Seed Packets

A cherished heirloom that has maintained enduring popularity since its introduction, Kentucky Wonder pole beans produce 8-inch pods that are string...

Yellow Pear is an heirloom dating to before 1800, producing pear-shaped yellow tomatoes about 1½ by ¾ inches with a mild flavor. Plants are very pr...

Bull's Blood is best known for its mild, dark leaves, typically harvested young for vibrant salad mixes even before the roots fully mature. The lea...

An heirloom fava bean well suited to the Mid-Atlantic and further south, Broad Windsor grows on 2 to 3 foot tall plants that yield 6 to 8 inch pods...

Love-in-a-Mist Mixed Colors Nigella offers a charming blend of blue, pink, white, and purple flowers averaging 1½ inches in diameter, nestled in a ...

This striking orach variety offers the deepest, darkest red leaves available, adding lively color to any salad. When picked young, the tender leave...

Developed in 1917 from a cross between Marvel and Globe and released by the USDA in 1925, Marglobe has remained in demand for generations while oth...

Sweet Annie (Artemisia annua) is an easy-to-grow annual featuring tall, aromatic plants with fern-like, silvery foliage that emits a sweet fragranc...

This 1934 All-America Selections winner is a classic escarole with large, broad, dark-green outer leaves enclosing round, deep 12–16 inch heads tha...

Edmonson is a family heirloom from Kansas dating to 1913, and one of the hardiest cucumbers available, with good resistance to disease, insects, an...

German Johnson is a popular heirloom from Virginia and North Carolina, long a favorite at farmers markets, and is one of the four parent lines of t...

An improved strain introduced before 1920, this variety has long been the standard for home and market use. The flesh is mild, yellow, fine-grained...

Dating to before 1880, Seven Top is a popular Southern variety grown for winter greens rather than its roots, which are woody. Leaves grow 18 to 22...

Narrowleaf Milkweed is a graceful native wildflower that serves as an essential lifeline for monarch butterflies and other pollinators. Its slender...

Rouge Vif d'Etampes — French for "deep red" — has been available in the United States since 1883 and is prized for its beautiful, rich orange color...

Lemon Cucumber produces crunchy, round yellow fruits on vigorous 7-foot vines, with a flavor that is excellent, never bitter, and old-fashioned wit...

Introduced by Southern Exposure Seed Exchange in 2010, genetic analysis shows this variety is descended from Bloody Butcher. Tall, hardy stalks rea...

Dating to before 1880, this classic round white turnip grows to about 5 inches in diameter with bright purple coloring around the top where it is e...

Dating to before 1865, White Icicle produces mild-flavored, white, carrot-shaped roots up to 4 to 5 inches long. It remains milder than other radis...