Organic Seeds Plants For Sale In Santa Clara

Some disease and drought tolerance. Some think this is the melon that used to be shipped years ago from Bermuda to some Southern states around Christmas time. The fruits are 45-60cm/18-24 in.

With deep salmon coloured flesh that is thick, firm with a sweet, intense flavour Good for short season gardeners. Produces firm, round fruit weighing 1-2kg/3-4 lbs.

Heat: 2,500-8,000 Scoville units. Best known hot chile, 5-7cm/2-3” long, 2-3cm/1-1.5” in diameter. Used fresh either green or ripe red in salsa, stews, breads, sauces, dips, or just about anything that needs spicing up.

Repeat sowings for a continuous crop. Harvest when young and tender. Sharp-flavoured curly leaves are excellent in salads and sandwiches or cooked.

How this escaped wider attention we don't know, but we are sure that it will become a staple in home gardens in the coming years. Our good friend Karen O'Brien, owner of Green Woman's Garden near Boston, treated us to a summer lunch in which she served...

Plants are tall, up to 4m/12ft, and each stalk produces two large ears with about half a pound of kernels each. A dent corn, it is mainly dried and ground into cornmeal for making cornbread and the southern specialty, cornpone, a type of cornbread made...

It makes delicious tortillas, sweet and nutty, as well as cornbread, corn chips and pancake mixes. The beautiful dark blue kernels are ground and made into a traditional paper-thin piki bread and a dense cake called qomi.

Large seeded variety well filled with meat. Familiar large yellow sunflowers are a favourite of children. Valued for its highly nutritious seeds eaten roasted or raw. Source of an excellent quality cooking oil.

Stalks are pure white, crisp and very tender. Leaves are thick and glossy with a hint of mustard flavour. Try bite-sized slices stir fried with tofu, meat and seasonings. (Bok choy) Popular standard ingredient in many Chinese dishes like chow mein and...

An heirloom seed that produces a pear-shaped golden-yellow fruit, resistant to splitting and cracking.

Long time standard honey dew variety for home gardens and farms. Fruits are large, up to 6 lbs, with a pale-green rind that ripens to light gold. The sweet flesh is a luscious lime-green with high sugar content, and seed cavities are small so you get...

Said to increase bodily resistance to infection by strengthening the immune system. Rich reddish-purple daisies appear from July to September. (Coneflower) Highly regarded blood purifier used in the treatment of diseases caused by impurities.

For fresh use as “dillweed”, or allowed to go to seed for dill pickles. Finely cut foliage.

Romaine lettuce that forms long, deep green, upright leaves with that delicious juicy crunch, creamy white midriffs that are sweet and crisp. Great for use in sandwiches, salads, garnish or wraps.

Root used in Chinese medicine to treat toothache and headache and externally for mastitis and infected wounds. Has antipyretic, analgesic and antibacterial action.

Flowering stems and leaves have pleasant bitter flavour when cooked, steamed or sauteed. Popular Italian appetizer served with garlic and olive oil. Sown in early spring for harvest before hot weather or in mid-to-late summer for fall harvest.

Quick crop: matures in 40 days, but baby leaves can be harvested in as few as 20 days. (Japanese mustard) Traditional Japanese green dating back to the Edo period. Lance-shaped leaves, produced in abundance, have a mild mustard flavour and are delicious...

Flesh is used for pie filling, soups, delicious grilled with onion, garlic, lovage and sweet peppers. Can be used as jack-o-lantern and is ideal for entering into fairs for competition on heaviest squash! 120 days.

The heat is mildly hot, about 2,000-4,000 Scoville units. It is not uncommon to get 25-30 of these from a single plant. Excellent for . Anaheim type with huge peppers that get up to 20cm/8" long and 5cm/2" wide and weigh up to 4oz each.

Small, plum shaped bright red fruit that is thick walled with meaty interior and few seeds. Fine tomato flavour that is excellent for paste, sauce, canning or freezing whole.

Resistant to downy mildew. Low in geosmin, the substance that gives other beetroot varieties an unpleasant earthy taste. Roots are globular, 6-8cm/2.5-3" across with smooth skin. Prolific variety with blood red roots and red-tinged green tops.

Somewhat heat tolerant. Mild flavour and early maturing round bright red with pure white, crisp interior is a garden favourite.

A very nice white radish with strong vigour and good resistance to cracking. A nice change from ordinary red radishes!

Grey-green pebbly leaves, pale blue flowers The most commonly grown culinary variety. (Dalmatian sage) The main culinary varieties popular with onions for poultry stuffing and for flavouring rich meats like pork or duck.

120 days to maturity. A reliable leek with attractive dark green-blue leaves and firm white shaft. Indispensable in soups, casserole and salads, Bandit is an excellent selection for the garden.

It is slow to bolt so the harvest period can last months. It is vigorous, tolerates heat and cold, and even tolerates partial shade. Does well in large containers. Young leaves can be added raw to salads and larger leaves are steamed, stir-fried or sauteed...

Long time popular variety.