2018 Plant Sale List!
- Hot Crops
- Friday, May 4, noon-4pm
- Saturday, May 5, 10am-4pm
- Sunday, May 6, 10am-4pm
Our seedlings are grown locally this year by Montalbano Farms. All seedlings are certified organic and chosen to perform well in our Midwestern climate. We’re bringing back our best-selling heirloom favorites, as well as specially-selected disease-resistant varieties! Voted best local farm two years in a row by the Chicago Reader, Montalbano Farms select the varieties to grow for their taste, quality, fun-factor, and reliability in the garden.
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Hot Crops May Sale:
Arugula
Sylvetta
Wasabi
Astro
Broccoli
Belstar
Brussels Sprouts
Doric
Cabbage
Red Express
Gold Acre
Cauliflower
Cheddar
Purple
Cucumber
Asian Long Burpless
National Pickling
Marketmore
Slicing
Eggplant
Casper White
Italian
Rosita
Diamond Mini
Listada de Gandia
Pingtung Long
Flowers
Lemon Gem Marigold
Starfire Signet Marigold
Black Velvet Nasturtium
Kaleidoscope Nasturtium
Elf’s Cap Nasturtium
Empress of India Nasturtium
Ladybird Nasturtium
Milkmaid Nasturtium
Moonlight Nasturtium (climbing)
Irish Eyes Sunflower
Mammoth Sunflower
Mexican Sunflower
Greens/Lettuces
Champion Collards
Green Curly Kale
Dazzling Blue Lacinato Kale
Red Curly Kale
Red Russian Kale
Greenwave Mustard Greens
Garnet Giant Mustard Greens
Rainbow Swiss Chard
Green Concept Lettuce
Mirlo Green Butterhead
Red Cross Lettuce
Jericho Romaine Lettuce
Ground Cherry
Aunt Molly’s Sweet
Herbs
Genovese Basil
Eleonora Basil – disease resistant for downy mildew
Lemon Basil
Purple Dark Opal Basil
Thai Basil
Bouquet Dill
Catnip
Chamomile
Chives
Cilantro
Double Mint
Orion Fennel
Garlic Chives
German Thyme
Lemon Thyme
Lemon Balm
Lemon Sorrel
Garlic Scallions
Marjoram
Giant of Italy Parsley
Triple Curled Parsley
Greek Oregano
Green Culinary Sage
Salad Burnet
Onions
Leeks
Yellow Cippollini
Red Baron
Evergreen Hardy Scallions
Sweet Walla Walla
Gladstone
Hot Peppers
Ancho Gigantea Poblano
Beaver Dam
Hungarian Hot Wax
Jalapeno
Maule’s Red Hot
Sweet Peppers
Gourmet Orange Bell
King of the North Red Bell
Jimmy Nardello
Tolli’s Sweet Italian
Flavorburst Yellow Bell
Islander Purple Bell
Lunchbox Mini
Potatoes
Gold
Purple
Red
Spinach
Red Kitten
Corvair
Strawberry
Alexandria Alpine
Tomatillo
Toma Verde
Purple de Milpa
Dwarf Tomatoes
Fred’s Tie Dye
Heirloom Tomatoes
Aunt Ruby’s German Green
Black Cherry
Blondkopfchen
Cherokee Purple
Eva Purple Ball
Green Zebra
Juane Flamme
Mexico Midget
Red Cherry
Austin’s Red Pear
Striped German
Tigerella
Yellow Pear
Valencia (orange slicer)
Hybrid Tomatoes
Defiant PhR
Early Girl
Celebrity
Granadero Paste
Sungold
Zucchini/Summer Squash
Dunja (green)
Yellow
*varieties may change due to availability
We’re also continuing to offer seeds from Seed Savers Exchange. All of these have been selected because they can be planted mid April through late June:
Arugula – Sylvetta, Organic
Asian Green – Prize Choy, Mizuna
Beans – Scarlet Runner Bean, Rattlesnake Snap, Royalty Purple Pod, Purple Podded Pole, Provider, Pencil Pod Golden Wax, fin de Bagnol, Dragon’s Tongue
Beets – Chioggia, Detroit Dark Red, Burpee’s Golden
Carrots – Scarlet Nantes, Dragon, Red Cored Chantenay, Paris Market,
Corn – Blue Jade Organic, Two Inch Strawberry Popcorn, Golden Bantam
Collards – Vates
Cucumbers – Bushy, Russian Pickling, Mexican Sour Gherkin, Japanese Climbing
Edible Flowers – Tip Top Nasturtium, Calendula Mixture, Arikara Sunflower,
Herbs – Globe Basil, Borage, Cilantro, Grandma Einck’s Dill, Epazote, Thai Basil
Kale – Delaway
Lettuce – Tres Fine Maraichere Endive, Gold Rush, Flame, Baby Oakleaf, Forellenschluss, Red Romaine, Seed Savers Mixture, Yugoslavian Red
Okra – Clemson Spineless
Pea – Golden Sweet, Swenson Swedish, Green Arrow
Radish – French Breakfast, Plum Purple, Watermelon, Early Scarlet Globe,
Spinach – America
Summer Squash – Black Beauty Zucchini, Summer Crookneck
Swiss Chard – Five Color Silverbeet
Winter Squash – Waltham
Seed Potatoes – All Blue, Certified Organic Yukon Gold, Certified Organic Rose Finn Apple
