Carrot gets its characteristic and bright orange colour from β-carotene, which is metabolised into vitamin A in humans when bile salts are present in the intestines. Carrots are also rich in dietary fibre, antioxidants, and minerals.

The Violet Star Artichoke is a dramatic alternative to the traditional Green Globe Artichoke. It produces a vibrant purple flower bud with a nutty flavor and creamy texture. Choose a sunny spot in your garden with lots of room for this dark beauty to grow. Artichokes are perennial plants that keep coming back bigger and more productive every year.

• Heat tolerant
• Drought tolerant
• Usually produces in 2nd year
• Perennial

Carrot microgreens are a new trend. And for good reason.  They taste great!  And they are extremely nutritious. 

Very easy to grow. 

Ready to consume after just a couple of days. 

• These tomatillo seeds will produce delicious 3-5 ounce fruits.
  
  
• Tomatillo is popularly used to make salsas.
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 85 days

• The Moon & Stars Watermelon dark green rind and bright yellow spots.
  
  - Yellow spots are very unique and can be small or large in size. 
  
  - All American classic heirloom watermelon.
  
  
• Deep red flesh.
  
  
• Grows over 40 lbs!
  
  
• Day to Maturity | 90 days
  
  
• Watermelons are heat-loving plants that need lots of sun. They grow on a long vine, so make sure to give them plenty of space to roam around. 

• Solanum melongena. Produces excellent yields of 9" long/glossy light green eggplants
  
  - White flesh
  
  - Very delicious with nutty flavor and no bitterness
  
  - Excellent for Creole fish stew and other culinary creations
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 65 days
  
  
• Eggplant Seeds | Start seed indoors to allow at least 10 weeks for young plants to develop. Plant in rows 3 feet apart, with 2 feet between plants.
  
  Click here for complete Eggplant grow guide

About this variety: 

• Mid-season 80-90 days to maturity.
• Order this extremely popular potato early! Its smooth, thick, golden, and netted skin and butter yellow flesh are characteristics of this small to medium oblong tuber with outstanding taste.
• Great for hash browns, fries, steaming or baking, and it stores well.
• Excellent flavor.
• So delicious it sells out fast, so order early!
  
  

NOTE:  We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-in fact some consider it desirable.

• Catmint has a long history of use as a household herbal remedy, being employed especially in treating disorders of the digestive system and, as it stimulates sweating, it is useful in reducing fevers
  
  - Catmint is considered to be beneficial in the treatment of fevers and colds
  
  - It is also very useful in the treatment of restlessness and nervousness, being very useful as a mild nervine for children
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 65 days
  
  

Want more? View our entire collection of high-potency Medicinal Herb seed varieties.

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About this variety:

NOTE:  We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-in fact some consider it desirable.

The Red Scotch Bonnet Pepper is so named because its defined lobes resemble a Scotsman’s tam o’ shanter hat. Also called the Caribbean Red Pepper, the stout little fruit is sweeter and fruitier than its cousin, the Habanero, and hot enough to make a bird fly north for the winter. The plant puts out loads of 1"-2" green waxy fruits with thin skin that ripen through yellow, orange, and red. Its extreme heat and unique flavor is traditionally used in Caribbean hot sauce and jerk seasoning, but will be just as tasty and burn just as hot in any of your recipes.

• High yields
• Fresh, fruity flavor
• Harvest any color
• Good for containers

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Capsicum chinense
• Pepper length: 1"-2"
• Scoville heat units (SHU): 100,000-350,000/hot
• Plant support: Tomato cage or stake
• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
• Spacing between plants: 18"-24" apart
• Spacing between rows: 24"-36" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 90-120 days

Good companion plants: Basil, Carrot, Cucumber, Eggplant, Okra, Rosemary, Sage, Squash, Tomato

• These seeds produces good yields of 2 lb heads of cabbage in the shape of a cone.
  
  - Excellent flavor and very sweet.
  
  - Open pollinated heirloom variety.
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 65-75 days
  
  
• Cabbage Seeds | ❄️ Cabbage is an annual cool-season crop, hardy to frost and light freezes. A smaller cabbage head has better flavor and can stay in the field longer without splitting. To keep them small, plant close together or, when the head is almost full, give the plant a sharp twist to break up the roots. 😀 Cabbage is a wide spreading foliage plant with handsome leaves that form a tight, hard ball head on a strong central stem. Young plants may bolt if grown at 50F for a long time; however mature plants of late varieties improve flavor in cold weather.
  
  Click here for complete Cabbage grow guide

Did you know? Cabbage is an excellent source of vitamin C! It also contains significant amounts of glutamine, an amino acid that has anti-inflammatory properties. Cabbage can also be included in dieting programs, as it is a low calorie food.

• These tomatillo seeds will produce delicious 3-5 ounce fruits.
  
  
• Tomatillo is popularly used to make salsas.
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 85 days

NOTE:  We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-in fact some consider it desirable.

NOTE:  We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-in fact some consider it desirable.

The Orange Oxheart Tomato is what you call eye candy. High yields of deep orange heart-shaped fruits glowing against a backdrop of emerald green leaves provide a stunning visual in any garden. They’re tasty, too. Meaty, fruity, juicy slicers grow and ripen all summer long, giving you more time for more eyefuls. 

You may also like: Pink Oxheart Tomatoes ⟐ Yellow Oxheart Tomatoes 

• Sweet and juicy
• Small seed core
• High yields
• Good fresh and cooked

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
• Growth type: Indeterminate, trellis support, regular pruning 
• Tomato size: Large (1-2 lbs.)
• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
• Spacing between plants: 24" apart
• Spacing between rows: 36"-48" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-95F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.5 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per 2 sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 75-85 days

Click here to view our full Tomato grow guide

Good companion plants: Basil, Borage, Onion, Parsley, Pepper

• The Tendersweet Watermelon is a classic heirloom variety with dark orange flesh
  
  - Very sweet and delicious
  
  
• Grows up to 35 lbs!
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 90 days
  
  
• Watermelons are heat-loving plants that need lots of sun. They grow on a long vine, so make sure to give them plenty of space to roam around.

    

• The Yellow Paris is a very large pumpkin
  
  - An old heirloom variety from France
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 100 days

Additional Details

The word pumpkin originates from the word pepon, which is Greek for “large melon". The French adapted this word to pompon, which the British changed to pumpion and later American colonists changed that to the word we use today, "pumpkin".

 

Cabbage red acre microgreens are beautiful, aren't they?  Well, they taste as good as they look! 

Very easy to grow. 

Ready to consume after just a couple of days. 

• These seeds produces a medium-to-large hard round heads of cabbage
  
  - Suitable for spring, summer, and fall crops
  
  - Cold hardy
  
  - Stores well. Suitable for home gardens and market growers
  
  - Perfect for Kraut recipes
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 90 days
  
  
• Cabbage Seeds | ❄️ Cabbage is an annual cool-season crop, hardy to frost and light freezes. A smaller cabbage head has better flavor and can stay in the field longer without splitting. To keep them small, plant close together or, when the head is almost full, give the plant a sharp twist to break up the roots. 😀 Cabbage is a wide spreading foliage plant with handsome leaves that form a tight, hard ball head on a strong central stem. Young plants may bolt if grown at 50F for a long time; however mature plants of late varieties improve flavor in cold weather.
  
  Click here for complete Cabbage grow guide

Additional Details

Did you know? Cabbage is an excellent source of vitamin C! It also contains significant amounts of glutamine, an amino acid that has anti-inflammatory properties. Cabbage can also be included in dieting programs, as it is a low calorie food.

• Produces good yields of 5" diameter multi color gourds
• This unusual gourds have 10 fingers pointing towards the blossom end
• Excellent for making crafts

• Just as the name suggests, this style of gourd will produce something that looks like a caveman's club
  
  
• Colors will vary
  
  
• Grows well in raised beds

• Also known as "Slippery Snake"
  
  
• Grows long light green snake-like shaped gourds
  
  
• Grows as a long vine
  
  
• If you like to grow gourds then you'll be sure to appreciate this one

• The Jubilee is a very long shaped watermelon
  
  
• Deep red flesh
  
  
• Grows up to appx. 40 lbs
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 90 days
  
  
• Watermelons are heat-loving plants that need lots of sun. They grow on a long vine, so make sure to give them plenty of space to roam around.

    

• These tomatillo seeds will produce delicious 3-5 ounce fruits.
  
  
• Tomatillo is popularly used to make salsas.
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 85 days

• (Citrullus lanatus) This is a HUGE watermelon variety that can grow up to 200 LBS! 
  
  - Very flavorful crisp bright red flesh
  
  - The rind is striped and resistant to bruising
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 95 days
  
  
• Best Months to Plant  |  [April - June]  Watermelons are heat-loving plants that need lots of sun. They grow on a long vine, so make sure to give them plenty of space to roam around.
  
  
  
  

• Has stripes that resemble that of a rattlesnake - hence the name
• All-time heirloom favorite
• Grows up to 35 lbs
• The rind is striped and resistant to bruising
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 95 days
  
  
• Best Months to Plant  |  [April - June]  Watermelons are heat-loving plants that need lots of sun. They grow on a long vine, so make sure to give them plenty of space to roam around.
  
  
  
  

About this variety:

NOTE:  We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-in fact some consider it desirable.

• This popular pea variety is sweet, sugary and tender
• This edible pod snow pea has made its place in home gardens for many years
• These pea pods are some of the biggest ( appx. 4-5")
• Makes for an excellent addition to stir fry
• Big white flowers are an bonus as they quickly turn into tasty peas
• This pea has been so successful it has been considered a commercial variety for generations
• Days to Maturity | 65-70 days

Additional Details

Peas are high in vitamin A, vitamin C, B vitamins and lutein. Dry weight is about one-quarter protein and one-quarter sugar.

• The Pacific Giant pumpkin has been known to grow easily over 350 pounds!  
  
  - It's best to plant 4 to 5 seeds per hill with hills at least 8 feet apart.
  
  
• How to Grow Super Giant MEGA Pumpkins
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 120 days

Additional Details

Looking to have the largest homegrown pumpkin of all your neighbors? Try growing the Pacific Giant, Pumpkin! They are easy to establish & produce fruit of enormous size! (think 350+ lbs.) They have a pale orange skin and a deep orange flesh. Make sure you leave plenty of room for this variety to sprawl. Vines can reach lengths up to 25 feet long. Considering the size of this variety, they are fairly quick to reach maturity at around 120 days.  

The Holiday Marbles Pepper is an assortment of tiny peppers with a tiny spark of heat. Compact plants cast out lots of green peppers that ripen through cream, yellow, purple, orange, and red. Shoot fresh ones onto a salad, or play for keeps and dry them whole to use like peppercorns.

• High yields
• Edible ornamental
• Harvest any color
• Good for containers

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Capsicum annuum
• Pepper size: 1/4"-1/2"
• Scoville heat units (SHU): 300-500/mild
• Plant support: Tomato cage or stake
• Depth to plant seeds: 1/8" deep
• Spacing between plants: 12"-18" apart
• Spacing between rows: 24"-36" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 90+ days

Good companion plants: Basil, Carrot, Cucumber, Eggplant, Okra, Rosemary, Sage, Squash, Tomato

NOTE:  We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-in fact some consider it desirable.

• The True Green Hubbard squash is popular 10 lb long dark bronze-green skinned squash
• Orange/Yellow flesh 
  
• Very sweet and full of flavor - perfect for pies and canning
  
• Ideal for any sized garden and easy to grow
  
• Days to Maturity | 110 days
  
  

Additional Details

Though considered a vegetable in cooking, botanically speaking, squash is a fruit (being the receptacle for the plant's seeds). Squash can be served fresh (in salads) and cooked (squash stuffed with meat, fried squash, baked squash).
 

The White Habanero Pepper produces lots of small 1"-2" fruits, all of them infused with smoky, sweet flavor and a heat like white lightning. These little thunderbolts start out green and ripen to a glossy pearl. Use them to wake up a pot of white bean chicken chili or add a flash of fire to a jar of mayonnaise.

• Very high yields
• Sweet, citrusy flavor
• Hot enough to make a monkey cough
• Good for containers

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Capsicum chinense
• Pepper length: 1"-2"
• Scoville heat units (SHU): 100,000-300,000/very hot
• Plant support: Tomato cage or stake
• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
• Spacing between plants: 18"-24" apart
• Spacing between rows: 24"-36" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 10-30 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-85F
• Soil needs: 5.0-6.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 85-105 days

Good companion plants: Basil, Carrot, Cucumber, Eggplant, Okra, Rosemary, Sage, Squash, Tomato

• Fruits are black and round
  
  
• Excellent flavor and a must -try if you you enjoy eggplant
  
  
• Easy to grow
  
  
• Eggplant Seeds | Start seed indoors to allow at least 10 weeks for young plants to develop. Plant in rows 3 feet apart, with 2 feet between plants.
  
  Click here for complete Eggplant grow guide

About this variety:

• One of the best tasting of the fingerling potato varieties.
• It has rosy-buff skin with deep yellow flesh (blushed with red).
• Excellent for potato salad.
• Produces lots of medium-sized, well-clustered potatoes.
• Very good roasted over the coals.
• The tubers are long-keeping and the vines are very vigorous.
• Be careful not too overcrowd this variety.

We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-in fact some consider it desirable.

About this variety: 

• Early-season 60-80 to maturity.

  
  King Edward is an early season potato. It has white flesh with moist, waxy texture.
  
  

  - This is a good storage potato.
  
  

  - The "Edward" leaves repel bugs, such as Colorado Potato Beetles, Flea Beetles, and Potato Leaf Hoppers.
  
  

  - Late blight resistant.

  
  

NOTE:  We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-and in fact some consider it desirable.

NOTE:  We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-in fact some consider it desirable.

About this variety: 

• So delicious it sells out fast, so order early!
• Smooth, yellow-tan skin and light yellow flesh.
• Prolific yields run as long 10", some weigh as much as 7 oz.
• Excellent salad qualities, firm and waxy, or simply boiled or steamed.
  
  

NOTE:  We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-in fact some consider it desirable.

NOTE:  We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-in fact some consider it desirable.

About this variety:

NOTE:  We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-in fact some consider it desirable.

The Scarlet Sage (Salvia coccinea), also called Blood Sage, Texas Sage, and Indian Fire, is a fast-growing, tender perennial in the mint family. Produces dense 10" spikes of small, tubular, bright red fragrant blossoms with long stamens. Grows 1'-3' tall on square stems with hairy, heart-shaped foliage. Can be grown as an annual in colder climates. A striking pop of color in any garden or vase.

The leaves of Scarlet Sage are edible, but the flowers are toxic to people and should not be ingested.

• Life cycle: Herbaceous perennial
• Bloom season: Spring, summer, fall
• Attracts: Hummingbirds, birds, bees, butterflies, and other pollinators
• Flower meaning: Good health, longevity, wisdom

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Salvia coccinea
• Hardiness zones: 8-10
• Planting season: Spring, fall
• Days to maturity: 65-85 days
• Cold stratify: No
• Depth to plant seeds: Lightly cover - seeds need light to germinate
• Spacing between plants: 6"-12" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Germination soil temps: 65F-75F
• Soil types: Sandy, loamy, dry, moist, well-drained
• Soil pH: 5.5-7.5
• Water needs: Average
• Sun needs: Full sun, part shade
• Frost tolerant: No
• Drought tolerant: Yes
• Deer resistant: Yes

• Just as the name suggests, this style of gourd will produce a gourd that can be repurposed as a ladle or dipper when dried
  
  
• Will grow anywhere from 2-4 feet long with an extra long handle
  
  
• Widely used for crafting
  
  
• Thin/long/narrow top with wide/round/oval base
  
  
• Once harvested, wash the gourd with a non bleaching disinfectant and then lay it out to dry in a well ventilated area

• Mid Season
• Heirloom
• Heat tolerant
• Good for mashing

About this variety:

NOTE:  We do not use chemicals to prevent our potatoes from sprouting. So the seed potatoes you order may have already begun to sprout when they arrive. This is okay-in fact some consider it desirable.

• The neck of these gourds produce a shape that is very "swan-like"
  
  
• Ideal for decorating, painting or selling at markets
  
  
• Weighs around 3 lbs
  
  
• Can easily reach up to 15 inches in length
  
  
• Mostly green in color with prominent cream spots, and the shell usually always stays glossy when dried
  
  
• Long thin neck with wide/bulb base
  
  
  

The Alaska Early Pea (Pisum sativum), originally named Earliest of All, has a lot of great qualities. As you can guess, it’s one of the earliest to produce in only 55 days. It’s a semi-dwarf frost-tolerant bush variety that grows to only 2'-3' tall and doesn’t require staking. And it produces lots of 2"-3" pods with 5-8 small, plump, smooth, peas inside. Nice flavor that isn’t too sweet. It was renamed in the late 1800s after the steamship Alaska. Can be grown in Alaska, the lower 48, and Hawaii.

• Not too sweet
• Full sun
• High yields
• Early maturity—55 days
• Good for containers

Good companion plants: Bean, Carrot, Cucumber, Parsley, Pepper, Sage, Spinach, Squash, Strawberry, Thyme

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Pisum sativum
• Hardiness zones: 2-11
• Pea type: English/shelling - remove peas from pod before eating
• Growth habit: Bush - no support
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 2"-3" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Germination soil temps: 40F-85F
• Soil needs: Clay, sandy, loamy, chalky, rich, moist, well-drained
• Soil pH: 5.5-7.0
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost tolerant: Yes
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 8 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 55-60 days