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Container Gardening: What to Plant, Where to Find Seeds
From Ecology Action Staff


Crop	Variety	Seed Source
Beans Bush Green Bush Wax Bush Purple Pole Snap Bush Lima Pole Lima	Tendergreen Improved Brittle Wax Royalty Purple Pod Kentucky Wonder Pole Fordhook 242 King of the Garden	• Peaceful Valley; Ferry Morse; Everwilde; True Leaf; David’s Garden • Victory Seeds • Peaceful Valley • Seed Saver’s Exchange • Burpee Seeds; Gurney’s Seed • Gurney’s; Urban Farmer Seeds
Beets Red Round Cylindrical	Detroit Dark Red Early Wonder Cylindra	• Baker Creek; Burpee Seeds • Botanical Interests • Baker Creek; Burpee; Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Broccoli	Green Comet Hybrid Premium Crop Hybrid	• Urban Farmer • Gurney’s; Golden Valley
Brussels Sprouts	Jade Cross Hybrid	• Nanas Bloomers; Gurney’s; Pinetree Garden
Cabbage Early Late Red Savoy Chinese Mini Pak Choy	Early Jersey Wakefield Copenhagen Market Danish Ball-Head Mammoth Red Rock Red Acre Ruby Ball Hybrid Savoy King Hybrid Perfection Drumhead Chieftain Hybrid Hilton Toy Choy	• Baker Creek • Seed Saver’s Exchange; Urban Farmer Seeds • Urban Farmer; Hudson Valley; Everwilde Farms • Fedco Seeds • Urban Farmer; Botanical Interests • Territorial Seed Co; Harris Seeds • Stokes Seed • Seeds for Generations • Adaptive Seeds • Baker Creek • Park Seed
Cantaloupe	Minnesota Midget	• Baker Creek; Botanical Interests
Cardoon	Gobbo di Nizza Porto Spineless	• Baker Creek • Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Carrots Very Short Short Medium Short Long Slender	Ox Heart Little Finger Royal Chantenay Imperator	• Baker Creek; Urban Farmer Seeds • Baker Creek; Peaceful Valley • West Coast Seeds • Pinetree Garden Seeds
Cauliflower	Early Snowball Snow Crown Hybrid	• Seed Saver’s Exchange • Gurney’s Seed; Territorial Seed
Celeriac	Giant Prague	• Baker Creek
Collards	Various	• Southern Exposure Seed
Corn Yellow Bicolor Midget	Early Sunglow Honey and Cream Sweet Corn	(Note: only plant one variety at a time) • Burpee Seeds; Reimer Seeds • Gurneys • Henry Field; Gurneys
Cucumbers Salad Pickling Small Sized	Improved Long Green Marketer Marketmore 70 Spartan Dawn Pioneer Mini	• Peaceful Valley; Ferry Morse; Everwilde; True Leaf; David’s Garden • Victory Seeds • Peaceful Valley • Seed Saver’s Exchange • Burpee Seeds; Gurney’s Seed
Endive	Frisee	• Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co
Eggplant	Black Beauty	• Burpee; Victory Seeds
Fennel	Florence	• Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co
Garlic	Various	• Filaree Garlic Farm
Kale	Dwarf Blue Curled Vates Dwarf Siberian	• Burpee; Seed Saver’s Exchange • Baker Creek; Urban Farmer
Kohlrabi	Blauer Speck	• Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co
Leeks	Autumn Giant Leek	• Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co
Lettuce Head Butterhead Loose-Leaf	Great Lakes Iceberg Butter King Buttercrunch White Boston Oak Leaf Salad Bowl	• San Diego Seed Co • Burpee; Peaceful Valley; Urban Farmer • Urban Farmer • Botanical Interests; Johnny’s Selected Seeds • Urban Farmer • Johnny’s Seeds; Seed Saver’s Exchange • Burpee
Melons	Hearts of Gold Honey Rock	• Urban Farmer; Peaceful Valley • Urban Farmer; Peaceful Valley
Mustard Greens	Florida Broad Leaf Southern Giant Curled Tendergreen	• Burpee; Everwilde Farms • Peaceful Valley; Baker Creek; Everwilde Farms • Burpee; Eden Brothers
Okra	Red River	• Sand Hill Preservation Center
Onions	White Sweet Spanish	• Urban Farmer; Everwilde Farms
Peas Tall Medium Edible Pods Small	Alderman Wando Alaska Dwarf Gray Sugar Little Marvel Green Arrow	• Territorial Seed Co; Victory Seeds • Burpee; Urban Farmer • Urban Farmer; West Coast Seeds • Johnny’s Seeds; Urban Farmer • Urban Farmer • Seed Saver’s; Territorial Seeds; Kitazawa Seeds
Peppers Sweet Hot	Bell Boy Hybrid California Wonder Golden Calwonder New Ace Hybrid World Beater Yolo Wonder Anaheim M Long Red Cayenne	• BFG Supply Company • Burpee Seeds; Urban Farmer • Southern Exposure Seeds • Harris Seeds • Southern Exposure Seeds • Eden Brothers • Peaceful Valley; Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds • Peaceful Valley; Urban Farmer
Potatoes	Kennebac Norland	• Urban Farmer; Gurney’s • Urban Farmer; Wood Prairie
Radishes Spring/Summer Winter	Cherry Belle French Breakfast Sparkler Burpee White White Chinese China Rose	• Botanical Interest Seeds • Botanical Interest; Seed Saver’s Exchange • Peaceful Valley; Urban Farmer • Burpee • Willhite Seed Inc. • Hudson Valley Seed Company
Salsify	Mammoth Sandwich Island	• Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company
Spinach	Long Standing Bloomsdale Winter Bloomsdale Hybrid No. 7	• Burpee; Baker Creek • Southern Exposure Seeds • Reimer Seeds; Victory Seeds
Squash	Golden Zucchini Golden Summer Crookneck	• Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds • Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Strawberries	Red Wonder Wild	•Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Swiss Chard	Fordhoot Giant Rhubarb Chard	• Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds • Johnny’s Seed
Tomatoes	Big Early Big Boy Tiny Tim Small Fry Patio Hybrid Red Cherry	• Burpee; Park Seed • Burpee; Urban Farm • San Diego Seed Co • Reimer Seeds • Totally Tomatoes; Urban Farmer • Urban Farmer
Turnips	Purple Top Milan Tokyo Cross PurpleTop White Globe	• Renee’s Garden Seeds • Kitazawa Seed Co; West Coast Seeds • Urban Farmer; Johnny’s Seeds

You can find and order seed from all of the companies listed in the table above online:

Adaptive Seeds: https://www.adaptiveseeds.com/
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company https://www.rareseeds.com/
BFG Supply Company https://www.bfgsupply.com/
Botanical Interests https://www.botanicalinterests.com/
Burpee Seeds https://www.burpee.com/
David’s Garden https://davidsgardenseeds.com/
Eden Brothers https://www.edenbrothers.com/
Everwilde Farms https://www.everwilde.com/
Fedco Seeds https://www.fedcoseeds.com/
Ferry Morse https://ferrymorse.com/
Filaree Garlic Farm https://filareefarm.com/
Golden Valley Seed https://goldenvalleyseed.com/
Gurney’s Seed https://www.gurneys.com/
Harris Seeds https://www.harrisseeds.com/
Henry Field https://www.gurneys.com/HENRYFIELDS
Hudson Valley Seed Company https://hudsonvalleyseed.com/
Johnny's Selected Seeds https://www.johnnyseeds.com/
Kitazawa Seeds https://kitazawaseed.com/
Nanas Bloomers https://nanasbloomers.com/
Park Seed https://parkseed.com/
Peaceful Valley https://www.groworganic.com/
Pinetree Garden Seeds https://www.superseeds.com/
Reimer Seeds https://www.reimerseeds.com/
Renee’s Garden Seeds https://www.reneesgarden.com/
Sand Hill Preservation Center https://www.sandhillpreservation.com/
San Diego Seed Co https://sandiegoseedcompany.com/
Seeds for Generations https://seedsforgenerations.com/
Seed Saver’s Exchange https://www.seedsavers.org/
Southern Exposure Seed https://www.southernexposure.com/
Stokes Seed https://us.stokeseeds.com/
Territorial Seed Co https://territorialseed.com/
Totally Tomatoes https://www.totallytomato.com/
True Leaf Market https://www.trueleafmarket.com/
Urban Farmer Seeds https://www.ufseeds.com/
Victory Seeds https://www.victoryseeds.com/
West Coast Seeds https://www.westcoastseeds.com/
Willhite Seed Inc. https://www.willhiteseed.com/
Wood Prairie https://www.woodprairie.com/

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