2026 Seedlings - On Farm Sales Only
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Browse the categories below to see what we’re growing and plan your garden! Click on a photo to view different varieties that we offer. Please note, this page is for your planning purposes and we do not offer online sales. For more information about seedling sales check our Plant Sales Info Page.
Broccoli
Beautiful domed, central heads of deep blue green with multiple side shoots once central head is cut. Outstanding flavor. Harvest 60-90 days after transplant. Height: 30-36”
Green Cabbage
Uniform 6” heads, early, tight green leaves packed with flavor. Perfect for slaw, kraut and kimchi
Brussels Sprouts
Tall Plants produce heavy crops of smooth, medium sized sprouts. These excellent quality sprouts are solid and hold well in the field for late fall and early winter harvest.
Red Cabbage
Medium-sized and dense with a uniform high-round shape and good wrapper leaves. Good field-holding ability. Matures just in time for late summer crops or fall harvest for medium-term storage.
Cauliflower
Dependable producer of large, tight heads with wonderful flavor!
Napa Cabbage
Chinese cabbage with the crisp texture of lettuce combined with the crunch of cabbage. Delicious raw, cooked or in kimchi
Redbor Kale
‘Redbor’ hybrid kale Deep purple/red frilly leaves. Easy to grow, dependable yields.
Red Russian kale
A Siberian heirloom, smooth red leaves for baby leaf munching or bunching. Stems are purple, leaves are flat, toothed and dark green with purple veins. Great for salads and light cooking. beautiful, delicious and nutritious! 60 days.
Romanesco
Heads have pointed, spiraled pinnacles. Slightly nutty, and flavorful.
Collards
Endeared to southerners, collard greens have distinctive smooth and glossy leaves which imparts heat and cold tolerance and resistance to cabbage worms and loopers. Delicious steamed and are at their sweet tender best early in the season or in late fall after being nipped by a frost.
Green Kale
Beloved by commercial growers and home gardeners alike, crinkly Winterbor is vigorous, cold hardy, super rich in nutrients and flavor especially following a frost.
Lacinato Kale
Back in the 18th century lacinato was considered on of the most beautiful kales to grace any kitchen garden. A favorite in Central Italy for its flavor and hardiness. Beautiful, deep blue-green leaves grow to be 24” long.
Marketmore Slicer Cucumber
Marketmore Cucumbers come in 3.5” Pots (2-3 Plants per pot) and 4 Packs (1-2 plants per cell)
Marketmore cukes are consistently delicious, not bitter and prolific. 8” fruits, vigorous vines.
Lemon Cucumber
3-4” semi-bush type plants bear loads of rounded cucumbers with lemon-colored skin, sweet and mild, never bitter. Perfect for cooler climates and pickling!
Mexican Sour Gherkin
(65 days) Open-pollinated. Also known as Cucamelon or Sandía de ratón (‘Mouse Watermelon’ in Spanish), and Preserving Cucumber in France. Tiny seedlings grow into rampant yet delicate scrambling vines covered with dozens of 1" green and white fruit that look like miniature watermelons but taste more like cucumbers, with a crunchy texture and a slight sour zing as if they already had been pickled. Botanically, they are neither cucumber nor watermelon and won’t cross with either. They don’t bruise and they keep for a long time. Try them in stir fries, pickle them as gherkins, or add to salsas. Easy to grow, and fun! Slightly more tolerant of cold than cukes, and more drought-resistant.
Pickling Cucumber
(52 Days) High-yielding, early, old favorite. Medium green fruits bear early, good color and shape. 3-5”
Suyo Long Cucumber
(61 days) Traditional long-fruited variety from China. A sweet-flavored, ribbed fruit growing up to 15" long. Widely adapted, grows well in hot weather, and sets early. Try using this unusual-looking cucumber in salads, for bread-and-butter, or mixed vegetable pickles. Trellis for straighter cukes.
Dark Green Zucchini
This dark green zucchini is perfect for home gardeners with superior flavor and excellent yields. Firm, tender flesh with small seed cavities, best picked at 6”. Wonderful thinly sliced, salted and used as a noodle substitute.
Yellow Squash
This straight-necked variety is early with prolific production of glossy-skinned fruits, straight necks and excellent flavor.
Romanesco Zucchini
(60 days) Open Pollinated. Deeply striped and ribbed, Romanesco resembles Cocozelle Zucchini, with a distinctive sweet mildly nutty flavor. Also a productive source for tasty male squash blossoms and good for stuffing even when the fruits get way oversized.
Italian Eggplant
This Black bell type eggplant produces beautiful, glossy fruits 6-7” long by 3-4” in diameter. Strong plants produce firm, early fruits. High yielding.
Rosa Bianca
This bicolor Italian heirloom variety is 3-4” and 5-6” long. Gorgeous white 2-4 lb fruits with lavender streaks. A favorite of Farmer Lepage for flavor and for yields.
Asian Eggplant
Easy to grow, early to ripen and prolific. Long and slender, tender and delicious.
White Eggplant
Vivid white skin, bell-shaped. Mildly sweet flavor and creamy texture.
Borage
Great border plants, full, tall and attracts bees. Bears beautiful, edible blue flowers that will turn purple and pink. Used in cough syrups and a good source of omega fatty acids.
Chamomile
This low growing herb with beautiful green, feathery foliage is productive ad produces beautiful and calming daisy-like blooms. Typically brewed and ingested as tea.
Sweet Alyssum
Easy to grow, honey scented and delightful addition to any garden or container. When they grow long and lanky they may be cut back to grow again.
China Asters
Bold ostrich-feather blooms hold well in wet or cold conditions. 2' plants with 4" flowers in blues, purples, pinks and whites. Great cut flower.
Camellia Balsam
These beauties were very popular during the Victorian era and seemed to have disappeared, until recently. It is a favorite of ours, loves a mix of shade and sun, 2’ tall, with rose shaped blooms of pink, purple and white.
Cosmos
Annual, sun-loving, daisy-like flowers that come in a delightful range of purple, pinks and white. Cosmos bloom all summer long, great cut flower and bees love them!
Four-O-Clocks
Fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers that open up at dusk, blooms of lemon yellow, raspberry, orange and white. Ht 2-3’ annual. Sun.
Impatiens
Beautiful shade loving blooms of lavender, white, fuchsia, violet and cantaloupe, easy and long lasting.
Lavatra
This beautiful annual grows tall and wide with blossoms adorning it’s stem resembling hibiscus. Mostly pink blossoms with splashes of white blossoms.
Gem Marigolds
Compact plant bears tiny fragrant, deep-orange flowers, beautiful as they are delicious! annual, sun - partial shade. Height 10-12”
French Marigold
Abundant color on neat, compact 10” plants. Ruffled double flowers in rust, yellow, orange and bicolor.
Nasturtiums
An edible garden flower that comes in a range of reds, golds, and oranges. Also beloved by beneficial insects! Cate Farm grows several varieties including: Climbing/Tall, Empress of India, Whirley Bird, and Dwarf Jewel mix.
Nicotiana Only The Lonely
Only the Lonely Nicotiana grows into beautiful stately 5’ tall plants with clusters of drooping white blossoms that perfume the garden day and night. One of our more popular flowers, lovely and fragrant.
Petunia
Showy 4” ruffled blooms in shades of blue, pink, plum and magenta. Stunning in baskets.
California Poppy
Simple, silky orange flowers accented by wispy blue-green foliage. Prolific sun-loving blooms are very attractive in flower beds or naturalized in fields. 8-12" tall. Re-seeding annual
Scabiosa Pincushion Flower
Elegant cut flower on strong, slender stems in a burgundy wine color. A dramatic addition to your garden or cut flower arrangement.
Snapdragons
An old-fashioned favorite annual. Ideal for border plantings, containers and cutting gardens. It’s beautiful blooms will delight all summer long. Not frost hardy.
Strawflower
Annual. 30-40” tall, 2” fully double flowers. Good for border color and excellent drying flower. Grow in full sun.
Tithonia
Also known as Mexican Sunflower. A tender annual native to Mexico that loves the heat. Plants grow tall with deep-orange flowers and velvety green leaves all summer until frost. Annual. Sun. 4-6’ Tall.
Calendula
Annual, also known as “Pot Marigold.” Beautiful, edible daisy-like flowers are lovely in your garden or salads. May also be dried and used to make herbal tinctures and salves. Full sun, deadhead to keep blooms coming
Morning Glories
Morning glories are are old fashioned favorites with big round blooms beloved by hummingbirds. These climbers come in a range of colors and our varieties include: Heavenly Blue, Grandpa Ott, Flying Saucers, Moon Flower and Scarlett O’Hara.
Amaranth
Hopi Red Dye - Annual. A stately 6” plant. Eat the young leaves fresh or steamed. Make a dye or add to flower bouquets.
Love-Lies-Bleeding - A favorite of cottage gardeners for over 300 years, tall plants with long, trailing chenille-like blooms all summer long. Beautiful for borders and bouquets. Annual 36-60” tall
Cleome
Also known as Spider plant, this old-fashioned favorite is 4’ tall and stately with beautiful large violet flower clusters all summer long.
dahlias
Beautiful and colorful dahlias will provide your gardens or porches with color and charm all summer long. They are happy with 1/2 day of sun. We start them from seed, but they will develop tubers in the fall that you can save for next year. Comes in a wide range of colors. 33-46” tall.
Gomphrena
Also known as Globe Amaranth. Glowing colors for all your bouquets. 1.5” round blooms on long stems. Mix of purple, carmine and orange. Good dried flowers. Ht. 18-20” 85-100 days.
Lobelia
Stunning, deep blue-violet cascading florets. Perfect for baskets and flower boxes, prefer a semi-shaded area. Annual, 4-6”
African Marigold
Tallest of the marigolds, large leaves and big blooms in shades of yellow and orange. Perfect for borders and cutting.
Mimosa
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Nicotiana Mix
A lovely and aromatic addition to your garden, this Nicotiana Mix features blooms in a range of pretty colors from cream to pink and fuchsia. Blooms are highly fragrant, with their sweet smell becoming more penetrating in the cool evenings, its no wonder this variety is often called Jasmine Tobacco.
Pansies
Beautiful, hardy pansies! A true sign of spring that will fill your gardens with splendid color all summer long. Annual. Frost-hardy. Edible too!
Portulaca
A vivid array of fuchsia, gold, orange, pink, scarlet, white and yellow flowers that will close with the clouds and open with the sun. Succulent annuals. Great for rock gardens and containers.
Angel Wings Schizanthus
Also known as Poor Person’s Orchid or Butterfly flower. Whatever you call it, it is a show stopper! Orchid-like flowers in a beautiful array of colors with pansy faces. Soft complimentary shades of pink, violet and rose with 18” fern like foliage, perfect for pots and boxes. Annual, partial to a mix of sun and shade.
Dwarf Stock
Beautiful, fragrant abundant blooms mid-summer peaking in the fall, light and dark blue, white, punk and red, good cut flower. Height 12-14” Annual. Sun.
Sweet Peas
Beautiful, bright and so fragrant! These lovely gems also don’t mind the cool weather. Annual.
Viola Penny All Season
Like the name says, these cheery violets will bloom all summer long. Edible!
Zinnia
Easy to grow and a favorite for bright colors in the garden or vase. Zinnias love sun and heat. Multi colored, 3’ tall.
Echinacea
Also known as Purple Coneflower. This popular medicinal herb is a beautiful addition to any garden. Tall, purple/pink daisy-like blooms last into late summer and attract bees and butterflies. Makes a great cut flower. Hardy, loves sun.
Achillea / Yarrow
“Summer Pastels Achillea” Hardy plants with flower heads of white, cream, yellow, salmon, and red. Perfect for fresh or dried summer bouquets. Perennial. 24” tall
Butterfly Weed
Also known as Asclepsia, this unique, sun-loving , hardy perennial has orange blooms. Lovely in borders and butterfly gardens.
Coreopsis
Brilliant, 18” tall, golden-yellow blooms all summer long. Hardy perennial. Makes a beautiful border, good cut flower.
Blue Flax
Single light-blue flowers with neat, delicate green foliage. Drought resistant, perfect for borders and rock gardens.
Foxglove
A cottage garden favorite. Beautiful spires of bell shaped flowers in shades of cream to pink. Flower spires grow to 6′ and are especially attractive to large bumblebees, moths, and hummingbirds. Foxglove is toxic if ingested. Zone 4
Hibiscus
6–8" saucer-shaped flowers in a mix of pinks, red and white, with contrasting red eyes. The big bushy 2' wide plants still make a dramatic statement. Likes full sun. Perennial to Zone 5. We’ve had good luck overwintering them in pots inside.
Jacob’s Ladder
This springtime beauty with sky-blue blossoms loves cool, shady gardens and flowers late spring into summer.
Lavender
Used for centuries for its soothing scent, both leaves and flowers are beautiful, fragrant and often used for their medicinal qualities. tender perennial in Vermont.
Bee Balm
Tall, spicy and fragrant with beautiful red flowers. Durable, hardy perennial plant that bees and hummingbirds love.
Columbine
An essential part of the cottage garden, their mixed colors bloom in spring and dance above attractive lobed leaves. This old-favorite will grace your gardens with multi-colored, spurred blossoms and beautiful mounded foliage each spring through summer. 3’ tall perennial. Sun-Partial Shade.
Delphinium
Magnificent dense racemes make delphinium excellent in the border and as a cut flower. The name comes from the Greek for ‘dolphin’ and refers to the shape of the spur containing the nectar. All parts of the plant are toxic if ingested. Varieties include: Astolat Pacific Giant, Connecticut Yankee, and Black Knight Pacific Giant.
Gaillardia
Beautiful burgundy blooms with a bright yellow center, Gaillardia blooms all summer long. Long stems make it a good cut flower. Hardy perennial.
Hollyhocks
Single Hollyhock - An old-time favorite. Tall single blooms of rose, white and yellow. Beautiful and hardy. Biennial. Sun. 7’ tall.
Chater’s Double Hollyhock - Double flowered in shades of red, pink, yellow and white. An old-time favorite for background color. Dates back to the 1880s. 4–5'. Biennial, Zones 3-8.
Black Hollyhock - Shimmering burgundy-black single flowers adorn this heirloom biennial, this may even be the same variety grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello! 4-5’ tall.
Lupines
Very striking, bold upright spikes with pea-like flowers. Stately 3' spikes in wide color range and many lovely bi-color, bloom from May to June. Attractive foliage. Prefers cool weather. Zone 3
Collards
Endeared to southerners, collard greens have distinctive smooth and glossy leaves which imparts heat and cold tolerance and resistance to cabbage worms and loopers. Delicious steamed and are at their sweet tender best early in the season or in late fall after being nipped by a frost.
Pac Choi
A staple in Asian cuisine, delicious clean taste and crunch and it’s fond of cooler growing climates!
Beets
Deliciously edible beet greens are perfect in salads or cooked or transplant the seedlings out to become beautiful beets.
Escarole
Hardy and delicious. A favorite at Cate Farm. This makes the most delicious salad! Seriously crunchy, with green leaves with a creamy blanched heart. May be cooked or braised as well.
Green Lettuce
Dark Green color and exceptional flavor, even in the heat of summer.
Romaine Lettuce
Upright 8-9” heads, resistant to bolting, even in heat.
Buttercrunch Lettuce
Dark green outer leaves with creamy center heart. This Butterhead or Boston type lettuce has round heads and is slow to bolt.
Raddichio
This round-headed radicchio is delicious in salads or braised. Commonly eaten in Italy and France these slightly bitter greens (or “reds”) are truly a tasty treat. Outer leaves will have a astronger bitter flavor but the tender, crunchy “heart” will knock your socks off! Plus, a little bitter is so good for you. Even if you don’t eat them they make a stunning ornamental.
Kale
A mix of the following 4 types of Kale. Delicious and hardy, kale plants will provide wonderful greens all summer long. Kale loves Vermont weather as it gets even tastier in colder temperatures.
Arugula
This delicious and spicy green will liven up any salad with its unique flavor. Easy to transplant.
Chard
Easy to grow chard will give you delicious greens and stalks all summer long. Break off outer stalks or cut, plant will continue growing throughout the season.
Red Lettuce
Large head with red ruffled leaves. Tender and sweet with almost no bitterness. Very bolt resistant and cold tolerant. Popular with market growers.
Speckled Green Oak Leaf Lettuce
Rich lime-green leaves with variable dark speckles make this a showy and also amazingly tasty and crunchy lettuce with delightful buttery texture. Compact habit and excellent performance in cool weather and heat.
Red Oak Leaf Lettuce
Deep maroon oak leaves with just a hint of green in their centers. Compact leaves have wavy margins.
Spinach
This slow bolting, smooth leaf spinach is the professional grower’s choice. Ready 3-4 weeks from transplanting.
Italian Basil
Basil is one of the most popular herbs we grow. This variety is fusarium-resistant, Italian large leaf which is perfect for pesto, salads and sauces. Leaves grow up to 4” long and are sweet and flavorful.
Thai Basil
A distinct, delicious spicy anise basil used for both its flavor and its dramatic color as a garnish.
Tulsi Basil
Tulsi Basil also known as sacred or holy basil is native to India and is valued for its medicinal properties. Often holy basil is found next to households to give divine protection. Used in Ayurvedic medicine to strengthen the immune system and to increase oxygen uptake to the brain. Makes a delicious tea.
Cilantro
Slow-bolting, cilantro is popular in Mexican and Asian dishes, indispensable in salsa and a favorite of ours in soups and salads.
Dill
Delicious and easy to grow. leaves and seeds are edible and flavorful, essential for pickling!
Curly Parsley
A favorite for flavor and garnish. Beautiful, deep green leaves. A nutritious breath freshener.
Lemongrass
Lemongrass is delightfully fragrant and deliciously lemony. It will not tolerate Vermont winters but it does well if potted up and brought indoors. Used in many Asian dishes and soups.
Fennel
Crisp, juicy bulb type Fennel grows 3 feet high with edible blue green stems and feathery green leaves. Resistant to stressors and bolting. Great in salads, grilled, steamed or sauteed. Aids digestion.
REd Veined Sorrel
Bright green leaves with contrasting red veins, add beautiful color and flavor to lettuce mix. Harvest young as large leaves are tough.
Oregano
Did you know that there are over 50 varieties of oregano? This is the true culinary herb from Greek and Italian Mediterranean hillsides. Not only flavorful, Oregano is also wonderfully medicinal. Hardy, will sometimes overwinter.
Sweet Marjoram
A delightfully fragrant herb native to Turkey but popular throughout the Mediterranean. Ancient Greeks believed it brought peace and happiness. Marjoram is wonderful as a culinary herb but it is an impressive medicinal herb as well!
Stevia
Incredibly sweet leaves are a perfect herbal alternative to sugar. Used fresh or dried. Sweet as it is, it actually retards plaque and tooth decay! Amazing annual.
Watercress
Watercress loves water and some sun, easy in the garden or in containers. Rich in vitamins and a perfect addition to salads and sandwiches alike.
Thyme
Indispensable in the kitchen, used in soups, stews, roasts also known for its medicinal properties. Hardy perennial herb, even in Vermont. Thyme is wonderful fresh or dried and like all herbs, thyme has many beneficial health benefits.
Savory
Zesty flavor used in beans, cabbage, and sauerkraut dishes, medicinally used as an infusion for sore throats, also said to be an aphrodisiac. 10-18” Tall
Lemon Basil
If you are looking for intense lemony aroma and flavor, look no further! Wonderful in salads and teas, vigorous grower.
Red Rubin Basil
This beautiful purple basil is not as flavorful as its green cousin, but it is stunning in salads, vinegar or as a garnish.
Spice Bush Basil
This marvelous little basil grows about 8” tall and maintains a compact mound of light green leaves with white flowers. Beautiful and tasty!
Lime Basil
Delicious and Zesty lime aroma and flavor for a citrus flair to fish dishes and salads.
Cinnamon Basil
Sweet, cinnamon scent, frequently used in herbal teas and potpourri, violet stems with purple flowers, delicious in salads.
Chives
Delicious and hardy perennial that will pop up in your garden in early spring. Chop up in salads, dressing and grills.
Epazote
Epazote is a Mexican herb often used in bean dishes for flavor as well as a medicinal aid in the digestion of beans. Great in tortillas, gorditas and moles.
Flat Leaf Parsley
Growing in popularity for its bolder flavor, this flat leaf parsley is easy to grow and delicious fresh or dry. ht. 12-28”
Bronze Fennel
This non-bulbing bronze fennel leaves are a wonderful, delicious and decorative addition in salads, grilled fish or whenever you’d like to add a delicious touch of fennel flavor.
Lovage
A specialty culinary herb with delicious celery flavor, also known as “Mt. Celery” in France and Greece where it grows wild. Perennial.
Green Sorrel
Also known as ‘Sour Grass’ sorrel likes cool weather, acid soil, partial shade and water. Snip the lemony-flavored leaves when young. Perennial.
Purslane
You may have enough of these growing in your garden, but if not they are worth trying! Crisp and mild, even a little tangy in flavor they are packed with omega 3’s and add texture and flavor to salads
Rosemary
Wonderful Rosemary! An essential, aromatic and delicious Mediterranian herb. Rosemary is not a perennial in the Northeast but, it may be potted up and kept indoors for the winter.
Shiso
Not only is this Japanese herb a delightfully flavorful treat it is also rich in calcium and iron. It has been described as the “Asian Basil”
Sage
Known for its silvery foliage and for its flavor, used in sausages and stuffings, fresh or dried, medicinally used as a nerve tonic. 16-30” tall perennial
TExas Tarragon
Also known as Mexican Mint Marigold, leaves are aromatic and are a wonderful substitute for French Tarragon. It’s sweet delicate licorice flavor brightens salads and main dishes. It’s pretty, yellow flowers will bloom all summer long and are beautiful in salads as well.
Creeping Thyme
Beautiful in your garden, low growing, may be used in the kitchen as well. Delicate Flavor
Ashwaganda
In Sanskrit it means “The Vitality of a Horse.” An herb of wide value, generally known as the ginseng of Ayurvedic medicine. Upright shrub grows to at least 2' with inconspicuous green-to-yellow flowers ripening to red berries. Roots are dried at the end of the growing season and used internally powdered or tinctured (other plant parts are toxic if eaten).
Bee Balm
Tall, spicy and fragrant with beautiful red flowers. Durable, hardy perennial plant that bees and hummingbirds love.
Calendula
Calendula petals have a tangy, slightly sweet flavor. Edible and can be used in soups salads and baked goods. High resin content for medicinal purposes - 24-30 inches
Catnip
Hardy perennial, thrives in poor soils. Cats love catnip and humans as well. Frequently used in tea form for stomach ailments, restlessness and fevers. There are even claims that fresh catnip leaves when rubbed on the skin is an excellent mosquito repellent! Catnip may be used fresh or dried.
Echinacea
This popular medicinal herb is a beautiful addition to any garden. Tall, purple/pink daisy-like blooms last into late summer and attract bees and butterflies. Makes a great cut flower. Hardy, loves sun.
Hyssop
Beautiful aromatic perennial border plant that produces spikes of indigo flowers, traditionally used in cough syrups. It also stimulates alertness and mental clarity, leaves are mildly bitter and may be added to salads, soups or stews.
ST. John’s Wort
Traditionally used as a pain reliever, anti-inflammatory, anti-depressant and anti-anxiety, basically good for what ails you! May be found locally and blooms on June 24th, St. John’s day. Zone 5 partial shade
Tulsi Basil
Tulsi Basil also known as scred or holy basil is native to India and is valued for its medicinal properties. Often holy basil is found next to households to give divine protection. Used in Ayurvedic medicine to strengthen the immune system and to increase oxygen uptake to the brain. Makes a delicious tea.
Astragalus
Used in cases of exhaustion, food allergy or depression, and to improve digestion, and eliminate excess fluids. In his book Healing Lyme Stephen Harrod Buhner claims that astragalus can prevent and treat the many and varied symptoms of Lyme disease. Small yellow pea-like flowers on upright stems with vetch-like leaves. 1½–4' perennial. Plant in deep well-drained slightly alkaline soil. Harvest 4-6 -year-old roots in fall. Zone 4.
Borage
Great border plants, full, tall and attracts bees. Bears beautiful, edible blue flowers that will turn purple and pink. Used in cough syrups and a good source of omega fatty acids.
Chamomile
This low growing herb with beautiful green, feathery foliage is productive ad produces beautiful and calming daisy-like blooms. Typically brewed and ingested as tea.
Elecampane
Also known as horseheal or wild sunflower. This large, dramatic plant is an excellent lung tonic. 5-8’ tall with large, bright yellow-rayed flowers all summer long.
Lavender
Beautiful aromatic perennial border plant that produces spikes of indigo flowers, traditionally used in cough syrups. It also stimulates alertness and mental clarity, leaves are mildly bitter and may be added to salads, soups or stews.
Lemon Balm
Sweet lemon-mint scent, delicious in salads and teas, easy to grow, attracts bees when in flower. Height 18-26”. Likes Sun.
MarshMallow
Beautiful towering plant with mucilaginous roots used medicinally to soothe the mucous membrane linings of lungs and digestive tract.
Spilanthes
Known to herbalists as the Toothache Plant. Spilanthes’ tingling and mouth-numbing properties appear rapidly and last a while. Use its bronzy-purple leaves in salad or chew the leaves and flowers for temporary pain relief. Highly frost-sensitive annual. Used as a ground cover in the south, it adds unusual beauty with its low growth habit and its cute yellow flowers with rayless red-orange centers.
Valerian
Known as Nature’s Tranquilizer, valerian root is used to reduce tension and anxiety, alleviate insomnia, and relieve muscle spasms and cramping. Harvest roots in the fall of the second or later year. Avoid high doses for prolonged periods. Tall leafy 3–5' perennial with clusters of honey-scented pale pink flowers. Remove flowers to hasten root development. Plant in moist fertile soil about 1' apart. Zone 4.
Cantaloupe
This is a favorite musk melon. Ripens early with smooth, fragrant juicy sweetness. 3-5 lb. fruits with beautiful orange flesh.
REd Watermelon
Sugar baby is a perfect and delicious northern variety. 8-10 lb. fruits, deep green skins, juicy red inside. Sounds like summer!
Moon & Stars Watermelon
This almost extinct but now famous watermelon has dark green skin covered in beautiful yellow spots protecting the sweet, delicious pink flesh within.
Strawberries
Perfect for containers and hanging baskets. Delicious small to medium sized fruits the first year, mid-summer until frost. Best in zones 5-8. Available in 3.5” pots
Yellow Watermelon
Baby Doll Watermelon is delicious, juicy and of course, yellow! Not only are these beautiful and flavorful, they are very prolific. 5-8 lbs. per fruit. A favorite of ours!
Annaheim Chili
(78 Days) Also known as green chili is a popular addition in many Mexican and Indian dishes. 7” green fruits with a tapered point will eventually turn red. This variety is productive but not hot.
Bulgarian Carrot Chili
(68 days) Also known as Shipkas. Bright, beautiful orange colored, tapered 1.5 - 3.5” fruits are hot - 5,000 - 30,000 Scoville unites. Delicious in marinades and salsas.
Chimayo
(70 days) These not-too-terribly-hot peppers with a smokey complex flavor come from New Mexico. Famously strung in great dried garlands that grace doorways and kitchens throughout the Southwest. Blunt 2-4” fruits ripen to scarlet red in late summer. Plants are about 2 feet tall and prolific setting 20 fruits each! Delicious and beautiful!
Guajillo (El Eden)
(65 Days Green, 85 Days Red) Guajillo grows tall and strong with high yields of 7-8” smooth fruits. Mildly hot and best when dried and made into a powder, often used for making mole.
Hungarian Hot Wax
(58 days yellow, 83 days red) Productive, mild heat peppers. Ripens yellow to red, the perfect pickler.
Serrano
(90 Days) This high-yielding traditional hot pepper grows 3” long, as fat as your ring finger but only as long as your pinky. Green fruits may be ripened red, their fruity heat will tingle your mouth, serranos are a bit ‘ warmer’ than jalapenos. Great in salsa!
Ancho Poblano
(85 days) Mildly pungent, lightly sweet pepper. Known as Ancho when dried, Poblano when fresh. Fruits ripen green to red.
Cayenne
(75 Days) Often curled and a bit twisted this hot pepper grows 5-6” long and tapers to a point. Dark green turns brilliant red, prolific! 4,000-6,000 Scoville units.
Fish Pepper
(80 days) Open-pollinated. An attractive pepper plant with distinctive green and white mottled foliage and fruits. The 2" curving pendant fruits look a little like swimming fish. They turn from white with green stripes to orange with brown stripes to red, packing considerable heat and full-bodied flavor that especially enhances shellfish. 5,000-30,000 Scoville units!
Habanero
(90 days) This scotch bonnet pepper is infamous for its extreme heat. Fiery habanero registers up to 325,000 Scoville Units. Each 18” plant will produce 10-12 pendulous dark green fruits that turn tangerine orange.
Jalapeno
(75 Days) Hot 3” sausage-shaped, blunt fruits mature early. Fruits ripen green to red. Did you know that chipotle peppers are dried, smoked red jalapenos? Decently warm 2,500-8,000 Scoville units.
Thai Hot
(82 days) Small conical peppers that pack a powerful punch. Typically grown as an ornamental because of its bright red fruits on deep green foliage. Average 200 fruits per plant.
Ace Pepper
(50 days green, 70 days red) Extra early, huge yields of medium sized 3-4 lobed fruits. Has tolerance to blossom drop as nearly every flower produces a pepper. Widely adapted but performs particularly well in cool climates where bell peppers are difficult to grow successfully.
Cubanelle
(80 days) This semi-sweet frying pepper is popular for its flavor and productivity. 6x2” waxy yellow-green fruits turn brilliant red. Not pungent.
Gilboa
(66 days) F1 hybrid. This beautiful blocky orange bell pepper is thick walled and has plenty of delicious, fruity, sweet crunch! Early and productive, 12 fruits per plant.
Pimento
(55 days green, 75 days red) Ribbed, flattened fruits mature early and have very thick, sweet, delicious flesh. Distinctive, globe-shaped 2-2 1/2" x 3-3 1/2" fruits, turn red early, and are great for stuffed peppers, in cooking, and in salads.
Carmen Italian
(60 days green, 80 days red) Best-tasting sweet Italian frying pepper. A high-performing “Bull’s Horn” pepper popular in Italy. Early, adaptable, and notably sweet (especially when fully red-ripe) with a tapered silhouette. Begins green, then deepens to a beautiful carmine at maturity. Excellent roasted, grilled, and in salads.
Flavorburst
(75 Days) Citrus flavor comes to the world of sweet peppers! A Burpee taste-test winner with 4-6” blocky bells begin light green and ripen to a lovely shade of goldenrod. Thick-walled, crisp and juicy with a zesty lemon flavor.
Lunchbox
(75 days) These beautiful, mini-sized colorful and sweet are a favorite! Sauteed, roasted or raw they are a delicious treats enjoyed by all. Orange, red and yellow 2-3” peppers bursting with flavor.
Purple Beauty
(74 days) Prolific, sweet and gorgeous blocky 3” fruits that ripen deep green to purple to deep red. Beautiful to grow and oh-so delicious! Grows to 18-20” open pollinated.
Shallots
Dependable, early red-purple bulbs with exquisite flavor. Ready for harvesting early fall. Tolerates a light frost. 100 days
Chives
Delicious and hardy perennial that will pop up in your garden in early spring. Chop up in salads, dressing and grills.
Red Onions
Red onions are deep purple-red and glossy skinned. These delicious, ultra-hard, large, round globes make an excellent storage onion.
Leeks
Remarkable earliness and length. Beautiful full-sized leeks, white stems are over a foot long to the first leaf. Will withstand a medium to heavy frost.
Scallions
Scallions, also called bunching onions, have bright white shanks with no bulbing and dark green, erect foliage. Uniform upright growth makes for easy picking and cleaning.
Ailsa Craig
(110 days) Mild onion with excellent size potential. Jumbo to colossal, round to teardrop-shaped bulbs with light-yellow skins. Use fresh or for short-term storage
Cortland Yellow Onions
Storage onion. Large blocky, round uniform onions with thin necks that dry well. Hard with a thick, rich brown skin for good storage. 105 days.
Walla Walla
Said to have originated in Corsica where a French soldier brought it to the Walla Walla Valley in the Pacific Northwest. They are large, round and exceptionally sweet onions, delicious raw. Must be eaten in season, not a storage onion
Sweet 100 Cherry Tomato
(65 days) Indeterminate. Delicious and yes, super sweet! Super Sweet 100’s are 1” round, beautiful red cherries. A favorite of kids of all ages, packed with more vitamin C than most tomatoes and they are disease resistant to Fusarium and Verticillium wilt.
Juliet Salad
(60 days) Indeterminate. Juliet Tomatoes come in clusters everywhere, each truss bearing 6–8 of the 1–2 oz grapes for an astonishing total of 50–80 glossy red fruits per plant. With an engaging sweetness, they make good stewing tomatoes, excellent salad tomatoes, and, despite their juiciness, a tangy sauce with a diverse complex richness and full sweet tomato flavor.
Sungold Cherry Tomato
(57 Days) Indeterminate. “without these little babies, there’s no summer!” Sungolds are our biggest sellers. A perfect blend of sweetness and tartness, there is nothing like them. Small fruits are prolific and average 8 grams. Ripens Early and produces until frost.
Yellow Pear
(70 days) Indeterminate. A distinctive pear-shaped salad tomato. These vigorous vines produce large quantities of lemon yellow, 3/4 - 1 oz fruits with mild flavor.
Brandywine
(78 days) Indeterminate. Popular heirloom variety, produces large, 1 lb. fruits, pink-skinned and red fleshed, luscious and rich with good old-fashioned tomato flavor, potato leaf plants.
Cosmonaut Volkov
(65 days) Open-pollinated. Indeterminate. Cosmonaut delivers true tomato flavor. Deep red, sweet, rich and full-bodied 8-12 oz. fruits will ripen in early August. Named for the Russian explorer who fell through space.
Pineapple Tomato
(85 days) Indeterminate. This exceptionally sweet, yellow-gold heirloom has amazing flavor with striking red marbling inside. These large tomatoes average 1 lb. fruits and may need two hands to hold them! Rich, old-fashioned flavor.
Pruden’s Purple
(67 days) Indeterminate. The “Early Brandywine,” large to very large fruits (1 lb.+), vivid dark pink skin, resists cracking, medium tall, potato leaf.
Valencia
(76 days) Open Pollinated. Indeterminate. Sunny orange fruit with full tomato flavor. Round, smooth 8-10 oz. fruits have meaty interiors with fewer seeds. This mid-season tomato is among the best for flavor and texture.
Cherokee Purple
(77 days) Open-pollinated. Indeterminate. A delicious tasting heirloom from Tennessee. Fruits are globed to slightly oblate, 10-13 oz. Brownish-purple skin, brick red flesh with a sweet, rich and juicy flavor.
Green Zebra
(77 Days) Open Pollinated. Indeterminate. Green-Striped salad specialty! A delicious tangy salad tomato, ripe just as the green fruit develops a yellow blush, accentuating the darker green stripes. 3-4 oz. fruits.
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye
(70 days) Compact Indeterminate. 8-12 oz. fruits are dark pink with green striping, and the flesh is pink with yellow streaks. The flavor is outstanding - sweet and complex like the finest heirlooms.
Stupice
(60 days) Indeterminate. This Czechoslovakian Heirloom is cold tolerant 2” tomato that ripens to sweet, red and slightly oval. Stupice ranks high for delicious sweetness all summer long. Potato leaf plant.
Amish Paste
Indeterminate. Open-pollinated. Originally acquired from the Amish near Lancaster, PA. Bright red 8-12 Oz. fruits vary in shape from ox-heart to rounded plum. Delicious flesh is juicy and meaty, excellent for sauce or fresh eating.
San Marzano
80 Days) Indeterminate. Classic Italian favorite with high yields and richly flavored for tomato for preserving. Prized for its firm pulp, low seed count and easily-removed skin. Medium-sized fruits are slightly larger than Roma but smaller than Gilbertie and Amish. Resists cracking and holds well both on the vine and in storage. High yields.
Big Beef
(70 days) Hybrid (F1). Indeterminate. Large, avg. 10-12 oz., globe-shaped red fruit. They have full flavor - among the best - and ripen early for their size. Also high resistance to disease. AAS Winner.
Jet Star
(71 Days) Compact Indeterminate. Jet stars are a best seller for flavor, size and dependability. This hybrid is prolific and will give you large quantities of perfect 7-8 oz round ruits with outstanding flavor. Perfect for slicing and freezing.
New Girl
(62 Days) Indeterminate. Fruits average 4-6 oz. Early variety with good flavor and more disease resistant than Early Girl variety.
Celebrity
(70 days) Long-popular variety with excellent flavor. Medium- large, 7-8 oz, globe shaped, firm red fruits ripen midseason. AAS Winner.
Mountain Merit
(75 days) Determinate. Late Blight resistant slicer tomato. Mountain Merit is also an AAS Winner. Medium-large 8-10 oz red slicer with an excellent disease resistance for field planting. It’s a great all around tomato for salads and sandwiches.
Acorn Squash
(85 Days) Small ribbed squashes for baking, mature fruits best eaten within 3 months of harvest, no sun curing is required, pale yellow flesh.
Buttercup Squash
Medium sized 3-5 lb. rounded fruits. Deep orange flesh, sweet, rich flavor 3-4 fruits per plant.
Delicata Squash
(100 days) Delicata squash grows 7-9” long, light yellow with green longitudinal stripes. 5-7 fruits per plant. Very sweet, excellent for baking, stuffing, steaming or roasting. Ready to eat right after harvesting! So delicate you can even eat the skin.
Luffa Gourd
(125 Days) Long vining plant Immature fruit can be eaten or allowed to mature on the vine to be cured and used as a sponge.
Pie Pumpkin
Pie pumpkins are selected for their dry texture, sugar content and yield. Pumpkins are small and attractive perfect for pies, baking, soups.
Dill’s Atlantic Giant Pumpkin
(120 Days) Huge pink to orange fruits for fall display. 50-100 pounders are commonly grown, impress yourselves, kids and neighbors.
Blue Hubbard
(100 Days) Bright yellow-orange dry sweet flesh. Each squash will feed a large family because fruits average 15–20 lb, sometimes exceeding 30 or 40 lb. Vines crawl all over the garden. Traditional New England Thanksgiving favorite.
Butternut Squash
Cylindrical, tan-colored fruits with bulbed ends, 4-5 lbs each. Sweet, smooth, orange flesh. 4-5 per plant.
Red Kuri Squash
(92 Days) “A lovely, teardrop shaped mini hubbard with bright orange skin. Red Kuri has smooth textured flesh and a delightfully rich, sweet flavor. Perfect for making pies and side dishes for winter meals. These typically reach 3-4 lbs. each.
Jack O’Lanterns
(115 Days) Standard large Jack, deep orange, defined ribs and good handles.
Spaghetti Squash
(88 Days) Yellow winter squash, with spaghetti like flesh. Skin is ivory changing to pale yellow at maturity, 3-5 lb oblong fruits, 4-5 fruits per plant.
Tromboncino
(60 days summer squash, 90 days winter squash) This unique, long squash can be picked young and used as summer squash or left to ripen on the vine and used as winter squash. Used by Italian chefs in ravioli or gnocchi. Needs trellising
Kohlrabi
Kohlrabi prefers mild to cool temperatures. Perfect for Vermont! Delicious grated in salads, cut into sticks for dips, stir fries or just as is. Tasty and healthy.
Green Beans
If you are looking for a bush bean with high, early yields and a rich green bean flavor, look no more! Perfect for eating off the vine, freezing or dilly beans.
Celeriac
A staple in many parts of Europe, Celeriac is gaining in popularity here with its nutty parsley/celery flavor. Grows to the size of a softball. High yielding, great in salads or cooked. May be stored up to 6 months. 100 days.
Ground Cherries
What could be more fun and easy? Super sweet and delicious, easy to grow and will live happily on your porch in a pot. You’ll know when fruits are ripe when they fall on the ground. Store well 3-4 weeks in husk.
Fennel
Crisp, juicy bulb type Fennel grows 3 feet high with edible blue green stems and feathery green leaves. Resistant to stressors and bolting. Great in salads, grilled, steamed or sauteed. Aids digestion.
Artichoke
It is always impressive to see an artichoke grow in Vermont! We always plant a few extra to insure success in the early fall with 4 to 6 tender artichokes per plant. Be sure to peel and coop up the stem, so delicious!
Celery
Dense, never hollow, stems packed with a delicious crunch. Will tolerate a light frost. 90 days
Sweet Corn
Complete your summer garden with some delicious, tender bi-color sweet corn! 8.5” ears on 7’ tall plants.
Okra
Okra is tender and likes warm weather, but this variety does well up North. Transplant 1 foot apart. Fleshy pods are best picked young, rich in vitamin A, protein, calcium iron and are good as a digestive aid.
Tomatillos
These sprawling plants put out huge crops of golf-sized green fruits ready to be harvested mid-August when their papery husks split open. Tomatillos may be eaten raw or cooked, delicious roasted and may be frozen for a winter treat. 77 days.
