{"product_id":"food-forest-frost-free","title":"Food Forest - Frost Free","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIf your garden rarely, if ever, sees a frost, the Food Forest - Frost Free collection opens the door to fruiting plants that simply aren't an option further south or further inland. It brings together tender, warmth-loving trees and climbers with a supporting layer of pollinator-friendly herbs and dependable perennial vegetables, giving you the makings of a genuinely productive food forest suited to New Zealand's warmest gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe standout fruiting plants here all need real warmth to perform. Moringa Horseradish Tree is a fast-growing, heat-loving tree that doesn't tolerate hard frosts, but rewards a warm spot with a steady supply of edible leaves and young seed pods, both easy to use in the kitchen in place of spinach and green beans. Passionfruit Large Black is a vigorous climber that wants a sunny trellis or fence to grow up, producing generous crops of purple-skinned fruit once established. Tamarillo Large Red is a classic New Zealand subtropical favourite, best given a sheltered spot away from wind and frost, and while relatively short-lived at three to four years, it fruits within around 18 months and produces richly flavoured, egg-shaped fruit. Papaya Red Lady F1 rounds out the fruiting trio, a semi-dwarf hybrid suited to warm, sheltered sites or large containers, producing sizeable, sweet-fleshed fruit over an extended harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eUnderneath these fruiting trees, Nasturtium Top Flowering Mix and Borage bring colourful, pollinator-friendly flowers into the mix, while Anise Hyssop and Lemon Balm add aromatic herbs that bees find just as appealing. Artichoke Green Globe and Asparagus Mary Washington provide the reliable perennial vegetable backbone common to our food forest collections, established once and then productive for years with very little ongoing input.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBecause this collection spans everything from herbaceous herbs to genuinely frost-tender trees, it pays to check each seed packet individually for its specific needs. Moringa and papaya in particular want consistent warmth and will suffer in anything more than the lightest frost, so a sheltered, sunny spot, or a large container that can be moved under cover, will get the best out of them. Passionfruit and tamarillo are a little more forgiving but still perform best away from cold winds and frost pockets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFor gardeners in Northland, Auckland, the Bay of Plenty or other frost-free pockets around the country, this collection is a chance to build something well beyond the usual vegetable patch, layering genuinely exciting subtropical fruit in among the herbs and perennial vegetables that keep a food forest ticking over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur Seed Collections have been created to contain some of our most well loved varieties and to take the guesswork out of making seed selections for yourself. Also fabulous as a gift for the gardeners in your life or those new to growing. For individual growing requirements for each of the varieties that make up this Seed Collection, please refer to the specific product information given for that variety.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kings Seeds NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49207975051572,"sku":"C0576","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/0555\/6276\/files\/C0576-W.png?v=1784782914","url":"https:\/\/www.kingsseeds.co.nz\/products\/food-forest-frost-free","provider":"Kings Seeds NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}