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For a Perth garden that means a $5 packet is not a seasonal purchase, it is a standing supply.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo hundred seeds for five dollars.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sow a short row every few weeks rather than all at once and you will have salad continuously instead of forty lettuces in one fortnight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt forgives the things beginners get wrong.\u003c\/strong\u003e Poor soil, part shade, imperfect siting. 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Many gardeners find it lifts germination. Little Veggie Patch Co do not ask you to do it, so treat it as optional.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariety: \"White Soul\", a white-skinned alpine strawberry, heirloom. Alpine strawberries are \u003cem\u003eFragaria vesca\u003c\/em\u003e; Little Veggie Patch Co's own listing gives the botanical name as \u003cem\u003eFragaria x ananassa\u003c\/em\u003e, which is the garden hybrid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproximately 70 seeds per packet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompanion plants: onions, leek and chives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePackaging: plain paper seed packet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Veggie Patch Co source their seed locally and in small batches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterstate customers: some states restrict the entry of seed and plant material. 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It now runs to more than 60.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhere we would like more.\u003c\/strong\u003e Little Veggie Patch Co do not state whether their heirloom seed is chemically treated, and they publish no germination rate or packing date. 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In pots, use a good quality potting mix. As Little Veggie Patch Co put it, quality is typically correlated to price.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePick from the outside of the plant inwards and it will keep producing for months.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariety: Petroselinum crispum, Italian flat-leaf, organic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproximately 150 seeds per packet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompanion plants: carrots, chives, tomato and asparagus.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePackaging: plain paper seed packet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Veggie Patch Co source their seed locally and in small batches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterstate customers: some states restrict the entry of seed and plant material. 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Plant once, pick for years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistinct needle-like leaves and pale blue flowers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproximately 40 seeds per packet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003ePure Standard\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe cultivar choice is the point.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rosemary is notoriously slow and unreliable from seed. \"Rosy\" was selected specifically for germination rate and upright vigour, which is a more useful thing to breed for than another shade of flower.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a shrub, and a long-lived one.\u003c\/strong\u003e Give it 50cm and it becomes permanent structure in the bed. 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In pots, use a good quality potting mix. As Little Veggie Patch Co put it, quality is typically correlated to price.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnce established, water sparingly. Rosemary dies of wet feet far more often than of thirst.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariety: Rosmarinus officinalis, \"Rosy\", heirloom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproximately 40 seeds per packet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompanion plants: beans, cabbage, carrots and sage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePackaging: plain paper seed packet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Veggie Patch Co source their seed locally and in small batches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterstate customers: some states restrict the entry of seed and plant material. 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Sage is one of the few herbs that is genuinely a shrub: plant it once, give it room, and it will still be there in five years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeirloom variety, so you can save seed from mature plants.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePerennial and evergreen.\u003c\/strong\u003e One sowing, years of picking.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreyish, aromatic foliage with handsome purple flowers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrought tolerant once established.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproximately 50 seeds per packet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003ePure Standard\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a shrub, not a seasonal herb.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sage is evergreen and perennial, so unlike basil or coriander you sow it once. Given its 50cm of room it becomes a permanent, structural thing in the bed rather than something you replace every spring.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe right herb for a dry climate.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mediterranean, drought tolerant once established, and far more likely to be killed by overwatering than by neglect. That is a useful quality in a Perth summer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeirloom means it keeps going.\u003c\/strong\u003e Let it flower and set seed and you never buy this packet again.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaper packet, nothing else.\u003c\/strong\u003e Close to the smallest packaging footprint of anything we sell.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhere we would like more.\u003c\/strong\u003e Little Veggie Patch Co do not state whether their seed is chemically treated. 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Sage dies of wet feet far more often than of thirst.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariety: Salvia officinalis, \"Common\", heirloom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproximately 50 seeds per packet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompanion plants: beans, broccoli, carrots and lettuce.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePackaging: plain paper seed packet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Veggie Patch Co source their seed locally and in small batches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterstate customers: some states restrict the entry of seed and plant material. 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