Growing From Seed
You can get lots of different flowers and edibles when planting by seed - give it a try and try something new!
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Broccoli Purple Magic F1 | All-America Selections
From its beautiful purple color, tight uniform heads, and bright beads to its great broccoli flavor, this easy-to-grow broccoli is also stress and heat-tolerant. A showstopper. Excellent broccoli to try growing in cooler seasons. Can be eaten raw, stir-fried, roasted, lightly blanched, or steamed for the best texture, either way, you will find it sweeter and more tender than traditional green broccoli.
Wildflower Seed Paper: 9 Steps to Make Your Own
Celebrate Earth Day or any day by making your own wildflower seed paper. A great activity for all ages. This handmade, Earth-inspired paper is made with recycled paper and embedded with wildflower seeds. A meaningful way to celebrate our planet! Makes a beautiful gift for family and friends.
Dibby XL Dual-Purpose Gardening Tool
No more sowing seeds with pencils, sticks, spoons, chopsticks, etc.! The Dibby XL helps any gardener of any skill level consistently plant vegetable and flower seeds at the correct depth for good germination. This means more plants with less time and less effort. Also, thinning and transplanting seedlings just got easier. Other tools are hard to maneuver around tender seedlings, and none of them gently cup a seedling by its roots.
Coleus Premium Sun Coral Candy
The first seed coleus to ever win the coveted AAS Winner designation! Coral Candy features unique, multicolored foliage on a uniformly compact plant. This new plant form has narrow, serrated leaves that gracefully drape down the mounded plants. AAS Judges noted that this variety holds its color well, even when grown in full sun. This variety was entered into and trialed in the container trial meaning it’s perfect for small space gardens.
Winter Sweet Kabocha
A lovely complement to our mainstay kabocha, Winter Sweet, and exceptional in its own right. Sweet, flaky, and delicious with long storage potential. Fruits are pale pink at harvest, with variable levels of sky blue in a star shape on the blossom end which fades to solid pink in storage. Bred by Dr. Lindsay Wyatt at Johnny's. Best eating quality is 2–5 months after harvest.
Pumpkin Camaro
The Camaro PMR Pumpkin will give you bright orange pumpkins with a slight ribbing on the outside. The new Camaro will produce plants with a smaller vine yet give you more fruits per square foot than the pumpkins with larger vines! This is great news for the small gardener who always wanted to try growing pumpkins but lacked the space!
Duchess Pumpkin - A perfect Jack-o-Lantern
A perfect Jack-o-Lantern pumpkin with striking deep ribs and strong powdery mildew resistance in the garden. To keep longer-lasting pumpkins, wash the fruits in a diluted bleach solution, allow them to dry, and place them in a cool shady spot after harvest. Then they’ll be ready to carve, decorate, or use in the kitchen.
Zinnia Profusion Red Yellow BiColor as it ages is still beautiful
This gorgeous zinnia starts the season with a bold vibrant red center ring surrounded by golden-yellow outer petals. As the season progresses, the aging flowers morph into soft, beautiful shades of apricot, salmon, and dusty rose to bring a plethora of color to the garden, all from one variety! Easy to grow. An AAS Gold Medal Winner
Pumpkin Blue Prince F1 | All-America Selections
First, display and then devour, because AAS Winner Blue Prince Pumpkin tastes almost as good as it looks. Five-foot, trailing vines produce bounteous amounts of silvery blue, flattened fruits, which average 7 to 9 pounds each. Once your fall display is done, bake them up to enjoy the sweet, smooth, and creamy flesh - it's a delightful fall treat. It's the best of both worlds - Fall Decor and then Yummy Pie!