peaceful valley

Bold, peppery, and wonderfully complex, Arugula is the salad green with real personality. Its deeply lobed, dark-green leaves bring a spicy, nutty ...

Autumn Beauty Sunflower is a breathtaking multi-branching variety that erupts in rich waves of orange, bronze, burgundy, gold, and red — a living c...

Baby Shanghai Pak Choi is a petite, elegant variety with smooth, jade-green spoon-shaped leaves and crisp, pale-green stalks that are notably more ...

A showstopper in the garden and at the table, this heirloom cherry tomato ripens to gorgeous flame-orange with a tell-tale blush of red at the blos...

Black Beauty is the classic American heirloom eggplant — large, glossy, and deeply purple-black with broad, meaty fruit that has defined the variet...

Black Beauty is a classic zucchini prized for its glossy, nearly black-green skin and excellent, mild flavor. Each fruit grows to the perfect harve...

Bloomsdale is the gold standard of heirloom spinach — its crinkled, deeply savoyed leaves are richly dark green, tender, and full of flavor in a wa...

Brandywine Black is a luscious, complex heirloom revered for its large, burgundy-purple fruits with dark shoulders and a flavor unlike any other to...

The Brandywine is perhaps the most celebrated heirloom tomato ever grown — an Amish heirloom from the 1880s with large, pink-red fruits and a flavo...

Buttercrunch is one of the most beloved lettuce varieties ever developed — a compact butterhead with deeply green outer leaves that wrap loosely ar...

Cal Wonder is the quintessential bell pepper — thick-walled, blocky, and brilliantly green ripening to a deep, sweet red, with a crisp texture and ...

Calabrese is the original Italian broccoli — a hardy heirloom producing beautiful, deep blue-green heads with a clean, sweet flavor and satisfying ...

California Giants Zinnia produces some of the largest, most flamboyant blooms in the flower garden — ruffled, dahlia-like flowers in vivid shades o...

Cayenne Slim is the hot pepper that belongs in every kitchen and spice cabinet — long, slender, bright-red fruits with a fiery, sharp heat that del...

German Chamomile is one of the most soothing and beloved herbal plants in the garden — its delicate, daisy-like flowers with bright yellow centers ...

Cherry Belle is a crisp, cheerful heirloom radish with perfectly round, cherry-red roots and bright white flesh that snaps cleanly with a mild, ple...

Chocolate Sweet Pepper is a gorgeous and unusual bell pepper that ripens to a rich, mahogany-brown with a flavor noticeably sweeter and more comple...

Cilantro is one of the world's most widely used fresh herbs — its bright, pungent, citrusy leaves are essential in Mexican salsas, Indian chutneys,...

Cinderella Pumpkin — named for its uncanny resemblance to the fairy tale coach — is a spectacular French heirloom with a deeply ribbed, flattened s...

Clemson Spineless 80 is the definitive heirloom okra — an AAS gold medal winner producing smooth, tender, bright-green pods without the irritating ...

One of the most beloved backyard watermelons ever developed, Crimson Sweet produces beautiful round fruits with classic light green rinds boldly st...

Dark Green Zucchini is the quintessential summer squash — beautifully uniform, glossy dark-green fruits with mild, tender flesh that is as versatil...

Dark Purple Opal Basil is a breathtaking variety with glossy, deep purple-burgundy leaves that add stunning color to both the garden and the kitche...

Double Yield is a classic heirloom dual-purpose cucumber that earns its name by excelling as both a fresh slicing variety and a crisp, flavorful pi...

Early Crookneck is one of America's oldest and most beloved summer squash varieties — a beautiful, bumpy-skinned, golden-yellow heirloom with a cha...

Early Jalapeño is the classic hot pepper that anchors so much of Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine — plump, dark-green fruits with thick walls, a moderat...

Early Straightneck is a classic smooth-skinned yellow summer squash with a mild, buttery flavor and straight, easy-to-slice shape that makes it a k...

Easter Egg Mix Radish is a charming and colorful blend producing small, round roots in a cheerful assortment of red, pink, purple, white, and laven...

Evening Colors Sunflower is a rich, moody multi-branching variety that leans into the warm end of the color spectrum — deep burgundy, wine-red, cop...

French Breakfast Radish is a long, elegant European heirloom with a distinctive oblong shape — scarlet red at the shoulder fading to a clean white ...

French Garden Bean — the elegant haricot vert of French cuisine — produces long, slender, pencil-thin pods with an exceptionally tender texture and...

Golden Dragon is a unique and productive bush bean that yields plump, golden-yellow pods with the distinctive, nutty flavor of garbanzo chickpeas. ...

The gold standard of culinary basils, Genovese produces large, intensely aromatic leaves with a rich, sweet flavor and subtle clove-like complexity...

Glass Gem Corn is one of the most astounding varieties in the plant kingdom — an heirloom flint corn developed by Cherokee farmer Carl Barnes that ...

Gold Nugget is a cheerful, early cherry tomato producing clusters of bright golden-yellow fruits with a wonderfully sweet, mild flavor and low acid...

Golden Acre is a compact, early-maturing heirloom cabbage with tight, round heads of pale-green leaves and a sweet, mild flavor more refined than l...

Green Finger is a slender, elegant mini-cucumber producing clusters of small, dark-green, nearly seedless fruits with thin, tender skin and an exce...

Iceberg Superior is the classic crisphead lettuce — forming large, dense, tightly packed heads with extraordinarily crisp, pale-green leaves and a ...

Italian Oregano is the approachable, everyday culinary herb that brings warmth, earthiness, and sweet, herbaceous depth to pizza, pasta sauces, gri...

Jack Be Little Pumpkin is the sweetest miniature pumpkin you can grow — tiny, perfect, deeply ribbed little gourds that fit in the palm of your han...

Kapoor Tulsi — also called Sacred Basil — is a fragrant, revered herb from India with small, slightly jagged green leaves and an intoxicating aroma...

Lemon Cucumber is a charming heirloom that looks unlike any other cucumber — small, round, and pale yellow at harvest, it really does resemble a le...

Little Gem is the mini-romaine that fine dining restaurants love — a compact, dense head about the size of a large fist with thick, crisp, deeply g...

Marketmore 76 is the gold-standard American slicing cucumber — a time-tested variety producing long, straight, deep-green fruits with crisp, white ...

Matt's Wild Cherry is believed to be one of the most genetically pure forms of wild tomato available to home gardeners — tiny, pea-sized red fruits...

Muncher is an exceptional burpless cucumber with long, smooth, pale-skinned fruits and a mild, creamy, refreshing flavor that is virtually free of ...

National Pickling is a classic, compact-vined pickling cucumber that has been the go-to home canning variety for generations — producing blocky, wa...

Orange Calendula — also called Pot Marigold — is one of the most cheerful and useful flowers in the garden, producing a long season of brilliant, b...