Brassica juncea (47 days mesclun, 62 full size) Open pollinated. Sweet succulent ribs and moderately pungent winter-hardy greens. Good for summer mesclun; excellent cut-and-come-again.
Brassica rapa (37 days) Open pollinated. Produces many pencil-thick deep purple flowering shoots with pleasing mild mustard flavor. Grows best in cool weather.
Brassica rapa (pekinensis group) (35 days) Open pollinated. Loose round chartreuse leaves, flat white stems, and blossoms, all edible. Can be cut small for mesclun. Fair bolt tolerance.
Brassica rapa (chinensis group) (20 days baby, 45 days full size) Open pollinated. Lettucy pale green ruffled leaves. Mild, sweet. Will re-grow after cuttings. Cold hardy.
Brassica juncea (20 days baby; 45 days mature) Open pollinated. A favorite for cutting at the purple baby stage. Vibrant maroon slightly toothed leaves on lime-green stems. Good for salads or braising.
Brassica juncea (20 days baby, 40 days mature) Open pollinated. Light golden-green leaves are curled and lacy, adds lift to salad mixes. Mustardy zing. Resists bolting in heat.
Brassica juncea (45 days) Open pollinated. Best-adapted mustard for northern climates. Hot mustardy flavor. Will come back when cut. Slow to bolt. Can be overwintered.
Brassica rapa (japonica group) (40 days) Open pollinated. Japanese heirloom. Deeply cut fringed leaves on slender white stalks. For microgreens, cut-and-come-again, succession plantings and baby leaf production.
Brassica juncea (40 days) Open pollinated. Bold purple-blushed delicately serrated mizuna-type leaves with sweet and spicy flavor. For spring and fall plantings. Bolts in heat.
Brassica oleracea (alboglabra group) (45 days) Open pollinated. Dark green large tender leaves with just the right kind of mustardy bite. Prolific yields can be harvested at full size or as baby greens.
Brassica rapa (45 days full size; 21 baby) Open pollinated. Grows in rosettes like tatsoi, but bigger, more upright with leaves less shiny and more puckered. Harvest young for salad greens or mature for braising.
Brassica rapa (chinensis group) (50 days) Open pollinated. Classy pac choi with celery-like white stems and vase-shaped 15-18" tall heads. Succulent stems and tender greens.
Perilla frutescens var. crispa (85 days) Open pollinated. Japanese heirloom. Ornamental and edible purplish-red anise-scented leaves. Used in sushi, sauces, garnishes, pickles, stir-fries, and to color umeboshi plums red.
Centaurea cyanus (60 days) Open pollinated. Early frilly 2" periwinkle-blue blooms on semi-dwarf 2' plants. A popular favorite with a long bloom period.
Ocimum basilicum (70 days) Open pollinated. Impressive yields from shapely plants well suited to pots or the field. Classic sweet Genovese flavor and a marvelously potent aroma. Resists powdery mildew.
Ocimum basilicum (60 days) Open pollinated. Purple stems and flowers of standard Thai, but displayed upon a strong bushy umbrella form with wide and beautifully ample flowers.
Ocimum basilicum (70 days) Open pollinated. The choice of many connoisseurs for making pesto. Leaves are slightly smaller and finer than Sweet Basil with more aroma and potency.
Ocimum basilicum (70 days) Open pollinated. The choice of many connoisseurs for making pesto. Leaves are slightly smaller and finer than Sweet Basil with more aroma and potency.
Ocimum africanum (100 days) Open pollinated. A superior strain of Tulsi or Sacred basil, with a more compact growth habit and more pungent sweet flavor.
Ocimum basilicum minimum (70 days) Open pollinated. 8" and maintains a compact mound of light green leaves and white flowers. Its leaves are small, thin and strongly scented.
Ocimum basilicum (70 days) Open pollinated. The heaviest-yielding variety, recommended for drying, all-around great eating, and large-scale pesto production.
Ocimum basilicum (70 days) Open pollinated. The heaviest-yielding variety, recommended for drying, all-around great eating, and large-scale pesto production.
Ocimum basilicum (60 days) Open pollinated. An attractive 12-18" fine-leaved plant with purple stems, seed heads and flowers. Lends its distinctly strong licorice-anise basil flavor to Thai food.