Spring Direct Seed Varieties

Direct sowing in spring can save you time and energy. So many wonderful crops will flourish if planted outside now! Gather your quick pre-summer harvest of lettuce, spinach, and peas. Steward your plantings of carrots, beets, and radishes. Tend your kale, chard, and culinary herbs. Take full advantage of the cool weather and plant these seeds outside. 

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Kale Seeds - Lacinato, ORGANIC

Brassica oleracea ORGANIC. HEIRLOOM. The Italian darling of gourmands the world over! Also popular with kids for its nickname: Dinosaur Kale. Dark green, deeply savoyed leaves conjure images of prehistoric...

Spinach Seeds - Bloomsdale Long Standing

Spinacia oleracea HEIRLOOM. The classic reliable spinach with dark-green, thickly crinkled leaves. Slow-bolting and heavy-yielding. Frost tolerant. For spring and fall planting.

Lettuce Seeds - Parris Island Romaine, Organic

Lactuca sativa ORGANIC. HEIRLOOM. A well-rounded romaine variety from the coast of South Carolina. Very consistent and uniform production for heads or baby leaf. Crunchy and lightly savoyed leaves resist...

Beet Seeds - Detroit Dark Red, ORGANIC

Beta vulgaris ORGANIC. HEIRLOOM. Our most popular beet! A consistent producer for canning, juicing, pickling, or roasting, with uniform, 3-inch burgundy roots and bright green leaves. This old reliable heirloom...

Radish Seeds - French Breakfast

Raphanus sativus HEIRLOOM. Forget the pancakes! Wake up with a plate of one of the finest radishes around! Mild flavor, fine grained and very fast growing. 3" red oblong roots...

Collard Seeds - Georgia Southern

Brassica oleracea HEIRLOOM. Georgia Southern, aka True Southern or Creole, collards were introduced around 1880. These 2- to 3-foot tall plants have blue-green, slightly savoyed leaves with a tender texture...

Beet Seeds - Early Wonder

Beta vulgaris HEIRLOOM. This quick-growing variety has been prized for its abundant greens and high-quality, 3-inch roots since 1911. Its short time to harvest makes it ideal for succession sowing...

Turnip Seeds - Purple Top White Globe, ORGANIC

Brassica rapa ORGANIC. HEIRLOOM. A favorite garden variety. Purple skin peeks out above the soil, white skin below. Large roots taste mildly sweet and fine grained. Good greens for eating...

Kale Seeds - Red Russian

Brassica napus HEIRLOOM -From Russia, by way of Canada, with love. With reddish purple petioles and veins, these delicately lobed leaves change from grey to purple as the weather cools....

Carrot Seeds - Scarlet Nantes, ORGANIC

Daucus carota HEIRLOOM. This classy and refined French heirloom is known for its cylindrical, blunt-tipped shape, as well as its fine-grained, nearly coreless texture and mild, sweet flavor. It has...

Lettuce Seeds - Black Seeded Simpson, ORGANIC

Lactuca sativa HEIRLOOM. ORGANIC. An old dependable friend for many growers. Deeply savoyed, light green leaves arrive very early and tolerate a range of growing conditions. Slow to bolt.

Spinach Seeds - Noble Giant

Spinacia oleracea HEIRLOOM. A lovely large plant with its arms spread wide, full of giant crumpled leaves. Heavy producer and great for eating raw, as the leaves stay tender even...

Radish Seeds - Daikon, Japanese Minowase

Raphanus sativus HEIRLOOM. Satisfying giant white roots up to 24" long by 3" wide. Sweet, mild flavor and very crispy, with so many uses: good pickled, steamed, stir-fried or raw....

Swiss Chard Seeds - Ruby Red, ORGANIC

Beta vulgaris ORGANIC. HEIRLOOM. A beautiful addition to any garden often grown for its ornamental qualities alone! Foliage is dark-green on ruby red stalks. 18-24" plant. 

Lettuce Seeds - Merveille 4 Seasons

Lactuca sativa   HEIRLOOM  The French do not name their lettuces lightly and this one is, as the name implies, marvelous! A true wonder that holds excellent flavor, even in...

Parsnip Seeds - Hollow Crown

Pastinaca sativa HEIRLOOM. A delicious variety with a tapered root reaching 12" long and 2-3" thick at the shoulders. Exposure to frost adds to sweetness in the fall. Excellent winter...

Shelling Pea - Little Marvel

Pisum sativum HEIRLOOM. Imagine these peas wearing little superhero capes, dashing into the garden with early and steady production! Dwarf plants grow 15-20" with high yields of 3" tasty pods....

Beet Seeds - Lutz Green Leaf

Beta vulgaris HEIRLOOM. Also called "Winter Keeper," this red-fleshed beet with pale green tops is famous for its sweetness, long-storage quality, and tenderness even when large (up to 6” across!)...

Shelling Pea Seeds - Green Arrow

Pisum sativum HEIRLOOM. No trellising combined with high yield means lots of tasty peas with less work! Bushy plants grow 24-28" vines that do fine with minimal support. Reliable producer...

Mustard Greens Seeds - Southern Giant Curled

Brassica juncea HEIRLOOM -A Southern favorite and the most commonly grown mustard for greens. Large green leaves are tightly curled on the margins. Slow-to-bolt, cold tolerant, and good for late...

Shelling Pea Seeds - Wando

Pisum sativum HEIRLOOM. Good for southern regions and late spring seedlings. This productive shelling pea is both cold and heat tolerant. Excellent for canning or freezing. Plants can vine out...

Swiss Chard Seeds - Fordhook Giant, ORGANIC

Beta vulgaris ORGANIC. HEIRLOOM. Huge, thick, tender leaves with heavy yields, even in hot weather. Very easy to grow by direct seed or transplant. Eat like spinach or beet greens....

Beet Seeds - Chioggia

Beta vulgaris HEIRLOOM. This Italian specialty, also known as Candystripe or Bull’s Eye, has round red roots with a striking bullseye pattern of white and fuschia rings inside. A festive...

Beet Seeds - Bull's Blood

Beta vulgaris HEIRLOOM. This variety will grace your garden with the deepest purple-red leaves of any beet! The sweet and tender baby greens look great in a salad, and the...