Lagenaria siceraria (120 days) Open pollinated. Large gourd with bulbous base and narrow neck. Fruit can grow 14" tall and 12" in diameter. Start indoors.
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Lagenaria siceraria (120 days) Open pollinated. Dark green skin with pale green splotches. Round 8-10" base tapers into a long neck capped by a small bulb near the stem to make the swan’s head.
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Sorghum bicolor (100 days) Open pollinated. A white-seeded 4' grain sorghum, can be popped, but it is more commonly ground into a mild-flavored flour, cooked as a grain, or sometimes nixtamalized like corn and made into tortillas.
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Amaranthus tricolor (120 days) Open pollinated. Very red Jamaican traditional green for Callaloo stew. Beautiful tricolor blaze makes it ornamental as well.
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Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (60 days) Open pollinated. Smooth glossy “greasy” greens are delicious steamed. Most delectable early in the season, or late after a nip of frost.
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Abelmoschus esculentus (85 days) Open pollinated. Big fluted tender green pods on sturdy plants. Will produce in central Maine, but better suited to farther south.
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Abelmoschus esculentus (75 days) Open pollinated. Edible and ornamental. Slender burgundy pods best harvested at 4". Green leaves and burgundy stems and pods.
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Capsicum annuum (80 days) Open pollinated. Striking color display, white with green stripes to orange with brown stripes, to red. 2" curving pendant form. 5,000-30,000 Scovilles. Attractive foliage.
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Viburnum prunifolium 12-15' x 8-12'. Rounded shrub with creamy white cymes in early spring. Suckering habit, but can be pruned. Bluish-black edible fruit clusters in fall. Z3.
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Citrullus lanatus (71 days) Open pollinated. Modern classic. Crunchy orange-red flesh. Dark green to nearly black round 4-15 lb fruit. Extra early and hardy.
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Centaurea cyanus (90 days) Open pollinated. Annual. Ruffled dark maroon flowers, sometimes called Black Gem Bachelor’s Button. 3' tall. Hard to find.
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Phaseolus lunatus (103 days) Open pollinated. 18" tall. 3 tender beans per pod, grey in the shell stage and drying to buff with purple and black mottling. White flowers.
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Phaseolus coccineus (70 days snap, 95 days shell) Open pollinated. 10-12' tall. Mottled black and purple seeds. Ornamental brilliant scarlet blossoms. Snap or shell bean.
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Phaseolus vulgaris (90 days) Open pollinated. Produces 4-5 beautiful black-and-white beans per pod, with a texture similar to Yellow Eye. Doubles in size when cooked.
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Phaseolus vulgaris (85 days) Open pollinated. Dense foliage produces medium runners, lavender flowers and good yields of thin delicate pods each containing 5-6 lustrous black seeds.
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Rubus spp. Five Rubus cultivars (25 plants total) for a diverse and delicious array of berries—red, yellow, purple and black raspberries, plus blackberries. Z4.
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Knit gloves coated with durable pebbled, black latex. Very flexible; partially uncoated back for better ventilation. Excellent in the cold with wool or silk liners. Double-knit cuff.
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Got blackflies? Slip on this headnet and work in comfort. Lightweight fine-mesh black nylon lets breezes in and makes the outdoors liveable again with chemical-free insect protection.
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Crew-neck straight-cut tee shirt featuring the irresistible cottagecore garden gnomes from our 2020 Bulbs catalog cover. White graphic on black cotton. Made in the U.S. from organic cotton.
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Crew-neck straight-cut tee shirt featuring the irresistible cottagecore garden gnomes from our 2020 Bulbs catalog cover. White graphic on black cotton. Made in the U.S. from organic cotton.
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Coreopsis tinctoria Open pollinated. Beautiful native ornamental. Provides a full palette of color from yellows and greens to rusts and browns-and even black.
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Cucumis sativus (52 days) Open pollinated. Classic pickler. Dark green fruit with black spines. Non-bitter. Used for small pickles and dills. Long harvest window.
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Cucumis sativus (63 days) Open pollinated. Maine heirloom. 3-4" short plump oval cream-white fruit with black spines. Excellent fresh eating.
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Sorghum bicolor (105 days) Open pollinated. Sprays of ornamental seedheads in gold, bronze, brown, black, burgundy, red and cream are great for making natural straw brooms and classic autumnal displays. Small shiny seeds are beloved by birds.
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Triticum durum Open pollinated. Too beautiful to eat! Used for wheat weaving and flower arrangements. Four rows with blue-grey husks and long black awns. Sow in April, reap in Sept.
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Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (62 days) Open pollinated. Italian heirloom also known as Lacinato and Tuscan Black. Very dark green wrinkled, pebbled sturdy leaves extend like palm fronds from stalk.
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Suppresses weeds nearly as well as black mulch and lets infrared light through to warm the soil beneath more quickly and to a higher temperature. Adds days to the growing season for northern growers.
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Water-soluble black asphalt emulsion for graft dressing. Dries quickly. Used extensively and successfully with any kind of grafting. Screw-on lid has an attached brush applicator.
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Pimpinella anisum (130 days) Open pollinated. White umbel flowers in July have delicate ornamental value. Seed ripens in August and September—wait until the tips of the fruits turn grey, and collect seeds before they turn black.
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Drape over trees or bushes to protect fruit or berries from birds. Strong and durable black polypropylene ⅝" mesh with UV inhibitors. Available in three sizes.
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Use as temporary fencing to protect plantings and fruit crops from deer, birds and other pests. Strong and durable black polypropylene ⅝" mesh with UV inhibitors. Available in two sizes.
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Scabiosa stellata (90 days) Open pollinated. Delicate periwinkle flowers pass by into ethereal bronze globes of transparent seedheads studded with black stars. These papery pods add texture and interest to dried and fresh arrangements.
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Papaver Open pollinated. Fire engine-red blooms resemble ladybugs with four black center dots. Compact 1½" delicate single blooms atop wiry 15" stems.
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Also known as Pro Trays. Made of lightweight black plastic with bottom drain holes. 50 round cells in a sheet, 1.88" wide, 2.31" deep, fits into standard 1020 Trays.
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Also known as Pro Trays. Made of lightweight black plastic with bottom drain holes. 72 round cells in a sheet, 1.50" wide, 2.31" deep, fits into standard 1020 Trays.
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Viburnum cassinoides 5-6' × same. Dense suckering native shrub. White flowers from spring to early summer. Edible black fruit. Plant more than one for fruit. Z3.
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