Fast-Growing Greens
Whether you're beating the frost up north or planting into a long southern fall, these greens are your go-to for quick, tasty harvests.
Zones 3–5: Focus is on fast-maturing and baby leaf harvest.
Top Choices: Baby Leaf Mix, Little Gem, Green Ice, Red Sails, New Red Fire, Green Salad Bowl, Black-Seeded Simpson, Gourmet Looseleaf Blend, Zesty Mesclun Mix, Mild Mesclun Mix, Alfresco Mesclun Blend, Simpson Elite, SimplySalad® Kale Storm Mix. Top Choices: Harvest Early or Protect: Buttercrunch, Red Salad Bowl, Dwarf Blue Curled Kale, Heirloom Cutting Mix, Prizm Kale.
Zones 6–7: Can grow both quick crops and mid-speed types to maturity.
Top Choices: All of the above, plus Jericho, Dutch Vit Mâche, Garden Blend Kale, Darkibor Kale, Lacinato Kale.
Zones 8–10: Have a long runway and even slow-maturing greens can thrive. Top Choices: All of the above, plus Parris Island, Iceberg, Tricolor Romaine Lettuce Blend.
Bulk: Buttercrunch Lettuce Seeds
For single packets, click here 1963 AAS Winner. Compact heads with luscious, buttery texture. Mid green, thick, juicy, crisp, sweet leaves with un...
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For single packets, click here Colorful, flavorful blend of 7 to 10 looseleaf types in shades ranging from lime green to medium green to red and te...
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For single packets, click here Our most popular is very early, with big, loosely packed, crinkly, lime-green leaves that are crisp and sweet. Mild ...
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For single packets, click here A miniature green romaine with a blanched thick heart that remains a single-serving treat! Heirloom favorite. Days ...
View full detailsBulk: Red Salad Bowl Lettuce Seeds
For single packets, click here A wine red version of “Green Salad Bowl.” Deeply lobed, oakleaf, red leaves. Days to Maturity: 51 Sow Method: Start...
View full detailsBulk: Baby Leaf Mix Lettuce Seeds
For single packets, click here Exquisite collection of four baby lettuces including green and red oakleafs, red and green romaines. Scissor cut at ...
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For single packets, click here 1952 AAS Winner. Mid green and slow to bolt, with pretty rosettes of wavy, rounded, crisp, sweet leaves. No heads. ...
View full detailsBulk: Alfresco Mesclun Blend Lettuce Seeds
For single packets, click here A classic Mediterranean flair from easy-to-sow pellets that create an instant salad garden! Buttery, tender, green a...
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For single packets, click here 1985 AAS Winner. Lovely bronze-red color makes salads special! Very early, with slightly ruffled, red leaves. Days...
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For single packets, click here Crisp, glossy, savoyed leaves withstand heat and are slow to bolt. Tight, compact heads have an unusual, delicate fl...
View full detailsBulk: Prizm Hybrid Kale Seeds
For single packets, click here 2016 AAS Winner. Never grown “superfood kale” before? Then start with our only hybrid kale, which performs beautiful...
View full detailsBulk: Heirloom Cutting Mixture Lettuce Seeds
For single packets, click here With a legacy mixture of tried and true varieties, we bring a balanced blend of “cut and come again” lettuces. Each ...
View full detailsBulk: Dwarf Blue Curled Kale Seeds
For single packets, click here Sweet, succulent, tightly curled blue-green leaves are a healthy source of iron and vitamins. Colorful, attractive, ...
View full detailsBulk: Jericho Lettuce Seeds
For single packets, click here Bred in the Middle East for extreme heat. Popular in our Southwest. Heavy heads with sweet, crisp flavor. Well adapt...
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For single packets, click here Heirloom with light-green, crinkled, fringed outer leaves and crisp, near-white inner leaves. Medium to large heads ...
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For single packets, click here Noted for its crisp leaves and sweet flavor. Attractive, large heads have deep-green outer leaves to protect the whi...
View full detailsBulk: Mild Mesclun Mix Seeds
For single packets, click here Colorful blend of lettuces and other greens like mild endives for that special gourmet salad. Cut every 2 wk. for an...
View full detailsBulk: Tricolor Romaine Lettuce Blend Seeds
For single packet-size, click here Long, thick leaves tolerate heat and are slow to bolt. Mix of early, middle and late-season romaines are colorfu...
View full detailsBulk: Zesty Mesclun Mix Seeds
For single packets, click here Tangy mix of lettuces and pungent greens like arugula to add spiciness to salads. Days to Maturity: 45 Sow Method: ...
View full detailsBulk: New Red Fire Lettuce Seeds
For single packets, click here 43 days. Best red loose-leaf: Bright red color, with superb tolerance to bolting. Crisp and sweet.
Bulk: Lacinato Kale Seeds
For single packets, click here Also called "Nero di Toscana" or Dinosaur Kale." Italian heirloom with dark, sweet, succulent, heavily crinkled, blu...
View full detailsBulk: Darkibor Hybrid Kale Seeds
For single packets, click here The darkest, curliest, ‘Super-Food’ kale yet! The ideal variety for gardener’s where winters are mild. Extremely cur...
View full detailsBulk: Dutch Vit Mâche Seeds
For single packets, click here Also called “Lamb’s Lettuce.” Adaptable to both spring or fall planting. One of the most delicious, with a nutty fla...
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For single packets, click here A bewildering leafy green also called chicory or escarole, but Frisée does not have a cylindrically shaped leaf, bei...
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