Cool Season Vegetables
Many heirloom vegetables are very well suited to cool season gardens in Fall and Winter. The time to plan your Fall garden is in early July, as the planting takes place late July through September. Most varieties are planted from 8-10 weeks prior to the first frost date.
Confused on the timing, planning and planting for a cool season garden, especially in your area? We'll walk you through the details in How to Plan for Fall and Winter. We’ve hand-selected these heirloom seeds to give you the best results in your Fall and Winter garden, giving you a sweeter and richer flavor than from the traditional Spring and Summer gardens.
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Giant Nobel Spinach Seeds - (Spinacia oleracea)
$3.35Giant Nobel Spinach - Taste of Royalty With its large, green, thick, gently savoyed leaves with rounded tips and almost sugar-sweet, thin stems, Giant Nobel - also known as Giant Noble or Giant Noble Spinach - is the best of the thick-leaved varieties...$3.35 -
Gourmet Lettuce Seed Collection
$20.70Gourmet Lettuce Seed Collection For those who don’t know where to start with heirloom lettuces, or those who want to explore more and need some guidance. Our hand-selected collection includes five of the easiest to grow and most productive...$20.70 -
Japanese Minowase Radish (Daikon) Seeds - (Raphanus sativus)
$3.35Japanese Minowase Radish/Daikon Radish - Delectable Multi-Use Heirloom The Minowase Daikon is a specific type of radish highly favored for its large root, versatility, and mild, sweet, and peppery flavor. Unsurprisingly, its name comes from two...$3.35 -
Lacinato Kale Seeds - (Brassica oleracea)
$3.35Lacinato Kale - Black Beauty This Italian heirloom kale is widely acknowledged as one of the most beautiful, it is an 'open' kale from the early 18th century in Tuscany. It is probably the same variety described in 1885 by the famous French...$3.35 -
Mizuna Mustard Seeds - (Brassica rapa)
$3.35Mizuna Mustard - The Emperor’s Asian Green This spicy, bright, and gorgeous Japanese heirloom mustard green is a gardener's and cook’s dream. Once a famous green in the Japanese Emperor’s house, Mizuna grew in popularity and was...$3.35 -
Pak Choi (White Stem) Chinese Cabbage Seeds - (Brassica rapa v. chinensis)
$3.35Pak Choi (White Stem) Chinese Cabbage A baby type Chinese cabbage that is fast-growing, with vigorous, 7-8" tall plants of deep-green leaves. Succulent and crunchy with a mild, mustard flavor. One of the most used vegetables in various Oriental dishes...$3.35 -
Purple Top Globe Turnip Seeds - (Brassica rapa)
$3.35Purple Top Globe Turnip Purple Top turnips grow larger than many other varieties, making them an excellent choice for a home gardener with limited space. The tops develop their characteristic reddish-purple color as they mature and push out of the...$3.35 -
Red Acre Cabbage Seeds - (Brassica oleracea)
$3.35Red Acre Cabbage An early variety that forms dense round brilliantly deep red/purple heads that are 5-7 inches wide and 2-4 pounds. Small compact short-stemmed plants produce heads that are solid even in early stages and are resistant to yellowing and...$3.35 -
Red Russian Kale Seeds - (Brassica napus var. pabularia)
$3.35Red Russian Kale An uncommon, old European variety, Red Russian is quite different from either of the more common curly and Tuscan varieties. The base color is a blue-green with brighter purple accents, and the leaves are flatter than other types, with...$3.35 -
Rocket Arugula/Roquette Seeds - (Eruca sativa)
$3.35Rocket Arugula - Make Your Salad Rock! A great cut and come again plant, this annual adds a refreshing tangy spiciness to salads, sandwiches, and sauces. Rocket Arugula goes by many names, depending on the area - in North America it’s known as...$3.35 -
Romanesco Fennel Seeds - (Foeniculum vulgare)
$3.35Romanesco Fennel Traditional Italian herb with a wonderful anise taste. Romanesco Fennel is also called Roman or Florence Fennel. Very sweet and aromatic late maturing variety produces a large head with thick white tightly wrapped...$3.35 -
Salsify (Oyster Plant) Seeds - (Tragopogon porrifolius)
$3.35Salsify - The Vegetable Oyster Salsify is an unusual plant whose roots and leaves are eaten as a vegetable. The root resembles a thin parsnip, long and rough in texture with a white or creamy flesh. The roots store their carbohydrates as...$3.35 -
Seven Top Turnip Seeds - (Brassica rapa)
$3.35Seven Top Turnip The best variety for masses of fine-flavored, old-fashioned, turnip greens. Produces consistently for a long period. Grown as a winter annual for spring greens. History One of the oldest root crops, described by Theophrastus (400...$3.35 -
Snowball Y Improved Cauliflower Seeds - (Brassica oleracea)
$3.35Snowball Y Improved Cauliflower - Snow White Would Be Proud This cauliflower is a self-blanching strain that needs no tying with dense, deep, well rounded, smooth white 6 1/2" heads appearing from silver-green leaves, 12-18” tall plants produce...$3.35 -
Spinach-Beet Greens/Bietina/Bieta Seeds - (Beta vulgaris spp.)
$3.50Spinach-Beet Greens/Bietina/Bieta - Gourmet Flavor Spinach-Beet Greens, also known in Italy as Bietina, Bieta or Bietola, have large soft, green leaves on very thin stems on bushy 2' plants. This unusual and highly regarded chard is very productive,...$3.50 -
Tatsoi Mustard Seeds - (Brassica rapa)
$3.35Tatsoi – Delightfully Crunchy Spoon-shaped Leafy Green 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...$3.35 -
Vates Blue Curled Kale Seeds - (Brassica oleracea)
$3.35Vates Blue Curled Kale Scotch type kale that is slow bolting with finely curled blue-green leaves. Low growing variety with short stems, 12-16" tall with 24" heads. Very hardy in heat and cold. Sow early spring or mid summer, long production times...$3.35 -
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Victoria Rhubarb Seeds - (Rheum rhabarbarum)
$3.35Victoria Rhubarb - The Gold Standard Large, fat, brightly colored stems that are non stringy with a tart, apple-gooseberry flavor followed by a hint of citrus. This cold-hardy perennial vegetable is a heavy producer, easy to grow from seed...$3.35 -
Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah Onion Seeds - (Allium cepa)
$3.50Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah Onion This onion has a deep globe up to 6" in diameter and up to 2 lbs each. Shiny straw brown skin with white medium firm flesh this onion is a heavy producer. Well adapted to the Western United States, and similar...$3.50