Zone 3
Welcome to our specially curated collection of garden seeds, thoughtfully designed for the unique growing conditions of Zone 3. With its shorter growing season and cooler temperatures, Zone 3 offers a wonderful opportunity to grow hardy, resilient plants that thrive and bring incredible rewards!
This collection features hardy, resilient seeds that thrive in cooler climates and make the most of every precious day in your growing season. From cold-tolerant vegetables to vibrant, early-blooming flowers, we’ve selected varieties that ensure your garden flourishes, even in a frosty environment.
Zone 3, according to the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, includes areas with minimum winter temperatures ranging from -30°F to -40°F (-34°C to -40°C). This zone is primarily found in the colder regions of the United States, including: Northern Minnesota, Northern Wisconsin, Parts of North Dakota, Parts of Montana, Northern Maine, Parts of Alaska. These areas experience shorter growing seasons, typically lasting about 90-120 days, making them ideal for cold-hardy and fast-maturing plants.
Small Sugar Pumpkin Seeds
Also called “New England Pie." Undoubtedly the best pie pumpkin, although the larger specimens can be carved for Halloween. Prolific vines can be g...
View full detailsSugar Baby Icebox Watermelon Seeds
Sugar Baby Watermelon Seeds produce the classic icebox watermelon that gardeners have grown and loved for generations. This early-maturing variety ...
View full detailsGreen Arrow Pea Seeds
Most popular pea contains the most peas in a pod (10 to 12) and is easiest to pick. Long pods grow in pairs up high on the vine for ease of picking...
View full detailsSweet Banana Pepper Seeds
The time tested, reliable, sweet pepper most prized among non-bell peppers. Thick-walled, waxy-fleshed, sweetly mild fruits are tasty, eaten fresh ...
View full detailsOregon Sugar Pod II Pea Seeds
Used in Asian cuisine. Prolific producer of broad, flat, sweet pods that frequently set as doubles. Bushy vines hold their pods up for easy picking...
View full detailsEarly Jalapeño Hot Pepper Seeds
Time tested, open-pollinated version of Mucho Nacho, but even earlier and better in cool conditions. Deep-green, sausage-shaped fruits ripen to red...
View full detailsGreek Oregano Seeds
Thick green leaves are strongly scented and are widely used to flavor tomato sauce, meat, fish, salads and Italian dishes. Days to Maturity: 85 S...
View full detailsGreen Twister Coneflower Echinacea Seeds
Green Twister Coneflower Echinacea Seeds grow into one of the most distinctive and eye-catching coneflowers you can plant. Each 4-inch bloom featur...
View full detailsSugar Ann Pea Seeds
1984 AAS Winner. Won prestigious honors for its superb flavor and extreme earliness – a full 2 weeks earlier than Sugar Snap below. Our most compac...
View full detailsJade Bush Bean Seeds
Our most tender bean, with thin, stringless, long, 6 to 7-in. pods with an absolutely sweet, delicious flavor. Heat tolerant and productive even un...
View full detailsBouquet Dill Seeds
Use seeds in pickling, leaves add a unique flavor to salads and fish. Most widely grown strain. Deters cabbage worms. Days to Maturity: 55 Sow Me...
View full detailsBush Early Girl Hybrid Tomato Seeds
A compact bush version of Early Girl but even earlier, with bigger yields and larger, globe-shaped fruits. Fruits deliver all the same desirable ch...
View full detailsAmbrosia Bicolor se+ Hybrid Sweet Corn Seeds
Ambrosia Bicolor se+ Hybrid Sweet Corn Seeds produce some of the sweetest and most tender ears of corn you can grow, earning their name from the “f...
View full detailsCylindra Beet Seeds
A long, cylindrical, dark red beet yielding four times more slices than the typical round beet. Grows uniform, smooth skin, yet never loses its ten...
View full detailsBlack-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 detailsEarly Wonder Beet Seeds
Our earliest beet has choice tall tops – one of the best for greens, but its deep red roots are also ideal for pickling. The best variety for the P...
View full detailsSage Seeds
Green, broad leaves are used fresh or dried to flavor pork, lamb, poultry and dressings. Crushed leaves perfect for sausages and cheese. Days to ...
View full detailsGolden Detroit Beet Seeds
Our only golden beet answers demand for a bright gold color and a sweet, mild flavor. Virtually no bleeding. Keeps its tender texture even when ext...
View full detailsTeddy Bear Dwarf Sunflower Seeds
Beware! There are strains of ‘Teddy Bear’ that grow as tall as 36 in.! We offer the genuine European strain that’s extra-dwarf, an intense golden-y...
View full detailsZahara Raspberry Lemonade Mixed Hybrid Zinnia Seeds
Here’s an exceptionally easy-to-grow zinnia with superb drought tolerance and superior disease resistance. The first hybrid zinnia, ‘Zahara’ is a c...
View full detailsPurple Top White Globe Turnip Seeds
The country’s most popular variety due to its crisp, sweetly mild white flesh. Roots are nearly round, smooth, purplish-red above the soil line and...
View full detailsDanish Ballhead Cabbage Seeds
Old reliable main-crop heirloom unbeatable for kraut. Round, solid, blue-green heads with mild, sweet flavor that still remains a storage favorite....
View full detailsRussian Mammoth Sunflower Seeds
The only variety to grow for giant sunflowers! At 10 to 14-in. across, the largest blooms on the tallest plants growing up to 16-ft., although the ...
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...
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