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Most Recent Seed Inventory List

NOTE: This list is not updated daily and not all seeds may available when you stop by. Due to the volume of visitors we host every day, we're unable to hold or reserve seeds. All are first-come, first-served. We are consistently processing seed donations for our seed library. Please be sure to save us some seeds from whatever you grow this year!

 

 Flowers  Fruit  Vegetables
 Cosmo    Beet
 Marigold    Carrot
 Rattlesnake Master    Cucumber
 Zinnia  Greens  Gourd
   Cabbage  Leek
   Kale  Radish
   Kohlrabi  Squash
   Swiss Chard  Tomato
     Turnip
   Herbs  Zucchini
   Chives  
     

Growing Instructions

Native Perennials with specific needs:

  • Blazing Star- Button/Rough- C (60)

  • Boneset- C (30), D

  • Cardinal Flower- C (60), D, Short Lived Perennial

  • Goldenrod, Showy- C (60), D

  • Great Blue Lobelia- C (60), D, Short Lived Perennial

  • Joe Pye Weed- C (30), D

  • Milkweed- C (30)

  • Missouri Ironweed- C (60)

  • Rattlesnake Master- C (60)

 

Codes:

C-Seeds germinate after sitting out over winter or after a period of cold, moist stratification. Sow seeds outdoors in the fall to over-winter naturally and see germination the following spring, or artificially stratify seeds for the number of days in the parenthesis.

D-Surface sow: Seeds are very small or need light to naturally break dormancy and germinate.