Tetragonia Tetragonioides – Warrigal Greens seeds

Tetragonia tetragonioides – Warrigal Greens
Common name(s)?: Warrigal Greens
Indigenous name(s): Warrigal (Dharug)
Height, Width: 2m across
Plant Type: Ground Cover
Flowering Period: All Year

A prostrate, sprawling, perennial plant that can grow to around 2m with oval leaves around 75-100mm long and small greenish yellow flowers. The fruit are around 10-12mm across.
Derivation of Name:
Tetragonia; from the Greek words tetra meaning ‘four’ and gonia meaning ‘angle,’ referring to the 4-angled fruit of some species. Tetragonioides; meaning ‘similar to the genus Tetragonia.’

Uses:
The leaves are useable in most of the ways things like spinach is, blanched or cooked before eating. They can also be steamed, or used in soups and stir fries. The plant is low in protein but has very high vitamin C as well as some calcium and phosphorus.
The plant is best grown in damp sandy soil and positioned in partial sun to full shade. It is somewhat salt tolerant.

SEEDS:

Enough for you to successfully grow between 50-100 plants. Your seeds are of the same stock we use to grow our native plants in the nursery. The success of germination varies with open-pollinated, wild-collected seeds and after 3 years of consistently growing these species in the local area, I have selected the amount of seed you need to successfully grow between 50-100 plants yourself. These seeds are collected seasonally and with sincere cultural and ecological respect. Ordering a quantity according to this scale rather than ordering individual seeds is a better representation of sustainable seed harvesting and success for the grower.

Packet of 30-50 seeds.

Larger quantities are available.

PROPAGATION NOTES:

For great results refrigerate your seeds for 1-2 weeks before sowing. This emulates an over-wintering effect that helps with germination rates.

Sow seeds in a native-specific potting mix.

A good general rule to follow is to sow seeds at a depth relative to the size of the seed.

(Eucalyptus seeds require a light dusting of soil as their seeds are usually tiny. Warrigal Greens require a 50mm to 100mm depth.)

Keep moist, water daily until germination in 2-8 weeks at a minimum of 15° Celsius.

Reduce your watering amount once germination has occurred.

Sow at any time of the year.