This hybrid vegetable features asparagus-like stems and small broccoli heads and a combination of their flavors making it both mild and slightly peppery! Narrow and upright, harvest starts with the main stem but progresses to side stems over the period of 4 to 5 weeks.

You may think you just planted the bright lights of Vegas in your garden with all the neon you will see from ‘Bright Lights’ Swiss Chard. Each leaf on this easy to grow leafy vegetable is unique with a great mix of bright neon colors including gold, pink, orange, purple, red, or white stalks topped with bright green or bronze leaves. Milder tasting than ordinary Swiss Chard and a great addition to any salad or plant for outstanding colorful decoration. Each plant produces good yields but you might want to grow some just to look at the constant riot of brilliant color in your garden or in a mixed container on a deck or patio that will make you snap to attention. Plant ‘Bright Lights’ in full sun and you will find yourself harvesting bright colorful chard in no time, pick the outer stalks when they reach 20″ and allow the smaller stalks to mature. Also, this is the perfect plant for cropping multiple times in the garden especially toward fall when cooler temperatures will aloow it to thrive and allow its color to be even more riotous!

Get ready to be wowed with this award winning Beet that features orange skin with brilliant yellow flesh. Its striking appearance is matched by smooth, sweet taste that even Beet haters seem to love! Uniform size and heavy yielding. Easy to grow and very dependable. Strong producer with outstanding brilliant yellow flesh that will dress up almost any plate. Perfect for fresh eating, soups, stews and more!

This outstanding heirloom selection will thrill not only because of its small, deep red, sweet tasting beets with colorful pink rings when cut, but also because of its deep red foliage that is perfect for salad use. Colorful and tasty is all parts, ‘Bull’s Blood’ is an easy grow garden winner!

A mix of delicious green and gold Green Beans that are ready to harvest just 2 weeks after it blooms. Crisp and tasty, this french filet type bean is thinner then most and slightly smaller it is best enjoyed soon after harvest or frozen.

Grow the Asparagus with the difference! That difference is color and flavor and it will make one of the best treats of the garden, fresh Asparagus, even better! ‘Purple Passion’ will start sending its thick spears through the soil in late April as the ground warms. You’ll notice two things immediately: The spears seem thicker than green Asparagus and you’ll rub your eyes at its outlandish deep burgundy-purple color! As spears elongate, you can cut them at ground level to harvest and then you’ll have a choice to make. Will you eat them raw and take advantage of the sugar content that is 20% higher than that of green Asparagus or will you steam them and revel in their mild, nutty flavor even as they lose their purple color when cooking? Either choice is a delicious one! ‘Purple Passion’ is easy to grow and will last in the garden for years acting as a perennial that dies to the ground in winter. When you plant, do not harvest the first year and only lightly harvest the second to give this garden treat the chance to establish so it will keep on giving for years to come.

Jersey Knight Asparagus is an improved, vigorous hybrid that grows only male plants meaning more energy toward growing plants and less to maturing seeds. This heavy producer yields 3 to 4 times more tender stalks then other varieties and is highly disease resistant. Asparagus is the earliest vegetable harvested fresh from the garden each spring. It is known for its flavor and nutrition and is an excellent source of vitamin A and contains significant amounts of vitamin C, riboflavin, phosphorus and calcium. One cup of cooked fresh asparagus contains only 30 calories! ‘Jersey Knight’ is a perennial plant that comes back from the same root system each year. A productive bed of asparagus can last 15 years or longer. It needs well-drained, deep soil and plenty of sunlight. Make sure you fight the urge to harvest too much of the delectable shoots of ‘Jersey Knight’ in the first year or two in the ground…let it get established so you can harvest more in the future!

This delicious and nutritous new intro is an all-male hybrid: more energy is used toward growing plants and less to maturing seeds, producing huge 7-9″ green spears with attractive purple bracts. Even more impressive is its resistance to rust, fusarium, and crown and root rot. ‘Jersey Giant’ is the most winter hardy of all the Jersey Hybrids and it is widely adapted to temperate and cool climates, insuring a decade or more of “Giant” harvests!

Strong, pungent aroma pervades this dense, bushy plant and its long, narrow, deep green foliage. A great seasoning for sauces, dressings, and loads of different foods, French tarragon loves full sun and demands a sandier, well-drained soil to thrive. An ideal plant for a raised bed or a well-drained container on the deck. Perennial.

While we were admiring the beauty, toughness and hardiness of this Swedish introduction in the landscape, the Swede’s were back home doing the same yet taking it a step further. Rather than leaving its ample fruit to the birds each year, they were harvesting it because they already knew that it was off the charts for anti-oxidant content. Rather than making more birds healthy, they used the fruit in preserves, jams, fruit drinks and even wine to take full advantage of its great taste and strong health benefits. Now you can do the same with this very low maintenanace plant that will thrive even in the least fertile, roughest landscape spot. ‘Viking’ flowers in mid-May and will give rise to flattened heads of green fruit that turn jet black when they mature later in the summer. Be sure to net the plants when the fruit matures or you will fighting with your birds in a harvesting contest! After harvesting, enjoy the view in the fall as its deep green foliage turns fiery red as the weather cools!