Xerochrysum bracteatum. 75 Days. Striking, fiery red and orange colored strawflowers were selected out of the classic Monstrosum Mix. We selected this variety over many years in an attempt to produce a stable, single color. However, Firefly strawflower had other plans, and continues to provide a diversity of flame-like color combinations. Producing both light and…
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Xerochrysum bracteatum. 75 days. Strawflowers are one of the best everlasting flowers. They are easy to grow, produce loads of blossoms sometimes even after frost, have strong stems, and are tolerant of low fertility and dry growing conditions. Monstrosum Mix is a lovely rainbow of colors including white, orange, yellow, and several shades of pinks…
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Xerochrysum bracteatum. 65 days. Super dark purple, like a deep shade of red wine, Purple Red strawflower is a fun change from the more commonly grown strawflower colors of bright oranges and yellows. Flowers grow to about 2” across but can be harvested at an earlier stage to avoid the yellow centers that appear when…
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Xerochrysum bracteatum. 75 days. The blooms of Scarlet Strawflower are a vibrantly rich, lovely red with a touch of gold, making this everlasting great for bouquets, wreaths, garlands, and many other creative uses – especially around the holiday season. We have even been known to use them as festive packing peanuts for gifts! Blossoms grow…
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Pisum sativum. Green Sugar Snap. 80 days. One of our favorites for flavor and productivity. 6-8′ vines yield light-green, sweet plump pods that develop a purple stripe when they mature. If we could only grow one Sugar Snap pea it would be Magnolia Blossom. Very sweet, just like a sugar snap should be and the…
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Pisum sativum. Purple Sugar Snap. 70 days. After more than 15 years of breeding work, Dr. Alan Kapuler developed the first purple-podded sugar snap pea. Beautiful purple pods and flowers. Good sweet flavor, although not quite as sweet as Magnolia Blossom. We find the flavor and texture to be best before the pods get really…
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Pisum sativum. Green Sugar Snap. 60 days. A classic green sugar snap pea. Vines are a bit shorter than most of our other peas topping out at 5′ or so. Super tasty with a classic sweet crunch – we like to eat them when extra plump. Scored high for flavor and total marketable weight in…
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Heat-tolerant greens that will add a refreshing kick to summer salads. Mix includes amaranth, purslane, Buck’s Horn plantain, chard, as well as summer lettuces, endives, and more. Unlike the Delicious Diversity Mesclun Mix, there are no Brassicas in this one. Due to different seed sizes and maturity dates, this mix is recommended for the home…
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Helianthus annuus. 60 days. We are excited to offer our improved version of Red Sun Sunflower! Better Off Red began with a few seeds from a self-pollination of the best and reddest plants in a mix of a (barely red at all) population of so-called Red Sun Sunflower. Re-selected and stabilized over several years, we…
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Helianthus annuus. 5-7′ tall plants produce mostly single, 8-12” flowers with yellow petals. Large, black seeds are tasty as a snack and also good for fresh sprouts since they’re huge. Black seeded sunflower seeds are a popular protein-rich food in eastern Europe, and are very popular with the birds here at our farm. May also…
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Helianthus annuus. 70 days. Bicolored petals are yellow at the tips and dark maroon at the centers. Plants grow to about 5′ tall with lots of branching. The primary flower is 6-8” and plants continue to set many smaller, 3-5″ flowers on long stems through the end of the season, which makes this variety superb…
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Helianthus annuus. A sunflower party, this collection is an evolving mixture of sunflower colors and growth habits that we have been curating since 2005. Selected over the years from various crosses and volunteers. Many are classic yellows as well as unique reds and a few lemon yellow types. But the real gems in the mix…
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Helianthus annuus. Flowers reach 6″ wide on well-branched, 6′ tall plants. Flower color varies and includes pale yellow, bright yellow, bicolor, and red flowers. A very good cut flower since each plant produces several flower heads and stem size works well in bouquets. We were given this seed by Wim Brus, a biodynamic seed grower…
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Softneck and Hardneck types Can’t decide which variety to grow? Have limited garden space and would prefer smaller quantities of multiple types? Well, this is the option for you! Some hardneck, some softneck. Each 1/2 lb bag includes an assortment of 3-5 bulbs. 1 lb bags include up to 9 bulbs, and we promise to…
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Zea mays. Sweet. 70-80 days. An early-mid season open pollinated, yellow sweet corn, with mixed sugar enhanced (SE) and normal sugary (SU) kernels. This combo gives Candy Mountain a rich flavor that is sweeter than “old timey” corn but not as sweet as most modern corn. The SE trait will keep this corn sweet for…
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Zea mays. Sweet. 85 days. A superb addition to the list of cool, purple vegetables. Normal sugary (SU) kernels are sweet and richly flavored, but the real coup of Double Red is the ridiculously dark red color. The kernels are so red that they can turn your fingers purple when eating it. Certainly a culinary…
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Zea mays. Super Sweet. 80-90 days. One of the first open pollinated super sweet (Sh2) corns! Medium-large ears have yellow, truly super sweet kernels, and hold their flavor once picked. Still a little variable in maturity and color with some pale yellow kernels, but we think this may be necessary to maintain vigor as corn…
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Lathyrus odoratus. 60 days. The Blue Celeste Sweet Pea patch is one of my favorite spots in the field or garden in early summer. Loads of sky blue flowers with a faint purple hue are almost luminescent, and the classic sweet pea scent seems to call out and remind me to take a few minutes…
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Lathyrus odoratus. 70 days. Cream colored sweet peas add a hint of romance and elegance to the garden and to bouquets. Worth growing for their fragrance alone, and the long, strong stems make Jilly work exceptionally well in arrangements. A great choice for fall sowing for early spring blooms. Plants grow to about 4’ tall…
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Lathyrus odoratus. 70-80 days. With red to maroon streaks and specks on white background petals, this variety is a striking change from classic pastel bicolor sweet peas. Modern sweet peas often lack the sweet scent that gives the species its name in the first place, however, Wiltshire Ripple is fully and joyously fragrant. Grows easily…
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Capsicum annuum. Green to Yellow-Orange. 75 days. Bright yellow-orange mini bell peppers grow to about 2″ across. The high yielding plants pump out sweet and tasty, fun-sized fruit. The size makes them very versatile – perfect for snacking or adding to salads, pickling whole, or stuffed as an appetizer. Plants have a small stature that make…
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Capsicum annuum. Green to Orange. 80 days. Vivid orange bell pepper, produces loads of blocky, thick-walled fruit early and throughout the season. Almost candy sweet when fully ripe and the under-ripe fruit are also sweeter than most. Bell peppers can be a challenge to grow outdoors here, but Etiuda is a champ with a high…
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Capsicum annuum. Green to Red. 50 days green, 85 red. Mild flavored sweet peppers originally from the Basque region of Spain. The 6″ long, ripe red fruit start to crinkle a little on the plant when mature. We first started growing Gernika when we were searching for an excellent drying pepper for sweet paprika, and…
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Capsicum annuum. Green to Gold. 75 days. Small, round, orange bell peppers are deliciously sweet and great for snacking. Early maturity for an orange bell and so productive! We harvested dozens of fruit from each plant. Produces well in cool conditions and resists blossom end rot. Fruit holds well on and off the plant. Great…
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Capsicum annuum. Lime Green to Red. 70 days. Wonderful, early sweet red pepper that is our effort at dehybridizing “a popular hybrid.” Elongated, tapered fruit are similar to Hungarian sweet peppers. Starts out a lime green color, ripens to red with good flavor at any stage. Now in its sixth season of selection, it is…
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Capsicum annuum. 60 days green, 90 days red. Ise is similar in flavor and texture to the common Shishito pepper, but sweeter and larger fruited. Fruit are 3 ½” long by 1” wide and still small enough to prep in all of the classic Shishito ways, but the larger size makes for a quicker harvest….
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Capsicum annuum. Green to Red. 80 days. Lesya is a totally unique sweet pepper from Ukraine that caught our eye due to its cool, conical, almost heart-like shape. Fruit have 3”-4” wide rounded shoulders that taper to a point at the blossom end. The heart shape is a bit variable but is really apparent when…
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Capsicum annuum. Green to Red. 70 days. Red ruffled pepper with sweet thick flesh. Very early and also productive late into the season. Deeply lobed, flattened sheepnose/cheese type pimento. Fruit develop fewer blemishes during ripening compared to bell-shaped peppers. The German translation of Liebesapfel can be either ‘love apple’ or ‘candy apple.’ Either one certainly…
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Capsicum annuum. Green to Red. 80 days. Peace Bell is a big red bell pepper with that classic blocky bell shape and sweet, tasty fruit. We have been looking for a red bell pepper to add to our offerings for a very long time, but found that most open-pollinated varieties were too late maturing, with…
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Capsicum annuum. Green to Red. 70 days. Excellent early maturing dark red sweet pepper that is definitely one of our favorites. Pointy Kaibi #1 is not overly sweet for fresh eating, instead having an incredible aroma which makes it excellent for sweet paprika. Not only will this variety fill the house with an unbearably delicious…
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Capsicum annuum. 65 days yellow to 85 days red. Pusztagold is an early maturing, high yielding sweet pepper that starts as a creamy shade of yellow when under-ripe and matures to a bright orange-red, giving a nice color spectrum on both the plant and the plate. Fruit have a sweet, bright flavor at all stages…
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