Diggers books by Clive Blazey
There Is No
Excuse For Ugliness Clive Blazey explains why our modern suburban garden approach fails and helps you create a garden that is aesthetically pleasing and cool and refreshing during the hottest of Australian summers.
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Heirloom legends for the kitchen
Strawberry Bush Alpine
Bean Flageolet Flagrano
Mexican Sour Gherkin
The caviar of beans and the French favourite for fresh shelling, these succulent, sweet seeds can be eaten like fresh peas or left to dry for winter soups. Harvest in 9 weeks, yields 500g per plant.
This heirloom micro-sized climbing cucumber tastes both sweet and sour, just like a gherkin without the work! Prolific fruiting and a first rate screening plant. May self seed. Not for NT/WA.
50 seeds
RETAIL
$3.95
CLUB
$2.95
CODE
S018
30 seeds
RETAIL
$3.95
CLUB
$2.95
CODE
S103
Far superior in fragrance and flavour to plumped up supermarket hybrids, this variety has been bred from wild strains collected in European woodlands. The small runnerless plants make this an ideal edging plant for your vegie garden. Aug-Mar
Jul-Apr
All year
30cm
H 20 weeks
300 seeds RETAIL
$3.95
30cm CLUB
$2.95
CODE
S214
We’ll show you how to create beautiful garden pictures by planting tried and proven plants that survive drought, heat waves and extreme cold. It's Diggers basic guide to flower gardening, with over 100 colour pictures of beautiful gardens across Australia and Europe, featured to show you how easy it is to do in your own backyard. Following 36 years of trialling garden plants with The Diggers Club, we've chosen the best to become features at the Diggers gardens of Heronswood and St Erth and seen in the finest gardens at Cloudehill and botanic gardens. The Plant Selector is a complete list of herbs, perennials, roses, bulbs, annuals, trees and shrubs that are anything but commonplace and includes the most comprehensive growing descriptions yet published in Australia. This is a book for both beginner and the experienced gardeners that explains the basics of garden botany for gardening success as well as Australia’s most comprehensive Plant Selector. 162 pages in hardcover, with 600 colour pictures. RETAIL
$29.95
CLUB
$24.95
CODE
ANEU
Edible Flower
The Australian
COLLECTION
Fruit & Vegetable Garden This 142 page, full colour hardcover is written by Clive Blazey in easy to follow format. Every fruit and vegetable is pictured with over 300 colour photographs. Other features include: ◆ How to grow all your fruit and vegetables in a space no greater than your front lawn. ◆ How to grow full sized fruit on dwarf rootstocks – easier to pick, prune, spray and water. ◆ Which fruit trees suit your climate from Cairns to Hobart. ◆ Simplifying pollination and fruiting, and how to control pests without spraying. ◆ An A to Z of 188 deciduous or evergreen sub-tropical fruits such as apple, avocado, cherry and custard apple, raspberries, strawberries, tree tomatoes and macadamias. ◆ A vegetable and herb section with almost 250 vegetables described as well as sections on starting your first vegetable garden. ◆ Includes free Sow What When wall chart inside the jacket. RETAIL
$39.95
CLUB
$34.95
CODE
AAUFV
Over 40,000 copies sold
6 Packets — Edible flowers tick all the boxes. They bring colour, flavour and vitality to the plate and to your garden. The selection we offer here are all fun and easy to grow too!
Celtuce Chinese, Stem or Asparagus Lettuce is a delicacy we enjoyed in a 5 star restaurant. Grow and harvest young leaves as a lettuce then cut the succulent stems when they run to seed, reaching 30-40cm high. Harvest in 21-24 weeks. 70 seeds
RETAIL
$3.95
CLUB
$2.95
CODE
44 • Diggers Seed Annual 2015/16
Rainbow Beefsteak Mix
RETAIL
$15.95
CLUB
$12.95
CODE
COOL climate
$15.95
CLUB
$12.95
CODE
ASOWC
CODE
ASOWH
$15.95
CLUB
$12.95
CLUB
$14.95
CODE
S916
Culinary Herb
TOMATO
RETAIL RETAIL
$22.50
COLLECTION
WARM climate HOT climate
RETAIL
S089
Seed Sowing Guides New this Season! We've revised and revamped our popular Sow What When posters with a new colourful design and easyto-read information for each of Australia's three growing zones. From artichoke to zucchini, find out what months to sow, seed spacing and weeks to harvest, it contains all the information you need to become a seed sowing expert. You'll always be sure of the correct time to plant your seeds with this A2 sized (42x59cm) poster, matt laminated for longevity. See our growing zone map on page 10 to choose the right guide for you!
The collection includes Borage for sensational ice cubes for summer Pimms, Calendula for the soft orange petals to spark up salads, Nasturtium for its warm spicy leaves, Marigold for bite-size anise flowers, Cornflower to sprinkle on top and Violas for the sweetest flavour of any flower.
ASOWW
These amazing colours are the ultimate in heirlooms – multi-coloured (Ananas Noir), green (Aunt Ruby), red and yellow (Big Rainbow) plus Black Krim and Mortgage Lifter. Harvest late for maximum ripeness and flavour. Yields 7-16kg per plant. 40 seeds
RETAIL
$4.95
CLUB
$3.95
CODE
5 Packets — Herbs can turn an average dish into something special, and they lift the health ratings too. Our chefs at Heronswood include herbs in all their culinary creations and this collection includes some of their favourites. Perilla or Shisho from Japan is used to flavour Asian dishes and has hints of cloves and mint, Lemon Balm brings a zesty freshness to salads and cool drinks, Chervil with its mild anise flavour combines perfectly with fish and poultry, and Coriander Confetti and Thai Basil are the staples for stir fries and fragrant Thai cooking. RETAIL
$22.50
CLUB
$14.95
CODE
S911
S2214
Diggers Seed Annual 2015/16 • 45