Dandelion Seeds

Fragaria vesca. Open Pollinated. Alexandria Strawberry. The plant produces excellent yields of juicy, bright red strawberries from seeds the very first year if started early enough in the spring. It is a popular everbearing alpine strawberry variety prized for its sweet, aromatic, deep scarlet-red berries. These Alpine strawberries don't have runners, so they are perfect for containers, window boxes, and patio gardening. The leaves make excellent herbal tea with woodruff leaves. Suitable for containers, rock gardens, and edging plants. Kids love them. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 551826. A variety from the USA.

95 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Ailsa Craig Exhibition Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of large, 2 to 6 lb sweet yellow onions. It is a popular English heirloom long-day onion variety prized by gardeners for producing exceptionally large, mild, and sweet bulbs. This Spanish-type onion has a unique, mildly sweet flavor. Perfect for soups, sandwiches, salads, and cooking. Earlier than other Spanish types. Tolerates cool weather well. Suitable for Northern regions. Similar to Kelsae Sweet Giant Onion. Impress your neighbors and try growing a World Record size onion. Excellent choice for home gardens. This variety is named after Ailsa, a small island off the coast of Scotland that is nearly solid rock. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 286251. An 1887 heirloom from South Ayrshire, Scotland. A long day variety.

50 days. Portulaca oleracea sativa. Annual. Open Pollinated. Golden Purslane. This low-growing plant produces good yields of golden colored leaves. It is a popular herb variety prized for its high nutritional value, rich in omega-3 fatty acids (ALA), vitamins A, C, and E, beta-carotene, calcium, iron, and antioxidants. It is an easy-to-grow, heat-loving annual succulent prized as an edible leafy green and sometimes for its small yellow flowers. Used in salads and can also be steamed or added to soups and stews; an excellent addition to a stir-fry. It also makes an attractive garnish, too. Purslane is also effective in treating oral lichen planus. Its leaves are used to treat insect or snake bites, boils, sores, pain from bee stings, bacillary dysentery, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, postpartum bleeding, and intestinal bleeding. The plant grows in poor soil and in hot weather. Heat Tolerant. Drought Tolerant. An excellent choice for herb gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 2123. A variety from the USA.

1941 All-America Selections Winner! 65 days. Capsicum annuum. Open Pollinated. Sweet Banana Pepper. This early maturing plant produces high yields of 7" long by 1 ¾" wide banana sweet peppers. Peppers have thick walls, are sweet, and turn from pale green or yellowish to bright yellow when mature. It can ripen further to orange or red if left on the plant. Most commonly used when yellow. Perfect for salads, sandwiches, sautéing, frying, pickling, freezing, and grilling. An excellent choice for home gardens, Farmer’s Markets, and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 592816. An heirloom variety from the USA.

65 days. Zea mays. Open Pollinated. Baby Corn. The plant produces good yields of tiny ears of baby corn. These tiny ears of corn are very tender and entirely edible. Excellent for stir-fries and pickling. Best if harvested within 5 days of the appearance of silk. Perfect freezing variety. An excellent choice for home gardens. A variety from the USA.

85 days. Hypericum perforatum. Perennial. Open Pollinated. St John's Wort. This shrubby plant produces good yields of green leaves with bright yellow flowers. It is a hardy perennial herb known for its bright yellow flowers and traditional medicinal uses, particularly for supporting mood and nerve health. It is used as an antidepressant, sedative, and wound-healing agent. Also excellent ground cover. Easy to Grow. A variety from the Mediterranean region.