Cool Season Greens Seed Collection

Cool Season Greens Seed Collection – Fast-Growing Delectable Tastes

The idea of stepping into our own backyard to harvest a handful of fresh, flavorful greens for dinner is something we think about a lot. But there is often a gap between that ideal image in our minds and the reality of knowing exactly which varieties will thrive, taste great, and provide a continuous harvest. This is the challenge we set out to solve when we curated our Cool Season Greens Collection. We wanted to answer a common question from our customers: "How can I have a successful and, more importantly, delicious garden of greens?"

This collection is our answer. It’s not just a bundle of seeds; it’s our toolkit for a gourmet flavor experience, from varieties we know you can depend on.

Flavor, Backed by Resilience

We chose each heirloom in this collection for a dual purpose: to bring a spectrum of exceptional tastes and textures to your kitchen, and to thrive in the often-challenging conditions of the cooler months. You'll enjoy the sweet, tender leaves of Giant Nobel Spinach and the buttery, nutty notes of Corn Salad, both from plants renowned for their hardiness. You can add the tangy, peppery kick of Rocket Arugula or the surprisingly rich, sweet flavor of Lacinato Kale, two varieties that we've found actually get sweeter after a frost. This isn't a random assortment; it's a purposefully built collection designed to deliver a continuous harvest of delicious, complex greens, from plants we trust in our own garden. 

Details

Rocket Arugula adds a refreshing tangy spiciness to fresh dishes and is perfect for cut-and-come-again, cool-season succession plantings for a continual supply of fresh young leaves until hard frosts.

Lacinato Kale is perhaps the poster child for cool-season growing, yet it can thrive in warmer weather if the soil is kept consistently slightly moist. One of the richest flavors to come out of the garden, its flavor becomes sweeter as the weather cools.

Giant Nobel Spinach is the epitome of fresh, tender, juicy, delicious spinach - especially in cooler weather when it becomes sweeter. The large, crunchy leaves are gently crinkled, perfect for sandwiches, salads, or lightly cooked dishes. Scrumptious folded into an omelette with aged Italian cheese.

Rainbow Swiss Chard is distinguished by its bouquet of wrinkled, slightly savoyed rich green and bronze leaves with beautiful technicolor shades of red, orange, purple, yellow and white stems. The leaves are succulent and tender when young, growing upright and tall from a dense rosette of myriad-colored ribbed stems.

Tatsoi Mustard is related to Chinese cabbage, but like the offbeat, cool cousin that looks exotic but is easy to grow. Very cold tolerant and prolific, tatsoi leaves are crunchy and tender with a mild, sweet flavor with nutty, tangy, and mustard-like nuances that add interest to cool-weather salads. The visually intriguing spoon-shaped leaves have crisp stalks, making it friendly in a number of cuisines and dishes.

Corn Salad/Lambs Lettuce/Mache is quick-growing, perfect for cut-and-come-again harvesting for a continual supply of leaves in cool weather or can be cut whole once the head has filled in. The young leaves are delicate and tender, like butterhead lettuce, but a bit more herbal, while mature leaves are used much like spinach.

Included in this collection is the following six seeds packets:

• Rocket Arugula (Approx 300 seeds per pack)
• Lacinato Kale (Approx 200 seeds per pack)
• Giant Nobel Spinach (Approx 100 seeds per pack)
• Rainbow Swiss Chard (Approx 100 seeds per pack)
• Tatsoi Mustard (Approx 200 seeds per pack)
• Corn Salad/Lambs Lettuce/Mache (Approx 200 seeds per pack)

 Learn More

• How to Plan for Fall and Winter Gardening
• Second Chance Gardening

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