Lettuce Seeds - Black Seeded Simpson
Grows fast in pots. Pick leaves all season for fresh salads.
Simple seeds that grow well in pots and small beds, heirloom varieties you can save year to year, and cheerful flowers that are easy for beginners.
Start with easy vegetables like lettuce, radishes, and bush beans. They sprout quickly and need little care. Read our gardening guides for plain-language help at every step.
Grow these in a patio pot, a balcony box, or a small raised bed.
Grows fast in pots. Pick leaves all season for fresh salads.
Ready in about three weeks. A fun first seed for new gardeners.
No trellis needed. Heavy crops in pots and small beds.
Sweet green peppers that do well in a sunny pot.
Basil, parsley, and chives in one set. Happy in a kitchen windowsill pot.
Sweet, blunt carrots that grow well in deep pots.
One plant feeds a household. Grows in a large pot or bed.
Enjoys cool weather and part shade. Pick leaves for many weeks.
Open-pollinated varieties passed down for generations. Save the seeds to grow again next year.
Old-fashioned flavor with big, pink-red fruits. A garden favorite.
Rich, smoky-sweet flavor and a lovely dusky color.
Sweet bite-size fruits that grow in clusters. Lovely in salads.
A classic pole bean with scarlet flowers hummingbirds enjoy.
Smooth-skinned squash that stores well into winter.
Round, yellow, and mild. A fun variety for the home garden.
Tall, cheerful flowers with edible seeds. Birds will thank you.
Sweet shelling peas, planted early in spring while the weather is cool.
Plant these and enjoy color all summer with very little work.
Sunny colors, easy to grow from seed, and they bloom all summer.
Cut a few for the vase and they keep blooming. Hardy and happy.
Feathery foliage and airy blooms. Thrives on neglect, honestly.
Brave little blooms for cool spring and fall weather.
Plant bulbs in fall for a colorful spring. Hydrangeas bring big, beautiful blooms all summer.
Plant in fall, enjoy in spring. A bright and simple joy.
Golden trumpets that return every year, with no fuss.
Often the very first flowers of the new year.
Heirloom seeds can be saved from your own harvest. Pick a ripe fruit or pod, dry the seeds on a paper plate for two weeks, then store them in a labeled envelope in a cool, dry place.