{"product_id":"food-forest-frost-friendly","title":"Food Forest - Frost Friendly","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCooler and frost-prone gardens don't have to miss out on the diversity of a food forest. The Food Forest - Frost Friendly collection has been built around fruiting plants that genuinely cope with cold, alongside a supporting layer of herbs, flowers and perennial vegetables, giving gardeners well outside the subtropical zones a resilient way to start layering up a productive garden. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGoji Berry is a hardy, frost-tolerant deciduous perennial, best grown as several plants together to improve pollination and crop size, and it settles into free-draining, lime-enriched soil to begin fruiting within two to three years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarob Tree is another surprisingly tough choice, reasonably frost hardy once established and grown as an ornamental specimen as much as for its edible pods, though because carob trees are largely dioecious, more than one tree is generally needed for reliable pod set. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePepino brings a bushy, self-fertile fruiting plant into the mix that is genuinely cold-tolerant, if cut back by frost it will simply reshoot and keep cropping the following season. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCape Gooseberry is an easy-going herbaceous perennial from the Andes, producing golden, tomato-like fruit inside papery husks, and it copes well with the conditions of a typical New Zealand backyard. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNasturtium Top Flowering Mix and Borage add pollinator-friendly colour and flowers, Chamomile German offers a useful low-growing herb for tea, and Chives Broad Leaf fills in the herb layer at ground level. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs with our other food forest collections, Artichoke Green Globe and Asparagus Mary Washington form the perennial vegetable backbone, established once and productive for years afterwards. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA little planning goes a long way with this collection. Because Goji Berry and Carob Tree both fruit more reliably with more than one plant nearby, it's worth allowing space to grow a small group of each rather than a single specimen. Even cold-tolerant plants like pepino and cape gooseberry appreciate a reasonably sheltered position in their first year or two while they build up the size and root system that makes them properly resilient to frost. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you're gardening somewhere that sees regular frosts, whether that's an inland plain, a high-country block or simply a cold, exposed section, the Food Forest - Frost Friendly collection gives you a genuinely workable path towards a diverse, low-maintenance food forest built from plants that are proven to handle the cold.\u003c\/span\u003e\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":49212368027956,"sku":"C0577","price":44.1,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/0555\/6276\/files\/C0577-W.png?v=1784963317","url":"https:\/\/www.kingsseeds.co.nz\/products\/food-forest-frost-friendly","provider":"Kings Seeds NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}