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.
Buttercrunch Lettuce Seeds
1963 AAS Winner. Compact heads with luscious, buttery texture. Mid green, thick, juicy, crisp, sweet leaves with unique Bibb flavor! Sow either spr...
View full detailsGourmet Looseleaf Blend Lettuce Seeds
Colorful, flavorful blend of 7 to 10 looseleaf types in shades ranging from lime green to medium green to red and textures from smooth to an open o...
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A miniature green romaine with a blanched thick heart that remains a single-serving treat! Heirloom favorite. Days to Maturity: 33 Sow Method: Sta...
View full detailsPrizm Hybrid Kale Seeds
2016 AAS Winner. Never grown “superfood kale” before? Then start with our only hybrid kale, which performs beautifully no matter how closely plante...
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Bred in the Middle East for extreme heat. Popular in our Southwest. Heavy heads with sweet, crisp flavor. Well adapted, slow to bolt, with great di...
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43 days. Best red loose-leaf: Bright red color, with superb tolerance to bolting. Crisp and sweet.
Black-Seeded Simpson Lettuce Seeds
Our most popular is very early, with big, loosely packed, crinkly, lime-green leaves that are crisp and sweet. Mild center blanches out to white. S...
View full detailsBaby Leaf Mix Lettuce Seeds
Exquisite collection of four baby lettuces including green and red oakleafs, red and green romaines. Scissor cut at recommended height for deliciou...
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Heirloom with light-green, crinkled, fringed outer leaves and crisp, near-white inner leaves. Medium to large heads on this classic “head lettuce.”...
View full detailsDwarf Blue Curled Kale Seeds
Sweet, succulent, tightly curled blue-green leaves are a healthy source of iron and vitamins. Colorful, attractive, slow-bolting leaves are excelle...
View full detailsGreen Ice Lettuce Seeds
Crisp, glossy, savoyed leaves withstand heat and are slow to bolt. Tight, compact heads have an unusual, delicate flavor. Days to Maturity: 45 Sow...
View full detailsRed Sails Lettuce Seeds
1985 AAS Winner. Lovely bronze-red color makes salads special! Very early, with slightly ruffled, red leaves. Days to Maturity: 43 Sow Method: St...
View full detailsLacinato Kale Seeds
Also called "Nero di Toscana" or Dinosaur Kale." Italian heirloom with dark, sweet, succulent, heavily crinkled, blue spruce-colored leaves. Excell...
View full detailsAlfresco Mesclun Blend Lettuce Seeds
A classic Mediterranean flair from easy-to-sow pellets that create an instant salad garden! Buttery, tender, green and red lettuces combined with t...
View full detailsTricolor Romaine Lettuce Blend Seeds
Long, thick leaves tolerate heat and are slow to bolt. Mix of early, middle and late-season romaines are colorful and reduce the need to sow succes...
View full detailsMild Mesclun Mix Seeds
Colorful blend of lettuces and other greens like mild endives for that special gourmet salad. Cut every 2 wk. for an ongoing harvest! Days to Matu...
View full detailsGreen Salad Bowl Lettuce Seeds
1952 AAS Winner. Mid green and slow to bolt, with pretty rosettes of wavy, rounded, crisp, sweet leaves. No heads. Days to Maturity: 44 Sow Method...
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Noted for its crisp leaves and sweet flavor. Attractive, large heads have deep-green outer leaves to protect the white hearts. Days to Maturity: 7...
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A wine red version of “Green Salad Bowl.” Deeply lobed, oakleaf, red leaves. Days to Maturity: 51 Sow Method: Start Indoors / Recommended for Hydr...
View full detailsDarkibor Hybrid Kale Seeds
The darkest, curliest, ‘Super-Food’ kale yet! The ideal variety for gardener’s where winters are mild. Extremely curly leaves are crunchy with a cr...
View full detailsDutch Vit Mâche Seeds
Also called “Lamb’s Lettuce.” Adaptable to both spring or fall planting. One of the most delicious, with a nutty flavor, but a very substantial sal...
View full detailsZesty Mesclun Mix Seeds
Tangy mix of lettuces and pungent greens like arugula to add spiciness to salads. Days to Maturity: 45 Sow Method: Start Indoors / Recommended for...
View full detailsFrisee Endive Seeds
A bewildering leafy green also called chicory or escarole, but Frisée does not have a cylindrically shaped leaf, being shaggy and bushy. But nothin...
View full detailsHeirloom Cutting Mixture Lettuce Seeds
With a legacy mixture of tried and true varieties, we bring a balanced blend of “cut and come again” lettuces. Each palate pleasing harvest is just...
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