Sweet Basil (2 Pack)

This herb is known around the world for its wonderful fragrance and flavor. The key ingredient in classic Italian pesto, Sweet Basil has big leaves that are fast and easy to grow so that you can make your own pesto to freeze for year-round use. It loves hot weather, so always wait until all danger of frost is past before planting in the garden in the spring, then harvest before the weather starts to cool down in fall. Great for containers, but be sure to keep watered. If you were to grow only one herb, this should probably be it. Dried basil just doesn’t have the aromatic quality of the fresh leaves, which are often added at the last minute to many Asian dishes. Organic varieties are only available at retailers.

Jalapeno Hot Pepper (2 Pack)

Named for the town of Jalapa, Mexico, this is the most popular chile pepper in the United States. Jalapeño produces 3-inch, thick-walled, moderately hot pods with deep green color that matures to a bright red. The skin may show a netting pattern as fruit ages, but it does not affect flavor. Often, the heat of the peppers will vary, even those from the same plant. If peppers grow fast, get plenty of water, and are harvested soon, they may be milder than peppers that stay on the plant a long time, or that develop slowly and under stressful conditions. Widely adapted, jalapeño plants yield a bountiful harvest in dry or humid, hot or cool climates. The compact plants grow well in containers. Use jalapeño on nachos or in salsa, or smoke the mature red ones over mesquite chips to make your own chipotle sauce. Jalapeño became the first pepper in space when a bag full of pods accompanied astronauts on the shuttle Columbia in November 1982! Organic varieties are only available at retailers.

Cilantro (2 Pack)

If you like the aromatic flavor of salsa served in Mexican restaurants, you'll like cilantro. The leaves have an instantly recognizable fragrance that fills a room when you cut them. Sometimes called Chinese parsley, its distinctive aroma and flavor is also part of Caribbean and Asian foods, lending flavor to recaito, salsas, curries, salads, chutneys, herbed butters, and meat marinades.Cilantro looks like flat leaf Italian parsley, but the leaves are thinner. It grows in a rosette of stemmy leaves that are ready to harvest shortly after planting. Young leaves have the best flavor, so be sure to harvest often. It is a fast-growing annual except in milder climates where it will overwinter. Cilantro grows tall and blooms at the end of its life, usually after the weather gets hot. After it blooms, harvest the seeds--they are what you buy in spice jars as coriander, another common ingredient in Asian cooking. You can grind the seeds or use them whole. Some gardeners also let the seeds drop to make new plants.Fall is a great time to grow cilantro in mild climates, as the plants are frost tolerant and love the cool weather in fall, winter, and early spring.Organic varieties are only available at retailers.

Sweet Green Bell Pepper (2 Pack)

Bonnie's best hybrid sweet bell pepper! A heavy yielder of large fruits. A good all-round pepper for slicing, stuffing, and freezing. This bell produces lots of fresh bell peppers gradually over the growing season. Plants in our Alabama garden produce from June through October, yielding 30 or more peppers from each plant. (Your results will vary based on care and the length of your growing season.) This is a good-sized plant, so be prepared to stake if needed. Organic varieties are only available at retailers.

Italian Flat Parsley (2 Pack)

This Italian flat-leafed parsley has, of course, flat leaves, which distinguish it from the better-known curly-leafed parsley. At first the foliage might be easily confused with cilantro. However, its flavor is distinctly parsley, and it is favored for its deep flavor, which some say holds up better in cooking than curly parsley. It is popular in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine. Easy to chop, the nutritious flat leaves are high in iron and in vitamins A, C, and E. A high chlorophyll content makes it a natural breath sweetener, too. This is a great plant for containers, especially for fall and winter in zone 7 and south. Of course, you can also use it in vegetable and herb beds. In a flower bed it makes a nice, green leafy companion to small flowers such as pansies. It is also more tolerant of hot weather than curly parsley (which can struggle during the peak of summer) and is frost tolerant. Organic varieties are only available at retailers.

Red Bell Pepper (2 Pack)

Sweet, juicy, nutritious red fruits add appetizing color to fresh salads and are superb for stuffing. Also great on the grill! The big, blocky peppers (they average around 4 to 6 Ounces) ripen from dark green to bright red. High-yielding plants are well adapted throughout the US. Grow your own and avoid premium prices at the grocery store. Organic varieties are only available at retailers.

Strawberries (2 Pack)

This everbearing strawberry produces high yields of large, very sweet fruit from late spring through fall. Large, soft, deliciously sweet fruit ideal for jam, preserves, fresh eating, or desserts. Plants are cold-hardy and send out long runners. Great for containers. Plant so that crown is just above soil level.

Dill (2 Pack)

Sometimes known as the "fish herb" because it's such a delicious complement to fish, dill is used in many dishes, especially dips, soups, vinegars, and salads. Fernleaf is an improved, more compact variety of ordinary dill. A 1992 All-America Selections winner, this variety of dill continues to be a favorite for its garden performance and the fact that it offers a lot of foliage. It is also slower to set seed than ordinary dill varieties, which means that you can harvest foliage longer. As the flowers do appear, you can harvest the dill seed for making dill pickles or other dishes calling for dill seed. Dill leaves or seeds are used in the cooking of many cultures around the world.

2-pack starter plants

19.3 fl oz pot volume

AAS winner

Sweet Mint (2 Pack)

Mint is one of the easiest herbs to grow. This one has extra large leaves that most cooks really like for chopping into sauces and drinks. Our sweet mint is grown from cuttings of a variety that comes to us from Israel, where mint is used in many dishes, from lamb to yogurt sauce. We think you'll like the rich spearmint flavor of this variety. This plant can go a little crazy, though, so be careful or it can spread farther than you might like. For this reason many people grow it in a pot. The long stems can even be trained on a little wire trellis, especially in spots where a a bit of shade causes it to stretch. Keep pinched to encourage tender new leaves.Organic varieties are only available at retailers.

Poblano (Ancho) Pepper (2 Pack)

Mexico's favorite chile pepper! When traditionally ripened to red and dried, this pepper is known as an 'Ancho'; it is also used green, as a 'Poblano', for making chiles rellenos. The thick-walled, mildly hot fruit have a rich, mellow flavor. The name Poblano comes from the valley of Puebla, south of Mexico City, where the peppers were first cultivated. This pepper produces continuously through the summer in climates with warm days and cool nights. This is a big plant, so give it the space it needs when planting: Set it at least 3 to 4 feet from other plants.Organic varieties are only available at retailers.

Banana Sweet Pepper (2 Pack)

Named for its banana-like shape, this variety bears sweet, mild banana peppers that mature from yellow, to orange, and then to crimson red. Plants fruit prolifically, easily producing up to 25 to 30 pods per plant. Banana peppers are great for frying and pickling, and are an excellent choice for making pepper rings for sandwiches. Great for containers. Organic varieties are only available at retailers.

Yellow Bell Pepper (2 Pack)

Yellow, thick-walled, sweet fruits add appetizing color and vitamins to fresh salads, and are superb for stuffing as well as fresh use. Plants can get quite large, so be prepared to support them, especially when carrying lots of fruit. Ripens green to yellow.

Lemon Thyme (2 Pack)

A favorite of all thymes, lemon thyme is great in the garden and the kitchen. Easy to grow. Although it looks like German thyme (or English thyme), it definitely tastes and smells like lemon. Use lemon thyme in any recipe that calls for lemon, including marinades. Lemon thyme grows vigorously, so you can trim back to keep neat and compact and enjoy the trimmings! The glossy green foliage is easily sheared into a tiny hedge if you are looking to create a traditional knot garden. Evergreen in zones 8 and 9. This is a really pretty thyme that our customers brag about for its vigor and size. Lemon thyme looks great in a pot.

German Thyme (2 Pack)

Thyme is an easy and practical herb to grow. Highly aromatic, it enhances meat dishes, eggs, cheeses, soups, and sauces, and it is a primary component of both Bouquet Garni and Herbes de Provence. Use it to elevate the flavor of good ole' beef stew, too. This tiny-leaved thyme is among the most aromatic, more so than larger-leafed varieties. You may also hear it called winter thyme, because it is one of the most cold hardy of all the different thymes. The leaves are evergreen to semi-evergreen, depending on the how far North it is growing. In the warm, humid climates of zones 9 and 10 it may suffer in the summer; in zone 10 it is best to lower your expectations and just consider it a cool season annual. Thyme is well suited for containers because of its size and the fact that it demands perfect drainage. Give it excellent drainage in a pot and good air circulation. Because it is low-growing and has thin stems and a wiry habit, don't crowd it because vigorous neighboring plants might choke it out. Upright-growing rosemary is a good companion.

Italian Oregano (2 Pack)

Savor classic Italian cuisine with the flavorful leaves of this oregano. An easy-growing plant for the garden or container, Italian oregano hails from the Mediterranean region. That means it thrives with lower humidity and well-drained soil. In the garden, use this oregano as an edging plant. Plants spread when happy, rooting along the stems. Harvest leaves or stems anytime during the growing season. Flavor is most intense just before plants flower. Trim plants often to keep flower formation at bay.

Garden Sage (2 Pack)

Gardeners add the uniquely flavored leaves of common garden sage, an herbaceous perennial, to sauces, stuffings, poultry, pork, and sausage. It provides a lovely fragrance and flavor to a dish, especially when leaves are sautéed before adding. It is a good fall and winter plant in hot climates. Great for containers. Needs good drainage. Organic varieties are only available at retailers.

Black Beauty Eggplant (2 Pack)

Eggplant parmesan, ratatouille, baba ghanoush, or simply grilled as a “burger,” you’ll love creating your favorite dishes with Black Beauty eggplant. The gorgeous, delicious, purple-black fruit not only stars in many fabulous recipes, it’s so easy to grow at home for the freshest flavor. Plants produce pretty, prolific harvests in warm weather—keep them well-watered and harvest often. Pick the fruit before the glossy, dark skin begins to fade. (The color and glossiness of the eggplant determine the best time to harvest, rather than the fruit’s size.) Grows beautifully in garden beds or containers. Add a cage to your eggplant to help support stems when heavy with fruit. Place in full sun, and feed regularly. Matures in 80 days.

Citronella Mosquito Plant

A citrus-scented geranium, this is a great patio plant, especially in containers. Be careful not to over-fertilize because too much nitrogen can reduce the fragrance of the leaves. Although the oil from crushed leaves may have some ability to discourage mosquitoes, the plants alone are grown more for their refreshing scent than as a mosquito repellent. Place citronella near a gate or path where you brush against the leaves as you walk by, or in a pot where children can rub the leaves to enjoy their fragrance. Plants are vigorous growers and drought tolerant. Be sure to move indoors before frost.

Serrano Pepper (2 Pack)

This variety is a vigorous bearer of hot, pungent, candle-shaped fruits that mature from green to bright red. Plants do well in most climates and are especially well adapted to hot, humid areas. This pepper is growing in popularity for pickling and salsa, and is the pepper of choice for making pico de gallo.Organic varieties are only available at retailers.

Snacking Red Pepper (2 Pack)

Talk about goodness from the garden! These deliciously sweet, snack-size red peppers taste so good right off the plant that they might never see the inside of your kitchen. Kids love them for snacks and lunches, and they also taste great in salads and stir-fries. Fruits tend to be slightly smaller than Lunchbox Orange. Great for containers; plant each one in an 18-inch pot. Stake mature plants or surround with a small tomato cage to provide support.

Tabasco Hot Pepper (2 Pack)

Heirloom. This hot pepper is used to make the famous Tabasco® Sauce. Peppers mature from yellow-green to orange to red and have a unique, smoky flavor that contributes to Tabasco's distinctive taste. While adapted to all areas of the US, plants produce continuously and will therefore produce the most peppers in the South and Southwest, where the growing season is longest. In frost-free areas, plants can live for several years. Easy to grow, the compact Tabasco is also a good choice for containers.

Ichiban Eggplant (2 Pack)

Pretty, productive, and delicious—Ichiban-type Japanese eggplant meets all of your garden goals! The slim, 10-inch-long, deep purple fruit tastes sweet and mild, making it a perfect choice for grilling and roasting. Chefs love creating culinary treats with this beauty, so imagine how scrumptious your meals will taste when you harvest this lovely homegrown, thin-skinned eggplant just hours before dinner. A hybrid variety, it prefers warm weather but grows well in cooler climates, too, with harvests lasting into fall. Grows beautifully in garden beds or containers. Add a cage to your eggplant to help support stems when heavy with fruit. Place in full sun, and feed regularly. Matures in 50 to 60 days.

Banana Hot Pepper (2 Pack)

If you like a hint of heat with your peppers, give hot banana pepper a try. The 6-inch-long, banana-shaped fruit provides a bit of a kick—without frightening less-adventurous eaters. Pickled, fried, or roasted, it adds terrific flavor to your favorite dishes. Plus, the fruit creates a pretty pop of color in the garden and on the plate, maturing from pale green to yellow to orange to red. You’ll appreciate its resilience in summer, too, as the plant produces well even in hot weather. Performs well in containers. Hybrid. Add a cage or stake to your pepper when planting to support stems heavy with fruit. Place in full sun, and feed regularly. Be sure to label plants if you’re also growing sweet banana peppers. Scoville heat units: 5,000 to 10,000. Matures in 75 days.

Greek Oregano (2 Pack)

Enjoy oregano aroma and flavor on pizza, in egg dishes, and in tomato sauces. Native to the Mediterranean region, this plant prefers climates with lower humidity, so keep the foliage and roots away from too much moisture. Give it good air circulation. For that reason, it is perfectly suited for a container. In the ground it makes a ground-cover-like mat. Harvest anytime, but especially as the stems begin to get tall and are getting ready to flower -- that is when the leaves are the most flavorful. Cut it back several times during the growing season to harvest the leaves from the stems.

Cayenne Pepper (2 Pack)

Light: Full sun. Fruit size: 5 to 6 inches. Matures: 70 to 75 days. Plant spacing: 12 to 18 inches apart. Plant size: 18 to 24 inches tall. Scoville heat units: 30,000 to 50,000 (hot). This very hot pepper is the prime ingredient in Cayenne pepper, which is made when the dried peppers are ground into powder. This is also the favored spice of Creole and Cajun cuisine used to give gumbo and crayfish dishes their punch. Thin-walled, skinny, wrinkled fruits are 5 to 6 Inches long and very hot. However, they will not be hot when small. Wait until they get at least 5 or 6 Inches long to pick hot ones. They can be substituted for most dishes calling for Serrano, Jalapeno, or Habanero peppers. Easy to grow and tolerant of hot, humid weather, Cayenne will produce peppers all summer. These skinny peppers are also called chili or finger peppers. Great for containers. Some Bonnie Plants varieties may not be available at your local stores, as we select and sell varieties best suited to the growing conditions in each region.

Spearmint Mint (2 Pack)

Spearmint has strong flavor and fragrance that is released with simple bruising. It's the best mint variety for hot and cold drinks. Toss bruised leaves into ice water for a refreshing summer drink or add to iced tea. Spearmint is favored for flavoring beverages such as mojito. Also know as Yerba Buena. Spreading plant is great for containers. Tolerates light frost.

Catnip (2 Pack)

Your favorite feline will purr-fectly adore fresh catnip. Add it to your garden bed or plant it in a container for inside kitties, and watch them go wild! A member of the mint family, catnip creates a comical response in most cats, with lots of purring, rubbing, and rolling on the plant. This easy-to-grow, hardy herb produces pretty clusters of white flowers with purple dots in the summer, adding beauty to your garden. And, if your feline friend will share, catnip leaves make a lovely tea for humans. Dry the leaves to create homemade cat toys stuffed with catnip for more cat antics! Plant in full sun to part shade. Perennial (zones 4 to 10).

English Thyme (2 Pack)

English thyme is a low-growing plant with fragrant leaves. This herb goes well with just about everything. Add it (fresh or dried) to blended herb mixtures, or use in soups, sauces, beans, meat dishes, and more. It’s also a great addition to potpourri or homemade soap. But thyme isn’t just useful inside the house, as it also makes a wonderfully aromatic ground cover or border.

Lemon Balm (2 Pack)

Lemon balm, a member of the mint family, is a lovely mild herb named for the lemony scent of its leaves. Originally grown in South Europe, lemon balm is often used in combination with other herbs and is frequently found in poultry and fish dishes, desserts, and teas. It also makes a nicely scented sachet. Plant one at the edge of a gate so that when the gate opens and closes the lemony scent fill the air. Like other types of mint, it likes to spread, so a container is a great choice.

Curled Parsley (2 Pack)

Curled parsley has beautiful, dark green leaves well known as the classic garnish for deviled eggs and an ingredient in tabbouleh (parsley salad) or white clam sauce for pasta. However, it has many more uses. Hardy through zones 7 and warmer, it is a great winter garden plant and looks beautiful in containers with pansies or other winter color. The nutritious leaves are high in iron and in vitamins A, C, and E. The high chlorophyll content makes it a natural breath sweetener, too. Frost tolerant. Great in containers.

Pet Grass (2 Pack)

This grass is attractive to dogs and cats. They need a little grass in their diets, especially if they do not spend a lot of time outdoors, where they will often chew on whatever grass is available. This easy-to-grow grass is also called intermediate wheatgrass, but it is not the wheat from which bread flour is made. This is originally an Asian pasture grass that was introduced to the US many years ago for pasture and fodder. You can grow it in pots for your indoor pets, or plant it in beds outdoors for animals that spend time outside.

Apocalypse Red Pepper (2 Pack)

Are you ready to taste the heat of 1,000 suns? That’s how pepper connoisseurs describe Apocalypse Red Hot Pepper. Developed by growers in Italy, this fiery beauty adds a whole lot of heat to your favorite recipes. Considered one of the world’s hottest peppers, it’s not for timid palates! The plant produces abundant red fruit with the signature scorpion stinger. The fruity flavor tastes terrific used fresh in recipes—if you can handle it!—or add just a bit to sauces or meat dishes for a serious spark of flavor. The plant reaches approximately 4 feet tall and grows beautifully in garden beds or containers. Adding a cage to your pepper plant helps support stems when heavy with fruit. Hybrid. Place in full sun and feed regularly. Scoville heat units: 1,463,700. Wear gloves and protect eTrue when handling fruit. Matures in 90 to 120 days.

Rosemary (2 Pack)

Spice up your culinary creations with the homegrown herbal flavor of Bonnie Plants® Rosemary. You'll love the convenience of harvesting fresh rosemary straight from your garden or containers and adding the perfect flavor to your favorite meals and baked treats. Add a pot of rosemary near your kitchen for convenient meal-time harvest, or use it to create a pretty border along an outdoor path and savor the fragrance as you pass. The highly aromatic herb tastes delicious flavoring meats, breads, cookies, crackers, cheese, and even oils and vinegars. Rosemary's flavor tastes stronger fresh than dried, so snip it often to promote new growth. Rosemary grows beautifully in containers, raised beds, or in-ground gardens and is suitable as a perennial in USDA zones 8 to 10. A heat-tolerant herb, rosemary should be grown in full sun and well-drained soil. Rosemary grows 24 to 36 inches tall. Be sure to water your plant when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch, and feed it regularly with Miracle-Gro® Plant Food. With more than 100 years of experience, Bonnie Plants® offers high-quality live plant varieties designed for your gardening success.

Lemongrass

If you're looking for an herb that not only tastes delicious in recipes but also looks great in the garden, you'll love growing Bonnie Plants® Lemongrass. Resembling an ornamental grass with tall clumps of foliage that add texture and movement in the garden, lemongrass tastes as good as it looks. The base of each leaf stalk--approximately the bottom 5 inches--is where the flavor hides in this citrusy herb. Remove the leafy top and woody bottom, strip the tough outer layers, and you'll discover the delicious white inner stalk. Chop or mince and add it to Asian-inspired curries, stir fries, and marinades. Use the discarded lemongrass bits to infuse tea, broth, or soup with citrus flavor. The flavor intensifies the longer you cook lemongrass. Use it fresh, or preserve it by drying or freezing. Lemongrass looks gorgeous growing in containers, raised beds, or in-ground gardens. The foliage even turns a pretty burgundy in the fall. An easy-to-grow, heat-tolerant herb, lemongrass should be grown in full sun and well-drained soil. Lemongrass grows 24 to 48 inches tall. Be sure to water your plant when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch, and feed it regularly with Miracle-Gro® Plant Food. With more than 100 years of experience, Bonnie Plants® offers high-quality live plant varieties designed for your gardening success.

Orange Butch T Hot Pepper (2 Pack)

If you like your peppers insanely hot, this one’s for you. Orange Butch T creates a culinary solar flare—so beware! Originating from the 2011 to 2013 Guinness World Record-holder red Butch T hot pepper, Orange Butch T produces the same mega-heat and fruity flavor but in a pretty orange package. The fruit’s scorpion-like stinger provides fair warning: This pepper has an element of danger. Extreme eaters love it for the sweet flavor that’s quickly replaced by a fiery burn. Be careful eating it fresh—it’s best used to flavor hot sauces, chili jams, and Caribbean dishes. The plant reaches 36 inches tall and grows beautifully in garden beds or containers. Adding a cage to your pepper plant helps support stems when heavy with fruit. Hybrid. Place in full sun and feed regularly. Scoville heat units: 800,000 to 1,463,700. Wear gloves and protect eTrue when handling fruit. Matures in 90 to 120 days.

Thai Basil (2 Pack)

Bonnie Plants® brings you culinary inspiration and delicious flavors and textures to create mouthwatering meals made from ingredients you grow yourself. Bonnie Plants® Thai Basil is especially popular in dishes from Thailand and Southeast Asia. Its bright green leaves and purple stems make it a beautiful addition to sandwiches and vegetable trays. The hint of licorice and subtle kick of pepper also make it great in meat dishes, salads, spring rolls, and stir-fries, whether you dry your Thai basil leaves or use them fresh from your garden. Plant Thai basil in containers, raised beds, or in-ground gardens, in rich, well-draining soil that is evenly moist. Thai basil needs full sun, 24 to 36 inches of space between plants, and grows up to 24 to 36 inches tall. You can start enjoying your Thai basil immediately. For more than 100 years, Bonnie Plants® has been delivering outstanding live plant varieties to help you grow success in your garden.

Halloween Pepper (2 Pack)

Get ready for spooky season with Halloween Peppers, a fun vegetable addition perfect for pots and containers, part of the Bonnie® Reserve Collection. This fun and festive pepper plant features sweet, pumpkin-shaped fruits that start with a glossy purple-black color and mature to a bright, cheerful orange. The plant grows upright and requires no staking or pruning, making it an easy-care choice for any gardener. For best results, place it in a sunny spot and water regularly. *Image Credit: Pumpkin Peppers © Pureline Seeds, Inc.

Serenity Tea Basil (2 Pack)

Serenity Tea Basil brings a touch of elegance and taste to your homegrown herbs and part of the Bonnie® Reserve Collection. This compact plant thrives in well-lit, small spaces, producing lush, 1 1/2" long green leaves with purple stems. Known for its use in Hindu culture and Ayurveda, Serenity Tea Basil, also known as Tulsi, is a common ingredient in Thai cuisine and teas. The plant reaches a height of 16–22 inches, requiring no supports and fitting perfectly in containers or garden beds. Place in full sun and water regularly. *Image Credit: Holy Basil Seed © Johnny Seed

Stevia (2 Pack)

Bonnie Plants® brings you culinary inspiration and delicious flavors and textures to create mouthwatering meals made from ingredients you grow yourself. A delicious and natural option for sweetening your favorite foods without adding calories, Bonnie Plants® Stevia is a tropical herb that is easy to grow. It thrives in containers, raised beds, or in-ground gardens where it can enjoy full sun and 12 to 24 inches of space. Planted in rich, well-draining soil that stays evenly moist, you can expect your stevia plant to grow 12 to 24 inches high. Harvest and enjoy its leaves immediately, adding them fresh to beverages like tea and cocktails, or fruit, yogurt, cereal, and desserts. Stevia leaves hold up to cooking heats and won't carmelize like sugar. You can also dry the leaves and crush them into a powder, using about 1/8 teaspoon of powdered stevia leaves to achieve the sweetness of 1 teaspoon of sugar. For more than 100 years, Bonnie Plants® has been delivering outstanding live plant varieties to help you grow success in your garden.

Orange Snacking Pepper

Fill your garden with a healthy snack for lunchtime and beyond. These sweet orange snacking peppers serve both loads of crunch and lots of beta-carotene and vitamin C. They’re ideal for eating straight off the plant, chopped fresh in salads, or sliced thin for stir-fries. Plants tend to give high yields, so consider staking with a tomato cage when planting in a windy location, to keep stems from breaking. Lunchbox Sweet Snacking Pepper plants work beautifully in containers; plant one per 18-inch pot. Underplant with dwarf marigolds for a pretty combination.

Big Beef Tomato (2 Pack)

For years gardeners wanted a large, beefsteak-type tomato that was delicious, early to bear, and highly disease resistant. Finally in 1994 those wishes came true with Big Beef. The large fruit has old-time tomato flavor and the vines are resistant to many of the problems that can discourage gardeners. The fruit is borne on vigorous, indeterminate vines from summer until frost. Compared to other beefsteak types, Big Beef is early and will set fruit reliably even in cool, wet weather. We harvest dozens of tomatoes from each plant in our Alabama test garden, where the harvest season lasts two full months and the growing conditions are very good. It grows well throughout the country, earning it an All America Selections designation in 1994; it has since grown to be a national favorite. Vines grow long, so give the plant the support of a tall cage or stake.Resistant to verticillium wilt (V), fusarium wilt (F) races 1 and 2, nematodes (N), and alternaria stem canker (ASC), gray leaf spot (St), and tobacco mosaic virus (TMV).For gardeners who enjoy plant history and interesting facts, Colen Wyatt, the breeder of this variety, was one of the most successful home garden vegetable plant breeders in the last half of the 20th century. He also bred Celebrity and Husky Gold tomatoes, which are both also AAS Winners.

2-pack starter plants

19.3 fl oz pot volume

AAS winner

Red Ghost Super Hot Pepper (2 Pack)

You’ve probably heard of the ghost pepper, as it has made its name as one of the hottest peppers in the world. Fruits ripen from green to bright red, and have thin, wrinkled skins. This is a slow growing plant, but it can sometimes reach up to 4 feet tall. Handle these fiery chili peppers with caution: Wear gloves and long sleeves when harvesting, and don’t let cut peppers—or anything made with them—touch your skin. (Goggles are a good idea, too.) Remember, a very little goes an extremely long way with this pepper. Some Bonnie Plants varieties may not be available at your local stores, as we select and sell varieties best suited to the growing conditions in each region.

Big Boy Tomato (2 Pack)

The name, Big Boy, is easy to remember and so is the flavor. This is a big, sandwich-type slicer with smooth, bright red fruit and a flavor that everybody likes. It bears heavily in mid-season, yet the indeterminate vines continue fruiting (though not as heavily) until frost. Plants in our Alabama test garden, where conditions are excellent, have yielded 100 tomatoes each through a 10-week harvest season. Long vines need staking, or grow the plant in a tall cage. Resistant to cracking.

Lieutenant Broccoli (2 Pack)

Well adapted to warm weather, these plants form smooth, dark green heads on medium-sized stems with few side shoots. Heads offer classic flavor and all the vitamins and protein broccoli is known for. Water plants consistently for best yields, especially as temperatures climb. If you like Packman, you’ll like Lieutenant Broccoli.

Ponchi Mi Tomato (2 Pack)

Imagine growing tasty, healthy snacks right on your kitchen counter or sunny windowsill! Part of the Bonnie® Reserve Collection, the Ponchi Mi Tomato takes garden-to-table meals to the next level. The petite, compact plant grows beautifully in well-lit, small spaces, producing terrific harvests of sweet, bright-red fruit that’s easily grown, harvested, and enjoyed indoors or out. The clearly-visible fruit grows on top of the plant, making a pretty addition to indoor décor or balcony planters, as well as a convenient, flavorful ingredient in your favorite meals. Easy to grow and disease resistant. The plant grows only 6 inches tall, so no need for supports. Great for containers or planted in the garden, too. Place in full sun and feed regularly. Matures in 56 to 63 days. *Image Credit: Ponchi™ F1- Mi © Prudac

Bonnie Original Tomato (2 Pack)

Bonnie Original hybrid was developed especially for us decades ago and continues to be a favorite. It has earned a reputation for exceptional flavor and high yields throughout the growing season. The medium-sized slicing tomatoes are great for sandwiches, hors d'oeuvres, and salads. Indeterminate vines yield smooth, uniform fruit through the summer until frost. This is the one that Bonnie employees grow at home.Resistant to verticillium wilt (V), fusarium wilt (F), and nematodes (N).

Swiss Chard (2 Pack)

Called "Bright Lights," this variety of Swiss chard is as pretty as it is tasty. Large leaves with a prominent, flat wide mid-rib grow in an upright rosette that is beautiful in a bed or container. Grows best in full sun, but will tolerate partial shade and even appreciates it in spring in hot climates. Highly nutritious, the leaves taste a lot like spinach, but this plant is a member of the beet family. Frost tolerant. Harvested chard freezes well.

2-pack starter plants

19.3 fl oz pot volume

AAS winner

Tidy Rose Tomato (2 Pack)

If you love the rich flavor of heirloom tomatoes but prefer the higher yields and less fuss of newer varieties, you’ll adore Tidy Rose Tomato, part of the Bonnie® Reserve Collection. The beautiful pink, deeply ribbed fruit tastes as good as it looks, with complex, sweet, delicious tomato flavor. The plant stays nicely compact, producing 5- to 7-ounce fruit all summer. Enjoy Tidy Rose tomatoes on sandwiches, in Caprese salad, or in tomato pie. Great for containers or planted in the garden. This compact indeterminate vine grows 36 to 60 inches tall, remaining relatively short, like a determinate vine, but producing fruit all season long. Add a strong cage or stake to your tomato when planting. Place in full sun and feed regularly. Matures in 60 to 65 days. Resistant to fusarium wilt (F1), verticillium wilt (V).

Better Boy Tomato Plugs (3 Pack)

BLTs, bruschetta, salads, kabobs--homegrown tomatoes create a scrumptious summer, and growing Bonnie Plants® Slicer Tomato Plugs means that you'll enjoy plenty of tasty tomatoes all season long. A plant plug is a seedling that was started and grown in an individual cell filled with potting soil. These strong, healthy young plants get your garden growing fast: they're ready to plant in raised beds or in-ground gardens as soon as all danger of frost has passed. You'll enjoy nurturing your garden from its infancy, without waiting anxiously for seeds to germinate. Instead, you'll receive three healthy, strong young tomato plants, ready to get your garden season off to a great start! If you're looking to grow a large garden to feed a big family or want to preserve food for a taste of summer during chilly winter days, a garden filled with plugs is a cost-effective choice. Plus, you'll better control what goes into and onto your plants--raising young plants lets you choose how'll they'll grow, which is especially important if you prefer growing sustainably. Caring for young plants that turn into garden-to-table meals provides a great feeling of satisfaction. With Bonnie Plants® Slicer Tomato Plugs, you'll be ready to create delicious garden-to-table culinary treats. Enjoy tomatoes sliced on burgers, diced for bruschetta or salsa, cooked for your favorite sauce, or enjoy fresh from the vine. Check out our How to Grow and Care for Plugs article in our Growing Guides for tips to give your plugs a great start.

Jalapeño Pepper Plugs (3 Pack)

Consider them garnish or gourmet, jalapeno peppers are practically a staple in the modern kitchen, and Bonnie Plants® Jalapeno Pepper Plugs help keep your kitchen stocked. A plant plug is a seedling that was started and grown in an individual cell filled with potting soil. These strong, healthy, young plants get your garden growing fast: they're ready to plant in pots, raised beds, or in-ground gardens as soon as all danger of frost has passed. You'll enjoy nurturing your garden from its infancy, without waiting anxiously for seeds to germinate. Instead, you'll receive three young jalapeno pepper plants, ready to get your garden season off to a great start! If you're looking to grow a large garden to feed a big family or want to preserve food for a taste of summer during chilly winter days, a garden filled with plugs is a cost-effective choice. Plus, you'll better control what goes into and onto your plants--raising young plants lets you choose how they'll grow. Caring for young plants that turn into garden-to-table meals provides a great feeling of satisfaction. With Bonnie Plants® Jalapeno Pepper Plugs, you can turn up the flavor—and the heat—on countless recipes, from snacks and appetizers, to main courses, cocktails, and even desserts. These fast-growing, thick-walled, 3-inch peppers are deep green, and mature to red. Given plenty of water and harvested early, your peppers will be milder than peppers that stay on the plant longer or those that grow under stressful conditions. Bonnie Plants® Jalapeno Pepper Plugs grow into large plants that produce a great harvest. Check out our "How to Grow and Care for Plugs" <https://bonnieplants.com/blogs/how-to-grow/how-to-grow-and-care-for-plugs> article in our Growing Guides for tips to give your plugs a great start.

Green Magic Broccoli (2 Pack)

Enjoy beautiful, smooth, medium-sized heads of blue-green broccoli. Plants are compact and grow quite well in containers. Don’t pull them once you’ve harvested the head, though, as plants will continue to produce lots of side shoots that are just right for snacking or sautéing. This variety has excellent heat tolerance, too. Plant in late summer for a fall harvest.

Lacinato Kale (2 Pack)

Heirloom. Good looks and great taste combine in Lacinato kale, which makes a striking addition to any garden setting. Dark blue-green to black leaves often have a heavily crinkled texture, which inspires one of its many common names, dinosaur kale. The flattened leaves are perfect for making kale chips. This kale dates to 18th-century Italy, which is why it's also called Tuscan kale. Thomas Jefferson grew it in his garden at Monticello. Kale is a super food, and Lacinato leaves extend excellent health benefits, lowering cholesterol, fighting cancer, and decreasing inflammation. Prepare leaves steamed, sautéed, or roasted. Kale is a classic fall flavor and combines nicely with garlic, peppers, chickpeas, sausage, squash, and apples. A cold-hardy vegetable, kale leaves sweeten after frost. In northern regions, leave a few plants in the garden to harvest after the snow flies.

Habanero Primero Red Hot Pepper (2 Pack)

If you love the flavor of habaneros but can’t take the extreme heat, this is the pepper for you. Habanero Primero Red hot pepper tastes like traditional habanero peppers but with only about one-third of the heat. One of the earliest ripening habaneros available, you’ll enjoy huge yields of fruit as early as 60 days after planting. The 3-inch fruit is larger than standard habaneros, but the plant is compact, reaching just 18 to 24 inches tall. This pepper grows beautifully in garden beds or containers. Adding a cage to your pepper plant helps support stems when heavy with fruit. Place in full sun and feed regularly. Scoville heat units: 70,000. Wear gloves when handling fruit. Hybrid. Matures in 60 to 65 days (green), 75 to 80 days (red).

Carolina Reaper Pepper

Demand for the Carolina Reaper plant has been as smokin' hot as the pepper itself! Do you dare to grow the world’s hottest pepper? Get your milk-chaser ready, because Carolina Reaper packs a punch! With an off-the-chart Scoville rating of 1,569,300, these devilish red fruits aren’t for wimps. Easy to grow, the infamous pepper possesses a fruity and sweet aroma, with an undertone of chocolate and cherry flavors. It may be hot, but it’s packed with flavor, too. A little goes a long way—use part of a pod to flavor an entire pot of chili, or dehydrate and grind the peppers to make ultra-hot pepper powder. Just be sure to wear gloves when handling and add a mask when processing.

Curly Kale (2 Pack)

If you're looking for a highly nutritious veggie for your garden-to-table meals, add Bonnie Plants® Curly Kale to your garden. High in vitamins, fiber, antioxidants, and flavor, Curly Kale makes healthy eating simple. A pretty, easy-to-grow variety, the heavily ruffled, blue-green leaves make an instant impact in gardens. Curly Kale looks gorgeous in containers paired with cool-season flowers, like violas, so grow it where you can enjoy the view. Use Curly Kale in place of spinach or Swiss chard: harvest young leaves to eat fresh, or add mature leaves to smoothies, frittatas, stir-fries, or soup. It's perfect for kale chips, too. For a long harvest, pick the plant's outer leaves first: it will continue to grow new leaves. The bright, peppery flavor tastes best after frost. Curly Kale prefers full to part-sun and well-drained Miracle-Gro® Soil. It grows 12 to 24-inches tall and matures in 45 days. Be sure to water your plant when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch and feed it regularly with Miracle-Gro® Plant Food. With more than 100 years of experience, Bonnie Plants® offers high-quality live plant varieties designed for your gardening success.

Bell Pepper Plugs (3 Pack)

If you love crunchy bell peppers in your garden-to-table meals, you'll adore Bonnie Plants® Green Bell Pepper Plugs. A plant plug is a seedling that was started and grown in an individual cell filled with potting soil. These strong, young plants get your garden growing fast: they're ready to plant in raised beds or in-ground gardens when the danger of frost has passed. If you're growing a large garden to feed a family or preserve food for winter, plugs make a cost-effective choice. Plus, you'll better control what goes into and onto your plants--raising young plants lets you choose how they'll grow, which is especially important if you prefer growing sustainably. You'll enjoy nurturing your garden from its infancy, without waiting anxiously for seeds to germinate. You'll receive three young green bell pepper plants, ready to get your garden season off to a great start! Caring for young plants that turn into garden-to-table meals provides a great feeling of satisfaction. With Bonnie Plants® Green Bell Pepper Plugs, you'll enjoy a large yield of sweet green peppers throughout the season, great for salads, stir-fries, stuffing, kebobs, casseroles, or fresh eating with dip. Check out our "How to Grow and Care for Plugs" article in our Growing Guides for tips to give your plugs a great start.

Husky Cherry Tomato Plugs (3 Pack)

Enjoy the sweet flavor of summer when you grow Bonnie Plants® Husky Red Cherry Tomato Plugs. A plant plug is a seedling that was started and grown in an individual cell filled with potting soil. These strong, young plants get your garden growing fast: they're ready to plant in containers, raised beds, or in-ground gardens when the danger of frost has passed. If you're growing a large garden to feed a family or preserve food for winter, plugs make a cost-effective choice. Plus, you'll better control what goes into and onto your plants--raising young plants lets you choose how they'll grow, which is especially important if you prefer growing sustainably. You'll receive three young Husky Red Cherry tomato plants, ready to get your garden season off to a great start! Caring for young plants that turn into garden-to-table meals provides a great feeling of satisfaction. These highly productive, compact indeterminate tomato plants bear big harvests all season long until frost, with loads of delicious fruit great for snacking or cooking. The easy-to-grow vines are resistant to verticillium wilt (V) and fusarium wilt (F). Check out our "How to Grow and Care for Plugs" article in our Growing Guides for tips to give your plugs a great start.

Thyme Plugs (3 Pack)

Add flavor and fragrance to your favorite meals when you grow Bonnie Plants® Thyme Plugs. A plant plug is a seedling that was started and grown in an individual cell filled with potting soil. These strong, young plants get your garden growing fast: they're ready to plant in containers, raised beds, or in-ground gardens when the danger of frost has passed. If you're growing a large garden to feed a family or preserve food for winter, plugs make a cost-effective choice. Plus, you'll better control what goes into and onto your plants--raising young plants lets you choose how they'll grow, which is especially important if you prefer growing sustainably. Enjoy thyme in your favorite recipes, like soups, sauces, beans, meat dishes, and eggs. Use perennial thyme plant plugs to create a beautiful border or groundcover, or add them to your herb or vegetable garden to attract beneficial insects. Thyme adds fabulous fragrance to DIY projects, like soap and potpourri, too. You'll receive three young thyme plants, ready to get your garden season off to a great start! Caring for young plants that turn into garden-to-table meals provides a great feeling of satisfaction. Check out our "How to Grow and Care for Plugs" article in our Growing Guides for tips to give your plugs a great start.

Clancy Red Potato (2 Pack)

For delicious homegrown comfort food, add Bonnie Plants® Clancy Gold Potato to your vegetable garden. This highly-productive, compact plant produces lush foliage and pretty, purple-blue flowers--but the magic happens beneath the soil, where the red to blush-skinned potatoes grow. With rosy exteriors and creamy-white interiors, these potatoes taste delicious mashed, roasted, or boiled. As the plant grows, hill soil around it a few times throughout the season to increase your harvest. Begin harvesting young, "new" potatoes three weeks after the plant flowers, or wait until about three weeks after the foliage dies back to harvest mature potatoes. Use potatoes immediately, or cure them unwashed in a well-ventilated area out of direct sunlight for 2 to 3 days. Store potatoes in a cool, dark space. Potato Clancy needs full to part sunlight and warm temperatures for best performance, so plant it in your garden after the last spring frost. The plant grows 24 to 36 inches tall. Be sure to water your plant when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch, and feed it regularly with Miracle-Gro® plant food. Bonnie Plants® easy-to-grow varieties create culinary inspiration, adding delicious flavors, textures, and colors to your garden-to-table meals.

Habanero Pepper Plugs (3 Pack)

If you love fiery flavor in your favorite recipes, it's time to add Bonnie Plants® Habanero Pepper Plugs to your garden. A plant plug is a seedling that was started and grown in an individual cell filled with potting soil. These strong, healthy, young plants get your garden growing fast: they're ready to plant in containers, raised beds, or in-ground gardens as soon as all danger of frost has passed. You'll enjoy nurturing your garden from its infancy, without waiting anxiously for seeds to germinate. Instead, you'll receive three young habanero pepper plants, ready to get your garden season off to a great start! If you're looking to grow a large garden to feed a big family or want to preserve food for a taste of summer during chilly winter days, a garden filled with plugs is a cost-effective choice. Plus, you'll better control what goes into and onto your plants--raising young plants lets you choose how they'll grow, especially important if you want to grow sustainably. Caring for young plants that turn into garden-to-table meals provides a great feeling of satisfaction. With Bonnie Plants® Habanero Pepper Plugs, you can turn up the flavor—and the heat—on countless recipes, from snacks and appetizers to main courses, sauces, salsas, and even pepper jelly. These small, wrinkled, tapered peppers ripen from green to orange. Beware: these petite peppers pack a punch, with a Scoville Heat Index of 100,000 to 350,000--about 100 times hotter than jalapenos! Bonnie Plants® Habanero Pepper Plugs grow into bushy, compact plants that produce a great harvest. Check out our "How to Grow and Care for Plugs" article in our Growing Guides for tips to give your plugs a great start.

Waxed Amaryllis Bulb

Brighten your home this holiday season with Bonnie Plants Amaryllis Bulbs! Known for producing multiple vibrant flowers, it’s an ideal low-maintenance option that requires no water. Amaryllis bulbs grow between 21 and 28 days, starting slow in early season and speeding up as the season progresses—just in time for a beautiful holiday display. Reaching heights of 16" to 28", depending on light levels, it’s a festive way to add natural beauty to your space without any fragrance.

Black Licorice Herb (2 Pack)

Add a unique twist to your culinary creations with the distinct flavor of Black Licorice Herb (Dropshot), right from your kitchen counter or sunny windowsill! Part of the Bonnie® Reserve Collection, this herb offers a delightful anise flavor, perfect for enhancing salads, soups, and other dishes. The plant boasts dark green, feathery leaves that add a touch of elegance to your indoor or outdoor garden. Ideal for mixed containers and raised beds. Easy to grow and low-maintenance, it thrives in well-lit spaces, reaching a mature height of 8 to 10 inches. Place it in full sun and water regularly. *Image Credit: Dropshot © Hem

Tiny Temptation Cherry Tomato (2 Pack)

Part of the Bonnie® Reserve Collection, Tiny Temptations Cherry Tomatoes are attractive, ultra-sweet fruit that grow approximately 1/4 to 1/2 inch. Despite their size, the fruits are bursting with flavor. These dwarf plants grow up to 16 inches tall and spread up to 14 inches. Easy to grow and a heavy yielder, these tomatoes hold well on the vine without falling off or cracking. Easy to grow and disease tolerant. *Image Credit: Tomato, Tiny Temptations™ Orange Hybrid © Totally Tomato

Pink Calla Lily

Create easy elegance in your garden with Bonnie Plants® Pink Calla Lily. The unique flowers and deep-green, sword-like foliage add gorgeous color and texture to garden beds and containers. Use this tender perennial to provide continuous summer color in the garden: as early perennial blooms fade, Pink Calla Lily starts putting on a show, unfurling pretty flowers that offer color and interest throughout the season. If you love flowers that look great in the landscape as well as in a vase, you'll adore Pink Calla Lily. Snip the pretty blooms fresh from the garden, and they'll last nearly two weeks in a bouquet. Or plant the pink flowers where you can watch hummingbirds and butterflies sip nectar. Try growing Pink Calla Lily in a container, then bring it inside before first frost: it makes a gorgeous houseplant. You’ll love this elegant, multipurpose plant in your garden. Grow Pink Calla Lily in well-drained, evenly moist soil and feed with Miracle-Gro® Plant Food at planting. Water when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch. Use mulch to help retain moisture in the soil. For best results, add high-quality Bonnie Plants® live plant calla lily to your garden instead of growing from bulbs for an instant addition of color and brightness. Your garden will be off to a great start!

Miracle-Gro® Water Soluble All Purpose Plant Food 5LB

Miracle-Gro® Water Soluble All Purpose Plant Food instantly feeds vegetables, trees, shrubs, and houseplants to grow bigger and more beautiful than unfed plants. Simply feed them every 1-2 weeks. The formula is safe for all plants, and is guaranteed not to burn when used as directed. Get beautiful results with Miracle-Gro®.

Aspabroc Baby Broccoli (2 Pack)

Bonnie Plants® brings you culinary inspiration and delicious flavors and textures to create mouthwatering meals made from ingredients you grow yourself. A delicious cross between broccoli and Chinese broccoli, this low-key sweet, earthy vegetable tastes great—and delivers a satisfying crunch—when eaten raw, and offers a milder, sweeter flavor when you steam, roast, or grill it. Bonnie Plants® Aspabroc Baby Broccoli is a delicious vegetable that can elevate any meal. No matter how you prepare it, you can enjoy the whole vegetable, stems and all. Bonnie Plants® Aspabroc Baby Broccoli is a compact plant that grows well in raised beds and in-ground gardens where it can enjoy part to full sun. Give it 24 to 30 inches of space and expect it to grow 24 to 36 inches high when you plant it in rich, well-draining soil and water when the first couple inches of soil feel dry to the touch. Aspabroc baby broccoli will mature about 30 to 40 days after you plant it. For more than 100 years, Bonnie Plants® has been delivering outstanding live plant varieties to help you grow success in your garden.

Thai Hot Pepper (2 Pack)

This plant produces large numbers of 1-inch green fruits that mature to blazing red color with heat and flavor to match! These are extremely hot. This variety grows well in hot, humid regions. Plants are compact, about a foot tall, and perfect for containers. Great ornamental value. The colorful peppers last a long time on the plant.

Genuwine Beefsteak Tomato (2 Pack)

Bonnie Plants® brings you culinary inspiration and delicious flavors and textures to create mouthwatering meals made from ingredients you grow yourself. A staple of summer, Bonnie Plants® Genuwine Beefsteak Tomato is perfect to provide you with delicious fruits for your sandwiches, salads, sauces, and sautés all summer. You can also store away these warm-weather treats by canning or freezing them. Plant Genuwine Beefsteak tomatoes in rich, well-draining soil that is evenly moist. They are easy to grow and will thrive in raised beds or in-ground gardens where they can receive full sun and are spaced 36 to 54 inches apart. Genuwine beefstake tomato plants may grow more than 60 inches high and do well with stakes for support. These smooth-skinned, squat-shaped tomatoes reach maturity in 70 to 80 days, and will continue to ripen after they're picked. Be sure to store them at room temperature. For more than 100 years, Bonnie Plants® has been delivering outstanding live plant varieties to help you grow success in your garden.

Citronella Mosquito Plant (2 Pack)

Bonnie Plants® brings you inspiration and easy-to-grow plants with vibrant colors, textures, and scents to brighten up your outdoor space. A drought-tolerant, vigorous grower, Bonnie Plants® Citronella Mosquito Plant is perfect for your porch or patio. You can enjoy its citrus scent when you're hanging out, or rub the leaves in your fingers to find the plant's fragrant oil, which discourages mosquitoes, and rub it on your skin. Plant it in rich, well-draining soil that is evenly moist, in containers, window boxes, raised beds, or in-ground gardens. This citronella mosquito plant thrives in part to full sun, needs 12 to 24 inches of space, and grows 12 to 24 inches high. For more than 100 years, Bonnie Plants® has been delivering outstanding live plant varieties to help you grow success in your garden.

White Hybrid Cauliflower (In-Store Only)

Inner leaves wrap to protect the deep, white curds. Produces heavy yields. Try raw with dips or broken into salads. More resistant to cold than many cauliflower varieties. Rich in vitamin C.

Clemson Spineless Green Okra (In-Store Only)

Heirloom. High yields of spineless, tender ribbed pods with excellent flavor. Traditional favorite for soups and stews. Can be canned, fried, roasted or boiled. Harvest pods when 3 Inches Long. Pods get much bigger, but small pods are more tender. Plants just keep growing until cool weather in the fall, so they will get 6 feet or taller in areas with a long, warm growing season.

1-pack starter plant

19.3 fl oz pot volume

AAS winner

Rhubarb (In-Store Only)

Heirloom. Best known as an ingredient in pies and tarts, rhubarb is a perennial with edible celery-like stalks. The leaves contain high concentrations of oxalic acid and should not be eaten. While rhubarb is sometimes eaten raw with sugar sprinkled on it, most uses for this plant are in recipes where its tart flavor is a unique addition. Because it is perennial, choose a permanent spot in your garden for rhubarb. Plant so that crowns are 4 inches deep.

Red Cabbage (In-Store Only)

Red cabbage is a beautiful form of one of the oldest-known vegetables. Flavor is like that of green cabbage. Excellent boiled or stir-fried. Add red cabbage for color in salads and other dishes, but be aware that the color turns a faded purple as the cabbage is cooked.

Green Fingers Okra (In-Store Only)

Perfect for containers, this plant is compact, topping out at about 3 feet tall. Pods are tender and spineless, so you can harvest without worrying about irritating your hands. Green Fingers needs lots of sun and warmth, and produces well in the heat. Use pods for gumbo or pickling, slice them for frying or boiling, or roast them whole with some olive oil, salt, and pepper.

Hale's Best Jumbo Cantaloupe (In-Store Only)

Heirloom. An old, classic favorite dating from the 1920s, this ribbed melon has a heavily netted skin. Also called muskmelon. As melons go, this one is a little more drought tolerant than most, but remember that all melons are more than 90% water. Likes hot weather. Delicious, firm flesh is rich with antioxidants. To save space, plant 1 foot apart at the base of a trellis where vines can climb.

Gourmet Salad Mix

Here's the perfect baby lettuce mix- no grocery bags required. A blend of red, light green, and dark green lettuce leaves (both smooth and ruffled) grow together in this pretty salad combo. Lettuce grows best in full sun, but will tolerate partial shade and even appreciates shade in spring in hot climates. Plant in the ground, in raised beds, or in containers.

Golden Cross 45-day Cabbage (In-Store Only)

This is our favorite "mini-cabbage." It matures extra early with tight, softball-sized, round heads. The small plants allow closer spacing in the garden or for growing in containers.

Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage (In-Store Only)

Heirloom. This American cabbage is a favorite for early harvest, forming a conical, pointed, dark green head with a smooth, sweet flavor. The head is slow to split and slow to bolt. Holds in the garden for 2 to 3 weeks after maturity. Rich in vitamins and minerals. Some gardeners consider this the best tasting of all cabbages.

Celery (In-Store Only)

This crunchy staple tastes best when harvested fresh from the garden. Early maturing stalks are crisp and flavorful. Plants grow well in most regions of the country, but no matter where you grow them, be sure to water regularly for best results. When harvesting, cut the outside stalks first. If stalks begin to sprawl as they grow, tie them together loosely with garden twine. Both stalks and leaves are edible; eat them raw, or use them in stir-fries, soups, and casseroles.

Bonnie Hybrid Cabbage (In-Store Only)

Bonnie's best cabbage. Grows large, round, blue-green heads. Well suited to the South as a spring and fall cabbage. It also performs well in the North as a summer cabbage. Resistant to Fusarium yellows and tolerant of black rot.

Wee B Little Pumpkin (In-Store Only)

Give your garden a splash of cuteness with baseball size pumpkins. A 1999 All-America Selections winner, Wee B Little is well adapted throughout the US. Small fruits weigh from one-half to one pound and are the perfect size for small hands to hold. Fruits can be carved, cooked, or painted — this is one versatile vegetable. Vines have a semi-bush habit, so they don't require lots of room to roam in the garden. Pumpkins are a great source of vitamins A and C.

1-pack starter plant

19.3 fl oz pot volume

AAS winner

Sugar Baby Watermelon (In-Store Only)

This small, round melon is called an icebox type because it is petite enough to fit in the refrigerator. This widely adapted heirloom variety is solid, dark green on the outside with a bright red, firm and fine-grained flesh that is super sweet. Watermelon contains high levels of healthy antioxidants, making Sugar Baby a great sweet way to pack in good nutrition. Vines are compact. Plant about 4 feet apart.

Summer Set Tomato (In-Store Only)

High temperatures don't usually affect fruit set on Summer Set tomato. This hybrid tomato has the genes to set fruit even during summer's intense heat. The large, globe-shaped tomatoes boast a firm texture and ripen relatively quickly. Count on Summer Set to add classic tomato flavor to salads and sandwiches. Fruit resists cracking even during the rainiest growing conditions. Since plants are only semi-determinate, plan to stake or cage them at the time of planting.

Red Hot Chili Pepper (In Store Only)

Can you take the heat? Red Hot Chili Pepper is hot in more ways than just its Scoville rating—it’s a sizzling edible-ornamental addition to gardens, too! The semi-compact plant produces brilliant clusters of upward-facing, cone-shaped chili peppers that begin pale green, turn vibrant orange, and then mature to fiery red. Great for sauces, drying, and, of course, chili. Or, if your taste buds fear the heat, plant it in a pot and simply enjoy the view! Scoville rating of 40,000 to 50,000. Wear gloves when handling.

Straightneck Squash

Heirloom. This early, prolific straightneck summer squash produces creamy yellow, tender fruit of excellent quality early in the season. Plants continue bearing if kept picked and cared for. It has a tapered, straight neck, not curved like Crookneck, making it perfect to slice into lengths for grilling. Tender straightneck squash is delicious sliced thin for fresh dips or cooked in any number of dishes. Plant in hills spaced three feet apart..

1-pack starter plant

19.3 fl oz pot volume

AAS winner

Spaghetti Squash (In Store Only)

Heirloom. Surprise: This winter squash looks like spaghetti on the inside! Scoop out the lengths of mild, slightly sweet flesh and use it like spaghetti for low-cal dishes. The outside of the spaghetti squash begins white and changes to pale yellow when mature. Each plant yields an average of 4-5 fruits. After harvesting, the fruits will store for several weeks. Try growng on a fence or other vertical supports in small-space gardens.

Peaches & Cream Corn (In Store Only)

Hybrid. As sweet and delicious as the name implies, each ear of Peaches ; Cream Corn boasts a combination of tender white and yellow kernels. Plants mature early; consider multiple plantings one to two weeks apart to keep the harvest coming. Space plants 12 inches apart in rows 2 feet apart with a minimum of 4 rows for good pollination.

Butternut Squash (In Store Only)

Heirloom. This variety, Waltham Butternut, has a hard, yellow to tan exterior but delicious sweet, orange flesh inside. Exceptional quality, no stringiness. This long-lasting squash stores all winter. Try it steamed, boiled or baked. Extremely rich in vitamin A. This is the most common winter squash used to make the popular, creamy soup by the same name, and it is a popular baking squash. A 1970 All-America Selections winner.

1-pack starter plant

19.3 fl oz pot volume

AAS winner

Blue Lake Bush Bean (In Store Only)

Heirloom. This stringless snap bean matures early and offers superior flavor, color, texture and ease of picking. A bush variety, it does not need staking. The beans are long and straight. Excellent steamed or used in salads. Originally developed as a canning bean, but it soon grew to be a fresh favorite, too. Its predecessor, Blue Lake pole bean, is also an heirloom and has been around since the early 1900s. Blue Lake Bush was developed from Blue Lake pole bean in 1961. Very productive. Resists bean mosaic virus. Produces most of its harvest within a few weeks, leaving time for a second crop or a vacation!

Acorn Honey Bear Squash (In Store Only)

A "winter squash" known for its sweet flavor and resistance to powdery mildew. Delicious when halved and baked with butter and maple syrup, or steamed. Outstanding source of fiber and vitamins C and B. Hard outer shell. Bright yellow to orange flesh inside.

1-pack starter plant

19.3 fl oz pot volume

AAS winner

Black Beauty Zucchini (In Store Only)

Heirloom. A 1957 All-America Selections winner, this early and prolific heirloom variety has been exceedingly popular for its very dark green skin and creamy white flesh. You know what they say about zucchini, "plant it and stand back." The fast-growing plants are very easy to grow and will continue to produce abundantly through summer if kept picked. Use in soups, salads, and casseroles. Great sliced thin for dips, battered and fried, or in veggie lasagna. Freezes well. Harvest while skins are still tender; pick really small for "baby zucchini."

1-pack starter plant

19.3 fl oz pot volume

AAS winner