Here you can easily see all of the newest arrivals for the 2013 season. They will be posted as they arrive, so check back often to see what is coming in the 2013 Heirloom Seeds catalog. Most will be in the catalog, but there always seems to be a few that don't quite make it in time to be in the catalog, but they will be here!
We have hand selected these varieties and new products- some from customer requests, some from our mentor's suggestions, and some from our experiences, grow-outs and equipment that we have used successfully. A few are the results of several years of traditional plant breeding.
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The Cupani Sweet Pea has fantastic small bicolor blue to maroon-purple and orchid-violet blooms with a much stronger and sweeter scent than modern varieties. This is the strain from which all sweet peas originated. Sicilian monk Francesco Cupani sent these seeds to Dr. Uvedale, a scholar and a rare-plant collector in Middlesex, England in 1699 and it was being sold commercially by 1724 and has been a British favorite ever since. No wonder the British call them the Queen of the Annuals.
Annual 5 ft. wandering vine with fine tendrils yield an abundance of memorably scented blooms. Prefers a fully sunny, cool spot away from winds and heat-absorbing materials like brick and stone. Will slow down in warmer weather, often picking up again going into fall. Deadheading spent blooms and stalks will prolong the blooming period.
Annual
Approx 35 seeds per pack
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Job's Tears, Adlay or Adlai is a tall ancient grain that is being rediscovered today. This grass has been used historically as a cereal grain in India and Asia. It grows well in higher altitudes where corn and rice won't. Hulled and cracked or ground into flour it used as a cereal or in breads. It is also hulled, roasted and eaten like peanuts. The Chinese still use the hulled grain like barley in soups and broths. The grains have been used to ferment ancient beers, and aged vinegar in Japan.
The grass grows from 3 - 6 feet tall, higher in more temperate climates. Can be perennial in the absence of heavier frosts. Crops usually harvested 4 - 5 months after planting by cutting plants at base and threshing seeds out, then hulling.
Annual
Certified Organic
Approx 25 seeds per pack
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Butter Daisy is also known as Medallion plant and Star Daisy. Apple-green foliage is covered by tiny brilliant yellow daisy-like blooms cover this mounding plant continuously and it simply ignores heat and humidity, but also tolerates moderate drought well. Always in flower once warm weather arrives with no need to dead-head. No pests are really interested in it and only frost or cooler weather will stop the flowering for the season.
Very hardy mounding plant grows to about 24 - 36 in. tall with equal spread. Prefers full sun, will tolerate some shade. Re-seeds readily to fill in its area. Most excellent for borders, windowsill boxes, pots and containers needing some bright color all season.
Certified Organic
Perennial if no frost, otherwise annual
Approx 25 seeds per pack
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Balloon Flower or Chinese Bellflower has mid to dark green foliage that emerges in late spring that is a prelude to the star of the show - the flowers. They have a swelling bud just before opening their 3 in. diameter, single, bell-shaped, upward facing blossoms, giving the plant its name. Blooms continuously from late spring through early fall. Native to East Asia, the roots are used extensively as an anti-inflammatory in treatment of coughs and colds.
Grows easily in well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Plant spreads by a somewhat stringy root system that can be divided and transplanted in larger bunches to overcome die-back.
Certified Organic
Perennial Zone 3 - 8
Approx 50 seeds per pack
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Little Crittenden Tobacco is a very high quality dark tobacco with long, slender, thin and narrow leaves grown for chewing, pipe and cigar use. Grown in Crittenden County, Kentucky since around 1880, it was considered a particularly fine strain of tobacco. Commercially it is fire-cured after harvesting, but is an excellent air-cure variety: making it a good choice for the home grower.
It has a semi-erect growth habit with long leaves that have considerable crinkle and fairly coarse texture. A fine tobacco for the novice, easy to grow.
Certified Organic
Approx 100 seeds per pack
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The Dryland Flower Mix contains annuals and perennials that are suitable for areas that receive 10-30 inches of rainfall per year or areas that tend to have well-draining soils. It will provide colorful blooms all season long.
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Annual
Approx 200-300 seeds per pack
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The Humid Climate Flower Mix contains annuals and perennials that are suitable for areas that receive over 30 inches of rainfall per year or areas that tend to have damp or fairly moist soil. It is not suitable for wetland areas that have very moist, saturated or wet soils.
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Annual
Approx 200-300 seeds per pack
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The Fragrant Flower Mix is a blend of colorful annuals and perennials that provide lovely fragrances all season long. Included in this mix are flowers with sweet floral, carnation, citrus, lavender, and tangy pungent scents.
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Annual and Perennial
Approx 200-300 seeds per pack
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Dwarf Petunia Mix is a 1950s garden favorite with sturdy compact growth, multitudes of Red, Rose, Scarlet, Salmon, Violet and White flowers. Long favored as the most popular flowering annual plant for use in hanging baskets, window boxes and colorful border plantings. Very attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies.
Compact, low growing 6 inch tall plants with a profusion of small flowers. Pinch out old flowers to renew growth and encourage more flowering time.
Annual
Approx 100 seeds per pack
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