Fruit Seeds

The common strawberry is the most widely grown of the varieties. Seeds required cold treatment before sowing.

USDA Climate Zone - N/A

Season to Sow - N/A

Rooibos Afrikaans for "red bush"; scientific name Aspalathus linearis is a broom-like member of the legume family of plants growing in South Africa's fynbos. The generic name comes from the plant Calicotome Villosa, aspalathos in Greek. This plant has very similar growth and flowers to the red bush. The specific name linearis comes from the plant's linear growing structure and needle-like leaves. The plant is used to make a herbal tea called rooibos tea, bush tea (esp. Southern Africa), red bush tea (esp. UK), South African red tea, or red tea. The product has been popular in Southern Africa for generations and is now consumed in many countries. It is sometimes spelled rooibosch in accordance with the old Dutch etymology, but this does not change the pronunciation.

Bush tea, Rooibos tee", 0.3-2m shrub, yellow flowers in Spring-Summer, sandy dry areas. Sow Autumn.

USDA Zone - 9

Season to Sow - Autumn

Vaccinium corymbosum is a deciduous shrub growing to 4 m tall, often found in dense thickets. The dark glossy green leaves are elliptical and up to 5 cm long. In fall, the leaves change to a brilliant red. The flowers are white, bell-shaped, 10 mm long. The fruit is a dark blue to black berry. This plant grows best in wooded or open areas with moist acidic soils. This plant is also the most common commercially-grown blueberry.

Strawberry Spinach is one of the best-kept secrets of the herb world. A native American plant, this self seeding annual sets tiny, deliciously tender leaves that can be cooked like spinach or used fresh in salads. It also sets small red fruits in late summer and autumn that taste a bit like mulberries and are lovely fresh or cooked. You can use almost the entire plant instead of just one part, and Strawberry Spinach draws out this pleasure by setting new leaves all season long. Snip off just what you need at the moment, and harvest more later! The foliage is slender, deeply lobed, and appears in rosettes along long, slender stems. The berries are edible as well. Quite small, they resemble raspberries more than strawberries. The berries arise at the base of each stem, and a plant in full fruit is a glorious sight. Grow Strawberry Spinach in full sun (direct-sowing the seeds works best) and rich, fertile soil. It reaches about 45cm high and 30cm wide, and needs no staking or supports. Easy and trouble-free, it's an exciting new addition to the herb garden, vegetable patch, or even the flowering annual flower bed.

Physalis peruviana is the plant and its fruit, also known as Cape gooseberry (South Africa), Inca berry, Aztec berry, golden berry, giant ground cherry, Peruvian groundcherry and sometimes simply Physalis. It is indigenous to South America, but has been cultivated in England since the late 18th century and in South Africa in the region of the Cape of Good Hope since at least the start of the 19th century. Physalis peruviana is closely related to the tomatillo, also a member of the genus Physalis. As a member of the plant family Solanaceae, it is more distantly related to a large number of edible plants, including tomato, eggplant, potato and other members of the nightshades. Despite its name, it is not closely related to any of the cherry, Ribes gooseberry, Indian gooseberry, or Chinese gooseberry. The fruit is a smooth berry, resembling a miniature, spherical, yellow tomato. Removed from its bladder-like calyx, it is about the size of a marble, about 1–2 cm in diameter. Like a tomato, it contains numerous small seeds. It is bright yellow to orange in colour, and it is sweet when ripe, with a characteristic, mildly tart flavour, making it ideal for snacks, pies, or jams. It is relished in salads and fruit salads, sometimes combined with avocado. Also, because of the fruit's decorative appearance, it is popular in restaurants as an exotic garnish for desserts. A prominent feature is the inflated, papery calyx enclosing each berry. The calyx is accrescent until the fruit is fully grown; at first it is of normal size, but after the petals fall it continues to grow until it forms a protective cover around the growing fruit. If the fruit is left inside the intact calyx husks, its shelf life at room temperature is about 30–45 days. According to analyses by the USDA, a 100 g serving of Cape gooseberries is low in calories and contains modest levels of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B1 and vitamin B3, while other nutrients are at low levels. Basic research on the cape gooseberry has provided preliminary evidence that its constituents, possibly polyphenols and/or carotenoids, may have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The crude extract of the fruit-bearing plant has in vitro evidence for activity against markers of inflammation and lung cancer. It has also shown possible properties in vitro against diabetes and hypertension mechanisms. Some withanolides isolated from the plant may have anticancer activity. In folk medicine, Physalis peruviana is thought to be a medicinal herb to treat diseases, none of which has been confirmed in human clinical trials as treatable by Cape gooseberry or its extracts. In South Africa, cutworms are the most important of the many insect pests that attack the Cape gooseberry in seedbeds; red spiders after plants have been established in the field; and the potato tuber moth if the Cape gooseberry is in the vicinity of potato fields. Birds eat the fruits if not repelled. In South Africa, the most troublesome diseases are powdery mildew and soft brown scale. The plants are prone to root rots and viruses if on poorly drained soil or if carried over to a second year.

Seeds per pack - 50 Seeds

Country of Origin - Proudly produced in South Africa by Sandveld Organics

Certified Organic by - KIWA BCS ÖKO-GARANTIE GmbH

About the producer - Seeds for Africa and Sandveld Organics have entered into an exclusive strategic partnership to offer a large range of South African grown certified organic seeds. Sandveld Organics are an organic farm in Lamberts Bay on the Cape West Coast. Founded in 1998 Sandveld Organics has achieved and maintained organic certification with KIWA BCS ÖKO-GARANTIE GmbH since 1998. Sandveld Organics are the ONLY South African company growing certified organic seed.

 Variety - Toscana F1 Strawberry

Scientific name - Fragaria

Approximate seeds per gram - N/A

Pack Size - 100 seeds

Description - Strawberry F1 'Toscana' produces a strong plant with several runners and beautiful, large, deep rose flowers. These vigorous strawberry plants are easy to grow and are perfect as a beautiful ornamental and edible garden. Unlike most other strawberries these are day neutral, meaning they will crop throughout the summer until the first frost. This means you'll have sweet, juicy fruit for months on end.

Please note that these are commercial grade strawberry seeds.

Need a bigger sized pack? Contact us specifying the quantity and variety of seed you are looking for and we'll get right back to you! 

Melothria scabra is a vine grown for its edible fruit. Fruit are about the size of grapes and taste like cucumbers with a tinge of sourness. They are also known as mouse melon, Mexican sour gherkin, cucamelon, Mexican miniature watermelon and Mexican sour cucumber. This plant is native to Mexico and Central America, where it is called sandiita (little watermelon). It is believed to have been a domesticated crop before western contact began. These plants are relatively slow-growing when they are establishing themselves, but can eventually grow up to ten feet under proper conditions. They are drought resistant and pest-resistant relative to other cucumbers. Similar to the cucumber, these plants are monoecious, producing both male and female flowers on the same plant. These plants can pollinate themselves, but the individual flowers are not self-fertile. Flowers are small and yellow, about four millimeters in diameter. Fruits develop at the base of the female flower.

Roman plants make beautiful baskets, with apple blossom flowers on long trusses and deep red, aromatic berries. Big, semi-double, apple blossom pink flowers are carried on long trusses, creating a cascading effect in baskets and other containers. Everbearing plants are especially ornamental, prolific with oblong fruits, medium-sized and deep red. Roman is extra special, with aromatic, fragrant berries. Grow in full sun, in well-drained soil. Very easy to germinate and do not require any pretreatment.

Please note that these are commercial grade strawberry seeds.

Melothria scabra is a vine grown for its edible fruit. Fruit are about the size of grapes and taste like cucumbers with a tinge of sourness. They are also known as mouse melon, Mexican sour gherkin, cucamelon, Mexican miniature watermelon and Mexican sour cucumber. This plant is native to Mexico and Central America, where it is called sandiita (little watermelon). It is believed to have been a domesticated crop before western contact began. These plants are relatively slow-growing when they are establishing themselves, but can eventually grow up to ten feet under proper conditions. They are drought resistant and pest-resistant relative to other cucumbers. Similar to the cucumber, these plants are monoecious, producing both male and female flowers on the same plant. These plants can pollinate themselves, but the individual flowers are not self-fertile. Flowers are small and yellow, about four millimeters in diameter. Fruits develop at the base of the female flower.

Seeds per pack - 10 Seeds

Country of Origin - CANADA

Certified Organic by - ECOCERT CANADA

Originally from the Mediterranean and Asia, the Dwarf Pomegranate is a popular choice for growing Bonsai. Pomegranates have opposite leaves and grow oval shaped flowers, later on followed with yellow/red fruits. The trunk twists, making it an attractive tree to grow.

Wolfberry species are deciduous woody perennial plants, growing 13 m high. L. chinense is grown in the south of China. These species produce a bright orange-red, ellipsoid berry 12-cm deep. The number of seeds in each berry varies widely based on cultivar and fruit size, containing anywhere between 1060 tiny yellow seeds that are compressed with a curved embryo. The berries ripen from July to October in the northern hemisphere.

 Variety - Roman F1 Strawberry

Scientific name - Fragaria

Approximate seeds per gram - N/A

Pack Size - 100 seeds

Description - Roman plants make beautiful baskets, with apple blossom flowers on long trusses and deep red, aromatic berries. Big, semi-double, apple blossom pink flowers are carried on long trusses, creating a cascading effect in baskets and other containers. Everbearing plants are especially ornamental, prolific with oblong fruits, medium-sized and deep red. Roman is extra special, with aromatic, fragrant berries. Grow in full sun, in well-drained soil. Very easy to germinate and do not require any pretreatment.

Please note that these are commercial grade strawberry seeds.

Need a bigger sized pack? Contact us specifying the quantity and variety of seed you are looking for and we'll get right back to you! 

 Variety - Tarpan F1 Strawberry

Scientific name - Fragaria

Approximate seeds per gram - N/A

Pack Size - 100 seeds

Description - The perfect strawberry in hanging baskets, windowboxes, and tall planters! Tarpan is a day-neutral variety, so you can count on it continuing to bloom and fruit all summer long and well into autumn. Highly productive and so beautiful, it's the ideal edible ornamental! The huge 1- to 1½-inch flowers put others to shame in the strawberry patch, and the long, bright red fruit (small to medium by strawberry standards!) is juicy-sweet and very abundant. The blooms continue all summer, and the berries arise from midsummer till early winter. An unbeatable combination of attractiveness and usefulnesss! Very adaptable to temperature extremes, Tarpan fruits heavily even outside its hardiness range, so you can grow it anywhere as an annual. And if you want to continue the performance for years, grow it in the sunny strawberry patch and let its runners root in the soil. You will love this beautiful, productive strawberry, and it's certain to garner compliments all season long! Very easy to germinate and seeds do not require any pretreatment.

Please note that these are commercial grade strawberry seeds.

Need a bigger sized pack? Contact us specifying the quantity and variety of seed you are looking for and we'll get right back to you! 

Small, round tomato-like fruits ripen from green to yellow with a pleasant texture and juicy pineapple flavour. Tomatillo Pineapple is excellent for fresh salads, salsas, and Mexican dishes.

This watermelon variety is developed from a sister line of Crimson Sweet. All Sweet is an excellent fresh market variety. The elongated watermelon ranges from 42 to 47cm long and 11cm in diameter averaging 10 to 15kgs. Tough green rind with dark-green broken stripes. Flesh is bright red with relatively few seeds. Average water needs.

Although not a distinct species from the purple passion fruit, it is a slightly larger fruit, with bright yellow skin and tarter pulp. Most other characteristics of the vine and fruit are similar to the purple passion fruit. Commonly known as a guavadilla.

USDA Zone - 11

Season to Sow - Spring

This watermelon variety is developed from a sister line of Crimson Sweet. All Sweet is an excellent fresh market variety. The elongated watermelon ranges from 42 to 47cm long and 11cm in diameter averaging 10 to 15kgs. Tough green rind with dark-green broken stripes. Flesh is bright red with relatively few seeds. Average water needs.

Seeds per pack - 15 Seeds

Country of Origin - USA

Certified Organic by - USDA

Plant produces a average yield of 5 lb. sweet cantaloupes. Cantaloupes have deep salmon flesh with sweet flavour. They take an average of 85 days from transplant to harvest.

Seeds per pack - 20 Seeds

Country of Origin - USA

Certified Organic by - USDA

Well-suited to baskets. Everbearing, compact and bushy plants bear large, deep red, full-flavored berries until first frost. White flowers; shiny, deep green leaves. 75 days to maturity.

Opuntia, also known as nopales or paddle cactus, is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae. Currently, only prickly pears are included in this genus of about 200 species distributed throughout most of the Americas. The fruit of prickly pears, commonly called cactus fruit, cactus fig, Indian fig or tuna in Spanish, is edible, although it has to be peeled carefully to remove the small spines on the outer skin before consumption. If the outer layer is not properly removed, glochids can be ingested, causing discomfort of the throat, lips, and tongue, as the small spines are easily lodged in the skin. Native Americans, like the Tequesta, would roll the fruit around in a suitable medium (e.g. grit) to "sand" off the glochids. Alternatively, rotating the fruit in the flame of a campfire or torch has been used to remove the glochids.

Seeds per pack - 5 Seeds

Country of Origin - Proudly produced in South Africa by Sandveld Organics

Certified Organic by - KIWA BCS ÖKO-GARANTIE GmbH

About the producer - Seeds for Africa and Sandveld Organics have entered into an exclusive strategic partnership to offer a large range of South African grown certified organic seeds. Sandveld Organics are an organic farm in Lamberts Bay on the Cape West Coast. Founded in 1998 Sandveld Organics has achieved and maintained organic certification with KIWA BCS ÖKO-GARANTIE GmbH since 1998. Sandveld Organics are the ONLY South African company growing certified organic seed.

Strawberry F1 'Toscana' produces a strong plant with several runners and beautiful, large, deep rose flowers. These vigorous strawberry plants are easy to grow and are perfect as a beautiful ornamental and edible garden. Unlike most other strawberries these are day neutral, meaning they will crop throughout the summer until the first frost. This means you'll have sweet, juicy fruit for months on end.

USDA Zone - N/A

Season to Sow - N/A

A productive and extremely sweet-tasting creamy-white fruited alpine strawberry. Plants will crop for several years. Looking for something different - this may be it!

The perfect strawberry in hanging baskets, windowboxes, and tall planters! Tarpan is a day-neutral variety, so you can count on it continuing to bloom and fruit all summer long and well into autumn. Highly productive and so beautiful, it's the ideal edible ornamental! The huge 1- to 1½-inch flowers put others to shame in the strawberry patch, and the long, bright red fruit (small to medium by strawberry standards!) is juicy-sweet and very abundant. The blooms continue all summer, and the berries arise from midsummer till early winter. An unbeatable combination of attractiveness and usefulnesss! Very adaptable to temperature extremes, Tarpan fruits heavily even outside its hardiness range, so you can grow it anywhere as an annual. And if you want to continue the performance for years, grow it in the sunny strawberry patch and let its runners root in the soil. You will love this beautiful, productive strawberry, and it's certain to garner compliments all season long! Very easy to germinate and seeds do not require any pretreatment.

Please note that these are commercial grade strawberry seeds.

78 days. Citrullus lanatus. Plant produces good yields of small 4kg oval watermelons. The red flesh is very sweet and flavourful. Just the right size to fit in your refrigerator. Bush type plant is suitable for small gardens.

Seeds per pack - 20 Seeds

Country of Origin - USA

Certified Organic by - USDA

Rhubarb is a group of plants that belong to the genus Rheum in the family Polygonaceae. They are herbaceous perennial plants growing from short, thick rhizomes. They have large leaves that are somewhat triangular-shaped with long fleshy petioles. They have small flowers grouped in large compound leafy greenish-white to rose-red inflorescences. Although the leaves are toxic, various parts of the plants have culinary and medicinal uses. Fresh raw stalks are crisp (similar to celery) with a strong tart taste; most commonly the plant's stalks are cooked and used in pies and other foods for their tart flavour. A number of varieties have been domesticated for human consumption, most of which are recognised as Rheum x hybridum by the Royal Horticultural Society.

Looking for something unique to add interest to your garden and fruit salad? Medium-sized delicious fruits on bushy, compact plants with few short runners. Ready to start picking about 120 days after sowing.

Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry; occasionally known as European Raspberry, Framboise, or simply Raspberry) is a red-fruited species of Rubus native to Europe and northern Asia and commonly cultivated in other temperate regions. Rubus idaeus is grown primarily for its fruits, but occasionally for its leaves, roots, or other parts.

Physalis peruviana is the plant and its fruit, also known as Cape gooseberry (South Africa), Inca berry, Aztec berry, golden berry, giant ground cherry, Peruvian groundcherry and sometimes simply Physalis. It is indigenous to South America, but has been cultivated in England since the late 18th century and in South Africa in the region of the Cape of Good Hope since at least the start of the 19th century. Physalis peruviana is closely related to the tomatillo, also a member of the genus Physalis. As a member of the plant family Solanaceae, it is more distantly related to a large number of edible plants, including tomato, eggplant, potato and other members of the nightshades. Despite its name, it is not closely related to any of the cherry, Ribes gooseberry, Indian gooseberry, or Chinese gooseberry. The fruit is a smooth berry, resembling a miniature, spherical, yellow tomato. Removed from its bladder-like calyx, it is about the size of a marble, about 1–2 cm in diameter. Like a tomato, it contains numerous small seeds. It is bright yellow to orange in colour, and it is sweet when ripe, with a characteristic, mildly tart flavour, making it ideal for snacks, pies, or jams. It is relished in salads and fruit salads, sometimes combined with avocado. Also, because of the fruit's decorative appearance, it is popular in restaurants as an exotic garnish for desserts. A prominent feature is the inflated, papery calyx enclosing each berry. The calyx is accrescent until the fruit is fully grown; at first it is of normal size, but after the petals fall it continues to grow until it forms a protective cover around the growing fruit. If the fruit is left inside the intact calyx husks, its shelf life at room temperature is about 30–45 days. According to analyses by the USDA, a 100 g serving of Cape gooseberries is low in calories and contains modest levels of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B1 and vitamin B3, while other nutrients are at low levels. Basic research on the cape gooseberry has provided preliminary evidence that its constituents, possibly polyphenols and/or carotenoids, may have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The crude extract of the fruit-bearing plant has in vitro evidence for activity against markers of inflammation and lung cancer. It has also shown possible properties in vitro against diabetes and hypertension mechanisms. Some withanolides isolated from the plant may have anticancer activity. In folk medicine, Physalis peruviana is thought to be a medicinal herb to treat diseases, none of which has been confirmed in human clinical trials as treatable by Cape gooseberry or its extracts. In South Africa, cutworms are the most important of the many insect pests that attack the Cape gooseberry in seedbeds; red spiders after plants have been established in the field; and the potato tuber moth if the Cape gooseberry is in the vicinity of potato fields. Birds eat the fruits if not repelled. In South Africa, the most troublesome diseases are powdery mildew and soft brown scale. The plants are prone to root rots and viruses if on poorly drained soil or if carried over to a second year.