Zone 5

Welcome to our specially curated collection of garden seeds, thoughtfully designed for the unique growing conditions of Zone 5. With its cold winters and moderate growing season, Zone 5 offers a wonderful opportunity to grow a wide variety of 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 5, according to the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, includes areas with minimum winter temperatures ranging from -10°F to -20°F (-23°C to -29°C). This zone is primarily found in the northern and central regions of the United States, including parts of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. These areas experience growing seasons lasting about 120-160 days, making them ideal for a diverse selection of plants.
Black Beauty Zucchini Squash Seeds
1957 AAS Winner. Dark green fruits maturing to near black, with firm, white, flavorful flesh that freezes well. Highly productive plants are semi-s...
View full detailsDetroit Dark Red Beet Seeds
Heirloom variety that’s most popular and most reliable. Dark green leaves with red veining and large, deep red, perfectly round roots. Remarkably s...
View full detailsSun Gold Hybrid Tomato Seeds
The standard of excellence for the sweetest, best-flavored cherry tomato. Extra early, golden-orange, mouth-watering, super sweet fruits that are t...
View full detailsTendersweet Carrot Seeds
AAS Winner. Beloved heirloom variety prized for its smooth, coreless roots and exceptional sweetness. These deep orange carrots grow uniform, blunt...
View full detailsGoliath Original Hybrid Red Slicing VFFNTASt Tomato Seeds
Goliath Original Hybrid Red Slicing Tomato Seeds produce one of the most celebrated hybrid tomatoes ever bred. First introduced in 1995 to compete ...
View full detailsButtercrunch 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 detailsBloomsdale Long Standing Spinach Seeds
Old heirloom variety that is early, extremely slow to bolt and very tolerant of hot weather. Stands 2 weeks longer than most. Thick, glossy, dark g...
View full detailsFooled You Jalapeño Hybrid Mild Pepper Seeds
Fooled You Jalapeño Hybrid Pepper Seeds produce mild, flavorful peppers that look just like traditional jalapeños but deliver all the taste without...
View full detailsBlue Lake 274 Bush Bean Seeds
Most popular with both home gardeners and market growers for its distinctive beany flavor and season-long production. Upright plants produce meaty ...
View full detailsCalifornia Wonder Bell Pepper Seeds
The perfect stuffing pepper, setting the standard for open-pollinated peppers years ago. Its medium-sized, 3 to 4-lobed, blocky, smooth fruits ripe...
View full detailsEarly Girl Hybrid Tomato Seeds
Extra-early abundant yields of full-sized fruits make this longtime favorite the most popular early tomato. Meaty, bright crimson fruits are a bit ...
View full detailsStonehead Hybrid Cabbage Seeds
1969 AAS Winner. This award-winner cabbage is near-perfect: easy to grow, widely adaptable, earlier than most, round, solid and short-cored. Firm, ...
View full detailsCandy Hybrid Onion Seeds
Candy Hybrid Onion is a widely popular favorite for its sweet, mild flavor and outstanding performance. This day-neutral variety thrives across a w...
View full detailsNantes or Coreless Carrot Seeds
An old-timer that remains tops for canning. Half-long type. Rich orange color with a tiny core free of any pithy fiber. Matures quickly for early u...
View full detailsJuliet Hybrid Tomato Seeds
1999 AAS Winner. The first grape tomato to win AAS honors, with long, shiny red, extra- sweet cherries, hanging like clusters of grapes. Crack-resi...
View full detailsAmish Paste Tomato Seeds
No one knows gourmet cuisine better than the Amish, who give us this terrific heirloom for sauces and canning. Meaty, flavorful, deep-red fruits in...
View full detailsCherokee Purple Tomato Seeds
A Tennessee heirloom from the Cherokees. Strange, dusky rose-brown fruits with brick red interiors. Sweet, tangy flavor. Days to Maturity: 80 Sow...
View full detailsEvergreen White Bunching Scallion Seeds
Perfect for early green onions. An heirloom green onion variety that produces long, slender, white stalks in clusters used for green bunching onion...
View full detailsRoma Tomato Seeds
Long-time favorite and still one of the best for sauces, pastes and canning. Pear-shaped fruits feature thick walls, meaty flesh and few seeds, mak...
View full detailsStraight Eight Cucumber Seeds
1935 AAS Winner. Produces smooth, dark green, mild, white-spined, perfectly straight fruits with sweet, crisp, fine-grained flesh and a small seed ...
View full detailsVegetable Spaghetti Winter Squash Seeds
Pale yellow flesh breaks up into spaghetti-like strands when boiled for 20 to 30-min. and removed with a fork. Top with spaghetti sauce for a low-c...
View full detailsWaltham Butternut Winter Squash Seeds
1970 AAS Winner. Most popular winter squash with large, bottle-shaped fruits, light-tan skin, small seed cavities and thick cylindrical necks. Cont...
View full detailsPineapple Tomato Seeds
A gigantic bicolor heirloom with orange and yellow fruits streaked with red both inside and out. Flesh is meaty, firm and almost seedless, with a r...
View full detailsGiant Belgium Heirloom Beefsteak Tomato Seeds
Giant Belgium Heirloom Beefsteak Tomato Seeds produce the legendary jumbo tomatoes prized for sheer size and rich, old-fashioned flavor. Fruits com...
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