Red Express cabbage seeds produce a variety of cabbage known for its vibrant purple-red color and compact, round heads. This variety is prized for its early maturity, typically reaching harvestable size in about 60-70 days. The heads are tightly packed and dense, with crisp, tender leaves that offer a mild, sweet flavor, making it ideal for both fresh consumption in salads and slaws or for cooking. Red Express cabbage is also known for its resistance to common cabbage pests and diseases, making it a robust choice for home gardeners. Additionally, it provides a good source of vitamins A, C, and K, as well as antioxidants.
Boston Pickling cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a time-honored heirloom variety with roots reaching back to the late 1800s, when it was widely grown and highly regarded. Vigorous, productive vines set heavy crops of smooth, medium-sized cucumbers with a bright green color and uniform shape. Renowned for pickling, the fruit has crisp, tender flesh and consistently high quality, making it a standout choice for both home and commercial use. Its popularity peaked around the turn of the 20th century, when it was praised by seed growers for its reliability and productivity, and it remains a classic variety valued for traditional pickle making and dependable garden performance.
Allstar produces high yields of large, sweet strawberries late in the season (late-spring to early summer). Once all the early and mid-season strawberries have stopped producing you can count on this "Allstar" to continue the harvest. Grows very well throughout the entire United States and is delicious for fresh eating or canning! As a Junebearer, the harvest season is concentrated over a few weeks, making it a good choice if you want to freeze or cook with a lot of berries at one time. Very good disease resistance. Strawberry Details: - Junebearing, produces a concentrated 2-3 week harvest. - Late Junebearer, (late spring to early summer harvest). - Grows 8" tall and 12-18" across. - Disease resistant. - Zones: 3-9, needs protection in zones 3 & 4. In general the strawberry roots can be planted in the ground, containers, or hanging pots. Strawberries are extremely adaptable and are grown in every state in the U.S. They will benefit from mulch such as straw, pine needles, or plastic. They prefer a soil rich in all the basic nutrients with a pH of 6-6.5.
A beautiful cut-flower that has long shelf life once cut. Can also be dried for beautiful floral arrangements. Eryngium is a hardy perennial with long, sturdy stems. Tolerates hot, sunny locations. Plants produce flowers during the second year of growth and in subsequent years. Attracts bees, beneficial flies and wasps. Also known as plains eryngo and flat sea holly.
Rosanne 1 Brown has very unique blackish-purple color patterns. Lisianthus is a wonderful cut-flower that has excellent vase life with more useable buds. The thick flower petals and top flowering habit of this series reduce botrytis problems during transportation if being used for commercial purposes. Pelleted Seed Ht. 24–36". Avg. 42,200 seeds/oz. Packet: 15 seeds.
The Russel Lupine flower is easy to grow and bears beautiful, tall spikes of graceful flowers that blossom in a wide range of colors. This variety produces a mix of yellows, reds, blues and purples midsummer. Russel is outstanding in mixed beds, when massed by themselves or for backgrounds. This flower is also gorgeous in cut-flower arrangements!
The Artemesia dracunculoides, or commonly known as Tarragon, is an aromatic leafy herb that is growing in popularity for its culinary uses. This herb is a tall vigorous garden plant that produces leaves that have a mild flavor, pairing well with fish, chicken and vegetable dishes.
The Mina Citronella is a citrus yellow flower with long stems that is a rare variety of Mina Lobata and is used for keeping mosquitos away! This variety starts out with dark yellow buds that transforms to a citrus yellow, and ending with creamy white tips. This variety's blossoms are held upright on long stems making a nice contrast against its dark green foliage. This easy to grow spectacular vine grows to 15 feet in full sun. Mina's climbing vine is super in baskets and will bloom in 10 weeks from seed.
Violet is a French heirloom with fine flavor! Beautiful purple buds that are lovely on the big, ornamental plants, especially when the buds open. Rare outside Europe.
The Rainbow Blend Bell is an assorted mixture of 7 colorful bell pepper varieties. This blend of bells contains a full range of colors with 7 varieties of top-quality, vigorous hybrids of red to green, orange, yellow, chocolate, lilac, ivory and purple! Enjoy your peppers together in a colorful dish with this excellent sweet bell pepper blend!
"42-Days” is the world’s earliest tomato plant. Be the first to harvest tomatoes with excellent flavor. Small .5-1 oz. fruits are bright red and have very few seeds. While most early tomatoes originate from cooler climates, “42-Days” is believed to have come from the southern climate of Mexico. From our experience it does well in both cool and warm climates. Perfect for container growing.
This is an excellent okra plant for tight spaces. French Quarter Red does well in containers and smaller gardens. Produces attractive, compact plants that only reach 24-30 inches tall. Yields 3-5 pods at a time when harvested regularly. Harvest pods at 3-4" in size and use for grilling, stir-fry or jambalaya.
Red Cónico corn is a striking heirloom variety from Mexico, known for its deep red kernels and distinctive conical shape. This traditional corn is prized for its rich, nutty flavor and excellent texture, making it ideal for grinding into masa for tortillas, tamales, or for use in savory dishes like soups and stews. The plant is hardy, thriving in a range of climates, particularly in high-altitude regions, and is often grown in smaller, family-owned farms where it has been cultivated for generations. Red "Rojo" Cónico corn’s deep cultural significance in Mexican cuisine, along with its vibrant color and versatility, make it a favorite for both home gardeners and farmers looking to preserve traditional varieties. Its open-pollinated nature also makes it a great choice for sustainable farming and seed saving.
The Detention Basin Mix is composed of tenacious species that can tolerate areas that are flooded periodically by water. This mix should be planted at 35 pounds per acre or 13 ounces per 1,000 sq.ft.
Dalmatian Foxglove offers uniformity, a great habit and early flowering, making it ideal for home and market growers. Blooms from seed the first year and produces beautiful mix of pinks, purples, white, cream and peach. Best when treated as a fall or spring-planted hardy annual, as winter survival is generally poor when treated as a perennial. Seed has been pelleted for ease of sowing.
Try the Garden Spineless Zucchini once and you will be hooked! This F1 hybrid is an excellent home garden zucchini. This plant produces long cylindrical fruits on a scratchless open plant for easy pickings. These dark green flecked fruits show up well on the open plant!
The Rutgers Tomato produces an intense, red colored, round fruit that is a proven variety that excels at canning and slicing. This highly productive, open pollinated heirloom tomato is one of the earlier maturing tomato varieties and has been around since 1934. Rutgers grows on a strong vine and can weigh anywhere from 6-12 ounces. The first maturing tomatoes tend to be smaller while later maturing tomatoes are larger. This tomato has a beautiful flesh inside with a good ratio of flesh to gel with a few seeds for each slice. This variety holds well when sliced making it great for sandwiches! The Rutgers tomatoes were originally developed by a Rutgers University scientist named Lyman G. Schermerhorn in co-operation with the Campbell's Soup Company. The tomato was developed by crossing Marglobe with a variety called JTD. As time went on, the Rutgers became the most famous tomato worldwide and once made up over 70% of the tomatoes being processed in the United States.
Maverick produces wonderful white blooms! The Maverick Hybrid Geranium is a more vigorous plant with bigger 5-6" flower heads! This is the best Geranium to grow from seed in 4-6" containers. It's is excellent for high density growing and takes 13 weeks to be ready from seed. Garden performance is superior to other varieties, with well-branched plants, 16 to 18" tall.
