25
Any seed listed as organic
has been certified organic
in its country of origin.
Radish European European radishes are quick to grow and need to be eaten whilst young. Plant in succession
from August until April. Sow seed 1cm deep and 2cm apart in 10cm wide bands.
Radish Long French ‘D’Avignon’
A traditional variety from southern France
producing 7-10cm long, slender roots red
with a white tip. Nice gentle flavoured early
producer which must be dug when ready to
avoid pithiness.
200 seeds $4.25
Roquette ‘Astro’ Organic
My favourite roquette, it’s spicy but not too
hot. Its leaves are wide and not deeply
lobed. It stands hot summer temperatures
well. I can pick it nearly the year round if I
plant it anew every six weeks or so.
Organic150 seeds $4.00
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Radish ‘Pink Beauty’
‘Pink Beauty’ is quick to grow, 26 days to
harvest, visually beautiful and has a mild
sweet flavour. It also resists pithiness.
100 seeds $4.25
Roquette ’Surrey’
With great flavour and wild roquette
appearance I grow this spicy but not too hot
variety to mix with Astro.
150 seeds $4.00
Radish ‘Red Meat’
Watermelon Radish
Large round radish with unique pink flesh. It
has a very sweet mild taste. Sow late
summer and autumn only as earlier sowings
will run up to seed.
200 seeds $4.25
Zucchini Sow seed indoors in individual 7.5cm pots mid-October (earlier in coastal districts) and plant into the
garden 3 weeks later allowing 90cm between plants and 150-190cm between rows. Direct sow 3 seeds 90cm
apart and thin to strongest one after germination.
Rocket, Wild ‘Dragon’s Tongue’
Rocket, Wild ‘Voyager’
Zucchini ‘Bush Baby’ F1
‘Dragons Tongue’ is a stunning new variety
of wild rocket which has intense purple red
veining on the leaf. This red veining makes
for a visually appealing salad. ‘Dragon’s
Tongue’ also has great flavour. It can be
planted from early spring until mid-autumn
for year round cropping.
500 seeds $6.00
Voyager is more vigorous, more uniform and
more upright than older varieties. It is also
slower to bolt. The dark green leaves have
good texture and excellent flavour. Plant
from early spring until mid-autumn for year
round cropping.
500 seeds $5.00
A true baby zucchini, Bush Baby's fruits are
true miniatures and ready to harvest at 1015cm. When picked they are better
proportioned than full-size zucchinis picked
young. Fruits are dark green with distinctive
stripes.
10 seeds for $4.00
Zucchini Lebanese ‘Obelix F1’
Zucchini ‘Nitro F1’
Zucchini ‘Safari F1’
A highly adaptable and productive variety
fruiting well even in cool conditions.
Excellent nutty flavour. Best picked when
fruits are 10cm long but they are still good
eating at a larger size.
15 seeds $5.00
‘Nitro’ is astonishingly productive and with its
high resistance to powdery mildew will
produce excellent flavoured fruits right up to
the end of April when other varieties have
long succumbed to powdery mildew.
15 seeds $6.00
Safari is a most beautiful looking Zucchini,
with dark green, cream striped, excellent
flavoured fruit. Plant seed straight into the
garden in November or in the poly house
during September. Three or four plants will
keep a family of four happy for several
months from early summer until April.
10 seeds $4.00
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