Seed Packets

Golden Yellow Strawflower is a stunning annual prized for its vivid, golden-yellow blooms with papery petals that feel like straw to the touch and ...

Coral Bell Pepper is a beautiful sweet pepper that ripens into a vivid sunset orange with a sweet, slightly citrusy flavor that matches the warmth ...

A quick-establishing, versatile annual cover crop grass used for weed suppression, erosion control, and building organic matter. Fast germination m...

A local favorite in Cajun country since the 1950s and introduced in 1989 by Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, this dwarf-type variety grows 2-1/2 to...

Mixed Cactus is a fascinating and uniquely beautiful collection of cactus varieties that brings sculptural, low-maintenance elegance to any sunny i...

Bowling Red Okra has been grown by the Bowling family of Virginia since the 1920s and was rated one of the best varieties in the Kerr Center's tria...

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...

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

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...

This Italian heirloom, known in France since around 1850, produces egg-shaped fruits 5 to 7 inches long in purple with irregular white stripes — a ...

Introduced from France in the late 1800s, Chantenay Red Core is a blocky, broad-shouldered variety with a blunt tip, about 5½ inches long and 2½ in...

This Danish heirloom produces rich red beets celebrated for their tender sweetness in a distinctive 6 by 2 inch carrot-shaped form. Their unique cy...

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, 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...

Stone Mountain is a Southern heirloom from 1923 that was a commercial bestseller through the 1930s and 1940s, producing slightly oval fruits averag...

Georgia Green collards are resistant to both heat and frost and grow well even on poor soil. The open, loose heads are best harvested after frost, ...

Brought to the Americas from Africa during the slave trade and grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Whippoorwill was once the standard variety ...

The purple-black seeds of this sunflower are traditionally used by the Hopi people as a natural dye source, especially for coloring baskets, and th...

A standout heirloom from Crimea with smoky, wine-rich flavor and a gorgeous, complex color — deep green shoulders fading into dark purple-red flesh...

Everglades Cherry produces sweet, dark pink, ½-inch fruits similar to Matt's Wild Cherry but with a pinker color and some differences in flavor.

A Virginia and North Carolina heirloom, Big Red Ripper is a good-flavored table pea with 10-inch pods containing as many as 18 large peas per pod. ...

Orange Oxheart Tomato is a stunning Virginia heirloom with the distinctive heart-shaped form of an oxheart tomato in a warm, glowing orange — the l...

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...

Hollyhock Black is a striking biennial growing to 6 feet tall with deep, nearly black flowers whose petals can be used to make a floral tea. It gro...

Zinnia Peruviana Yellow, introduced in 1994 by SESE, bears single 1½-inch diameter blooms that open yellow and age to a softer light yellow on plan...

Rainbow Broomcorn is a gorgeous ornamental sorghum growing 7–8 feet tall, producing colorful sprays in shades of red-bronze, brown, black, and burg...

Tromboncino is an Italian heirloom summer squash with light green fruits that grow long and curve to a bell at one end, best harvested at 8–10 inch...

North Georgia Candy Roaster is a rare Appalachian heirloom from the early 1900s, historically used in candy roaster pie at Thanksgiving feasts, wit...

Cocozelle is a pre-1934 Italian zucchini with long, cylindrical fruits that are dark green with light-green stripes when young and turn yellow at m...

Petunia Old Fashioned Vining dates to the early 1900s and is ever-blooming and far hardier than modern varieties, continuing to flower into fall wh...

Cosmos Mona's Orange, introduced in 1990 by SESE from a family heirloom originating in southern California, produces radiant orange, mostly single-...

Elegant deep red to near-black scabiosa blooms with striking white stigmas on long, slender stems — a sophisticated color break from the typical pi...

Federle Tomato is a West Virginia heirloom paste variety with impressive 7-inch elongated fruits, meaty walls, and minimal seeds — the ideal combin...

Silvery Fir Tree Tomato is a uniquely beautiful Russian heirloom with delicate, fern-like silver-green foliage that looks ornamental enough for a f...

Yellow Plum Tomato is a mild, sweet, and prolific heirloom with attractive 1–2 inch fruits in a warm golden-yellow that's both visually appealing a...

Queen Mix cleome (Cleome spinosa) produces pink, rose, and purple flowers with many side blooms, attracting bumblebees and hummingbirds throughout ...

Red Malabar Summer Spinach (Basella alba var. rubra) is an Asian green and a great summer substitute for spinach, with fleshy leaves and stems high...

An 1888 heirloom credited to Georgia farmer Thomas Jackson, Jackson Wonder is a beloved butterbean that thrives especially well under hot and dry c...

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 ...

Four O'Clocks Don Pedros Mixed Colors is a heirloom brought back from a mother's hometown in Spain, where the flower is locally known as Don Pedro'...

San Marzano is an Italian heirloom famous for its use in Neapolitan pizza and other Italian dishes. The long Roma-type fruits weigh 3–4 oz with poi...

Tithonia Red Torch (Mexican Sunflower; Tithonia rotundifolia), an All-America Selections winner in 1951, is a member of the sunflower family bearin...

Apricot Statice is a prolific and beautiful everlasting flower grown as much for its lasting qualities as its warm, peachy-apricot color. The clust...

Topcrop Bush Bean is a reliable and prolific heirloom variety that earns its practical name with consistently high yields, excellent disease resist...

Erlene's Green is a family heirloom cotton with light olive green fibers that can be spun directly off the seed. Once spun and washed, the fiber tu...

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