Antares (52 days) Latuca sativa Bred by Frank Morton who explains, “One of our first original varieties based on a combination of ‘Salad Bowl’ and ‘Rouge d’ Hiver’.” This was a real standout from our 2017 trials on account of its upright frilly, red to green oak shaped leaves. Makes a wonderful cutting lettuce for dynamic and intriguing salads. Very handsome lettuce. An original variety based on a combination of ‘Salad Bowl’ and ‘Rouge d’ Hiver’. bred by Frank Morton.  OSSI (Open Source Seed Initiative) Pledged Variety. Packet (1 g ~ 800 seeds) ...

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Lettuce, Bronze Arrow (60 days) Latuca sativa Gorgeous mild-flavored heirloom with oak leaf tips and a tightly wrapped, sweet heart.  Produces heavy heads that are a mix of greens, red, and of course…bronze.  Good market variety with uniform, heavy heads that are unique and beautiful in their appearance, setting themselves apart from standard head types.  Slow to bolt and very cold hardy. Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds) Ounce ...

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Lettuce, Crisp Mint (55-60 days)  Lattuca sativa   Crisp Mint is a uniquely savoyed, dark green, vigorous romaine with large, upright tight heads. It is fairly bolt and disease resistant.  This beautiful, sweet tasting lettuce is a real standout and has become one of our favorites. Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds)  1 oz ...

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Lettuce, Devil’s Ears  (50 days) Latuca sativa Also known as Les Oreilles du Diable, this is one of the most unique varieties of lettuce that I’ve seen.  Deer tongue type, produces a large rosette of pointed shiny, rusty-red/green leaves like a big star.  A vegetable mandala.  Heat resistant, without becoming bitter.   Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds) 1/2 oz ≈ 11,000 seeds...

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LETTUCE, Flashy Trout’s Back Latuca sativa (55 days) Uniformly & densely splattered with bright red splashes on a medium green background. Upright growth, unique early coloring & crisp texture make this a prime candidate for baby cut salad. Produces big tall beautiful heads. Packet - 1 g 1 oz ...

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Lettuce, Four Seasons (60 days) Latuca sativa Also known by its French name, Merveille des Quatre Saisons, this is a fabulous butterhead variety that hails, as you may have guessed, from France. An heirloom that was listed in Vilmorin’s 1815 book, The Vegetable Garden”, it clearly has stood the test of time on account of its tasty red and green well-wrapped, large tender buttery heads. Simply gorgeous.     Packet -1 g  (~800 seeds) ...

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LETTUCE – Jack Ice (60 days) Lactuca sativa Bred by Frank Morton, A dark green crisp-leaf especially suited to salad mix, with extra fancy toothing of the leaf margins and an upright, open heading habit for easy harvest. A juicy sweet taste, good heft, and high resistance to downy mildew and tipburn make this a good base green for a mix. A find from our lettuce disease trials. Beautiful combo with ‘Cardinale’ and ‘Merlot’.” Packet (1g ≈ 800 seeds) ...

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Lettuce, Jericho (60-65 days)  Latuca sativa Jericho is a large, light green romaine that forms a dense head. It is heat tolerant and bolt resistant.  Bred in Palestine, this hard to beat romaine lettuce has become an industry standard. Excellent sweet crisp flavor is almost never better.   Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds) One ounce ...

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Lettuce, Manoa (55-60 days)  Lactuca sativa  Considered to be a "semi-head" lettuce with a small heart that is crisp, tender and sweet and grows a compact 8” head. Good for small spaces and containers. The leaves are buttery and have a spectrum of light green to jade color. Manoa was developed in Hawaii and it is usually grown at low elevations. Very heat tolerant. Packet 1 g (~800 seeds)  Picture by Karen Morton...

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Lettuce, Merlot  (30 days baby, 60 days head)   Latuca sativa Leaves are intensely purple, red with a nearly metallic sheen.  Terrific for a real stand-out salad mix.  Doesn’t have the weight for head lettuce culture. Very disease and bolt resistant.  Good source of the antioxidant anthocyanin.   Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds) ...

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Lettuce, Mescher (60 days)    Latuca sativa A quick growing green butter fringed with a pleasing blush. Originally from Austria it’s been in circulation for 300 years which may tell you something about how well it performs as a small headed spring variety. Forms a tightly blanched 4-6” central head. Moderate bolt and disease resistance. HEIRLOOM. SSF Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds)...

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Lettuce, Optima  (60 days)   Latuca sativa A large, dark green butterhead with a succulent blanched heart. Very good disease resistance, which is helpful in butter as most others are fairly wimpy. Photo by Karen Morton. Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds) 1oz...

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Lettuce, Outredgeous (50 days) Latuca sativa Bred by Frank Morton, this variety has intensely red-pigmented leaves in an open romaine shape. Great for cutting for salad mix, although it can make a nice smaller head. Very Pretty. Packet (1 g ≈ 500 seeds) Ounce (≈ 25,000 seeds)   ...

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Lettuce, Pablo Batavian (55 days)  Latuca sativa One of our favorites for a delicious and strikingly beautiful reddish bronze blushed Batavian. Slow bolting variety that can produce well-blanched heads in the heat with many shades of green splashed with crimson and fringed leaf margins. Can grow quite large. Central head is marvelously sweet. Packet: 1 g (~800 seeds) 1 oz (~25,000 seeds) ...

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Lettuce, Pirat Red Butter (55 days)  Latuca sativa A wonderfully beautiful old heirloom pale red butterhead lettuce that is a red and green, well folded plant with a dense central head that is well blanched. Originally from the European Alps, it has great disease resistance, something that many other butter lettuces sorely lack. Good bolt resistance.  Tasty too! Packet (1g ~ 800 seeds) ...

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Lettuce, Purplus ( 55 days ) Latuca sativa Intense dark purple loose-leaf lettuce brought to us from Peace Seedlings and Dr. Alan Kapuler. Best used as a cutting lettuce for salad mix. Works well in a cut and come again set up. Packet: 1 g (~800 seeds) 1 oz (~25,000 seeds) ...

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Lettuce, Quan Yin (60 days) Latuca sativa My favorite green head lettuce.  This Batavian type is a dense, large, sweet-flavored variety that holds up well in the heat and is so incredibly beautiful and nourishing that it was deserving of the name of a Chinese Goddess.  Does well as a fall lettuce too. Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds) ounce ...

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Lettuce, Redina (55 days)  Grand Rapids type. Good red head lettuce, but works equally well cut young for a mix. Frilly, medium-red leaves. Exhibits good disease resistance. SSF LT13:  Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds)...

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LETTUCE , Reine de Glaces,(60days)   Lactuca sativa We obtained the original seed from Frank Morton at Wild Garden Seeds who explains, “The ‘Queen of Ices’ has been around for about 2 centuries, and she’s a beauty of a crisphead, with very ornately toothed green wrapper leaves blanching a crunchy white heart. Sounds like a queen. The hearts are a nice base for any salad, and she makes a fancy crisp cutting lettuce for mixes at a juvenile stage. Highly rated for horizontal resistance to downy mildew in our trials.” Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds) ...

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Lettuce, Romaine Mix (55 days)  Lactuca sativa This is a comprehensive Romaine type mix, which some people prefer as a cutting mix direct seeded for salad mix. Because of their more upright stature, it is easier to make repeated cuttings without getting dirt and weeds in your harvest. Packet: 2 g (~1500 seeds) 1 oz (~25,000 seeds) ...

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Lettuce, Sweet Valentine (55 days) Latuca sativa A quick growing, smaller stature romaine with green and red splashed leaves. Very sweet flavor has endeared this darling to growers for many years. Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds) ...

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Lettuce, Thai Oakleaf (50 days)  Latuca sativa This is a pleasing light green oakleaf with many layers of frilly delicate leaves that have a delicious melt-in-your-mouth flavor.  Really nice addition to salad for its visual appeal, too. Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds) Ounce (25,000 seeds)   Suggested Replacement if Out of Stock: Italienisher...

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Lettuce, Total Clown (55 days) Latuca sativa A diverse gene pool of speckled Romaines from Frank Morton’s breeding efforts. Upright, bold, large open romaine heads that cover the whole gamut of speckled trout leaf patterns. OSSI (Open Source Seed Initiative) Pledged Variety. Packet (1 g ≈ 800 seeds) ...

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Lettuce, Winter Density Lactuca sativa A sweeter and cold hardy romaine. This variety has compact, dark green and succulently juicy leaves. This variety is slow to bolt and tolerant of the heat. A delightful mid-sized heading lettuce.  (Packet 1 g ≈ 800 seeds)...

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Licorice Mint Agastache rugosa aka Korean Licorice Mint   Perennial. Similar to but distinct from Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis), a perennial herb from Europe, this is a wonderfully fragrant ornamental that also has similar medicinal characteristics to mint. Tender young leaves make a wonderful addition to salads.  Licorice Mint is a favorite nectar source for bumblebees and other native pollinators. Grows to 16-30” tall in flower. SSF Packet (1/2 g~400 seeds)...

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Marigold, Signet Tangerine Gem Tagetes tenuifolia (75 days)   Signet is a charming low growing dwarf marigold with hundreds of golden orange blossoms that bear in a profusion over a long period.  Grows to a 12” bush – making it perfect for a colorful border that attracts a wide variety of pollinators – most notably skippers and small wasps.  This is a darling little plant!  Makes a golden yellow plant dye. Packet: (1/4 g~75 seeds)...

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Marigold, Tashkent Tagates patula (100 days)   These 2 foot tall plants produce a tantalizing display of maroon single petal layer flowers skirted with frilly orange edges and bright yellow centers.  Very long bloom period goes from July until late October here.  From Pakistan originally.  SSF. Packet: (1/2g~115 seeds)...

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MEADOWSWEET Filipendula ulmaria – PERENNIAL. Forb in the Rosaceae family with dark green, downy leaves and delicate, fragrant clusters of white flowers with five petals growing in cymes. Contain salicylic acid which has pain relieving qualities. Sow seeds indoors and lightly cover with vermiculite from March to May as they require 21 days to germinate. HIF. Packet: (0.1g) ...

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Melon, Delicious 51 PMR (75-80 days)  Cucumis melo A very dependable producer of numerous 2-3 pound round, well-netted cantaloupes that hold up well in the field. Very aromatic and flavorful. Guaranteed to leave a taste impression! PMR stands for powdery mildew resistant, so they hold up well late into the season allowing the later pollinated fruits to mature when more susceptible strains are succumbing to mildew. Cornell University release from (yes, you guessed it!) 1951.  Packet (1/2 g ≈ 25 seeds) Half Ounce (≈400 seeds) Ounce ...

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Melon, Eel River (90-100 days) Cucumis melo This long season melon is worth the wait for its 3-8 pound fruits with thin skin and dense, luscious orange flesh that is remarkably creamy.  Also referred to as Crane melon, it has been improved and reselected by seedsman Bill Reynolds in southern Humboldt county for many years.  This is a favorite of the OSU Dry Farming Project crew and yielded an average of 36 lbs per plant, with a planting density of 30 sqft per plant in the 2019 dry farmed melon variety trial. Packet (.5 g ≈ 25 seeds)  Half-ounce (≈ 600 seeds)...

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Melon, Haogen (80 days) Cucumis melo An Israeli perfume melon held in high esteem for its creamy, sweet green flesh that is much richer than any honeydew. Smooth skin with no netting.  Worth growing for the smell of the ripe fruits alone. One of our favorite tasting melons hands down. Good dependable short season variety for northern growers has vigorous vines that produce 10 or more fruit of 1-5 pounds.  Packet (1/2 g ≈ 25 seeds) Half Ounce (≈ 500 seeds) ...

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Melon, Iroquois (85 days) Cucumis melo Bred by Dr. Henry Munger at Cornell University in 1944. This variety is an excellent producer of 3-6 pound slightly oval fruits with a tough, heavily netted rind that resists rot and insect predation.  Flesh is deep orange and wonderfully sweet and rich. Resistant to fusarium wilt. Packet (1/2 g ≈ 25 seeds) Half Ounce (≈600 seeds) ...

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Melon, Kansas (85 days)  Cucumis melo This nice heirloom melon has heavy netting over an oblong fruit that conceals, sweet, fine textured orange flesh. Vigorous, adaptable plants produce ample amounts of fruits with an average weight is 3-4 pounds per fruits. Packet (1/2 g ≈ 25 seeds) Half Ounce (≈600 seeds) Ounce ...

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Melon, Mountain Honey  (85 days) Cucumis melo A very productive traditional netted cantaloupe with excellent flavor. Texture is smooth and firm. Highly prolific, each plant can produce 10-12, 2-4 pound melons successfully even with the cool nights of our mountain farm. A good open pollinated melon for market growers. Growers Strong Roots Farm in Potter Valley considered this their favorite orange fleshed melon after trying many others.  We hope that you will agree!  SRF Packet (1/2 g ≈ 25 seeds) Half Ounce (≈600 seeds) Ounce   ...

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 Milkweed, Narrow Leaf Aesclepias Fasicularis   A perennial herb native to the Western United States, Narrow Leaf Milkweed is a favorite among Monarch butterflies.  Grows to 3 foot with long, narrow leaves and produces approximately 5-inch white or rose-white flower clusters.  Flowers give way to seed pods which split and reveal seeds and silk when mature.  This milkweed has a broad tolerance for garden conditions, but also manages to survive heavy clay, salty, dry soils, and seasonal flooding.  A great choice for butterfly and pollinator gardens.  Likes sun and readily reseeds. Packet: (.4g~35 seeds) * Growing Tip: Being an undomesticated plant, milkweed benefits from a period of cold stratification to help the seeds "wake up".  To do this, one method is to plant in the fall, as wold happen in nature. Or...you can place the seeds on a moist paper towel and put them in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for about 30 days. Check it periodically to see if mold is forming, in which case change the paper towel. This will greatly improve germination....

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Milkweed, Showy Asclepias speciosa   This is the most common milkweed in western Oregon and the best choice for folks in the Pacific Northwest or similar climates with dry summers to attract and support Monarch butterflies. Tropical, non-native species of milkweeds may not die back as well in the winter as our native species. Theoretically, with non-native milkweed, monarchs could hang around and potentially breed at the wrong time for our climate.  Plant is a drought hardy perennial with fuzzy gray-green leaves and pale pink white flowers that come on in mid summer.  To grow our native showy milkweed from seed, you need patience. It takes about three years from seed to really get going in my experience. Seeds should be planted in the fall, in a pot or flat outdoors, as they need cold and wet to germinate. The first spring after sprouting, native showy milkweed plants are tiny and often die back over the summer. If you want to coax seeds to grow in the summer, put them in a damp paper towel and refrigerate for a couple weeks before planting them. Adult monarchs use many species of flowers for nectar besides milkweed. Goldenrod, aster, coneflower, black-eyed Susans and other open flowers make good nectar plants.  Packet (0.4g~35 seeds) * Growing Tip: Being an undomesticated plant, milkweed benefits from a period of cold stratification to help the seeds "wake up".  To do this, one method is to plant in the fall, as wold happen in nature. Or...you can place the seeds on a moist paper towel and put them in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for about 30 days.  Check it periodically to see if mold is forming, in which case change the paper towel.  This will greatly improve germination.  ...

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Millet, Foxtail  Setaria italica (100 days)    Productive, warm-season grass that yields heavy seed heads with up to an ounce of grain each.  Millet’s small shiny seeds are the only alkalizing grain commonly eaten.  A nice alternative to rice and can be used sparingly as a wheat substitute in baking.  Must be hulled before eating.  Ornamental appeal is nice in dried flower arrangements given its pendulous seed heads that mature from green to golden.  SSF. Packet 2g (~300 seeds)  1oz ...

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Millet, Indian Pearl (90 days)   This is the most widely grown type of Millet, having been grown for millennia in northern Africa.  This is a fast growing grass that can reach over 4 feet in height and its seeds are a high protein (15-20%) ingredient in forage mixes.  For human consumption it must be hulled.  Another use is as an ornamental, in that its seed heads are a beautiful mix of white and violet on large upright stems.  SSF. MT2 - 2 g (~350 seeds) ...

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MILO, Black Sorghum bicolor  (105 days)    An excellent ornamental sorghum that produces black seeds on 7” heads on 6 ft. stalks.  Can be used fresh or dried for bouquets or wreaths.  Also a great bird seed producer.  Globally, milo is used interchangeably with corn to make toritillas (Central America), beer (Africa), couscous, and more.  Very easy to grow.  Direct seed.  SSF. Packet (4g) ...

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Mint, Catnip Nepeta cataria    Perennial. The chemical compound in the plant that attracts and affects cats is called nepetalactone. When a cat eats catnip, it acts as a sedative, but when smelled, it causes the cat to go crazy.  Plant grows to about 3’ tall and is an easy to grow mint family relative that self seeds and spreads readily.  Also useful medicinally for fevers in children.  SSF. Packet (0.2g)...

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MOTHERWORT Leonurus cardiaca Short-lived and self-seeding herbaceous perennial, native to Europe and Asia.It produces tall purple spikes with many flowers that pollinators find attractive.  Grows to 4-5 feet tall. Medicinally, motherwort has a calming, sleep aiding, nerve & heart settling effect. Also useful as a dark green dye plant. Very hardy and can naturalize and self seed easily here in the PNW.  After flowering, the seeding heads are prickly, so you might want to keep them cut back.  Does make excellent cut flowers.  Sow in spring in the greenhouse and transplant outdoors in April or May. Flowers the first year, to a height of 4 to 6 feet. SSF Packet: (1/2 g.)...

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MUSTARD, Bau Sin (50 days) Brassica juncea A Unique variety from the spicy species of mustard – Brassica juncea, that is typically quite pungent. This variety is unique in that it is among the sweetest and mildest of this class of mustards.  Bau Sin has golden green leaves that have pink to purple veination that eventually wrap together to conceal a mild blanched heart.  This heart forming trait is entirely unique in spicy mustards that typically have a more open form.  Thanks to Wild Garden Seeds for this cool discovery.  SSF.  MU15: Packet (1/2 g. ≈ 250 seeds) ...

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Mustard, Braising Mix A nice mix of mustard that can be grown to provide an abundance of nutrient dense leaves for saute, steaming, egg scrambles, soup and so on.  This is a mixture of mild and spicy types that can grow to 12” tall in a variety of colors from light green, to dark green, purple and everything in between. Mustard bolts as the summer heat comes on so plant multiple successions for an extended harvest. Packet: 2 grams...

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  Mustard, Esperanza Purple (30-50 days) Brassica rapa A cross between regular tatsoi, spoon mustard and a purple-stemmed, veined mustard called Hon Tai Tsai. My goal is to eventually have a true purple tatsoi. For now it is a work in progress, with plantings resulting in a wide diversity of leaf shapes and colors. Works well in salad mix. Named after my favorite musician, Esperanza Spalding! SSF Packet (1/2 g ~ 250 seeds) 10g...

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Mustard, Garnet Giant (30-45 days) Brassica juncea A fast growing mustard that can quickly attain large size for braising and stir-frys. Leaves are dark purple on top and green underneath with wide white petioles. Can become quite spicy as they mature, however they retain a balance of sweetness when harvested while still young.  If planted thickly for cut and come again salads, the petioles elongate which aides in easing harvest. FER Packet (1/2 g ~ 250 seeds) ...

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Mustard, Ho Mi-Zi -  (45 days) Brassica juncea This wonderful slow bolting mustard was originally obtained from the breeding work of Frank Morton at Wild Garden Seeds.  What makes it special is its high contrast leaves of purple veining on a bright green background, and wide midribs that grow and thicken at maturity, “horning up” into a great stir-fry vegetable. Salad size leaves are textured and colorful, with full sweet mustard flavor, but not too hot.  A fall favorite, hardy well into winter. Last mustard to bolt in spring.  SSF  Packet (1/2 g ~ 250 seeds) * Photo credit: Karen Morton...

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Mustard, Purple Osaka (30-50 days)  Brassica juncea This is a very quick growing spicy mustard with dark purple tops of the leaves and green undersides. Adds pizzazz to salads with it's vivid color and forward flavor. Direct sow. If left to flower and go to seed, it will reseed for years on end ensuring diverse salads with little effort!  Packet (1/2 g~ 250 seeds) Ounce...

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Mustard, Ruby Streaks,  (45 days)  Brassica juncea Deeply lobed, lacy burgundy baby leaves are airy and lofty with bright green stems. Adds spice and rosy elegance to any salad plate or stir-fry. Color is darkest when sown summer through fall.  This is an essential salad leaf for adding loft, texture and color along with a spicy flavor to salads. Packet (1/2 g ≈ 250 seeds)  1 oz, 1/4 lb...

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