Ruby Moon Hyacinth Bean, also known as Lablab purpureus or simply Hyacinth Bean, is a unique and versatile legume known for its vibrant appearance and culinary potential. This heirloom variety is named for its striking ruby-red pods and dark green foliage, making it an attractive addition to both ornamental and edible gardens. Ruby Moon Hyacinth Beans are typically grown as annuals, but in tropical regions, they can be perennial. In terms of taste, the young pods and seeds of Ruby Moon Hyacinth Bean are edible and have a mild, nutty flavor similar to green beans. They can be consumed both raw and cooked. However, it's important to note that mature seeds contain toxic compounds and should not be eaten without proper processing. Ruby Moon Hyacinth Beans have a rich history, with their cultivation dating back centuries, primarily in Asia and Africa. They are valued not only for their culinary uses but also for their ability to fix nitrogen in the soil, enhancing soil fertility. This plant is categorized as a warm-season annual and typically matures in about 60-90 days, depending on growing conditions. The size of the Ruby Moon Hyacinth Bean plant can vary, but it generally reaches a height of 6-10 feet, making it suitable for trellises or fences. When it comes to yield, you can expect approximately 10-15 pounds of pods per plant or around 800-1,200 pounds per acre under ideal conditions. These beans thrive in full sun and well-drained soil, and they require a warm climate to grow successfully. Adequate moisture and support for climbing are essential for a bountiful harvest. With proper care, Ruby Moon Hyacinth Beans can be a delightful addition to your garden, offering both visual appeal and a tasty, nutritious addition to your plate.
The Italian Cocozelle is a bush type of squash plant that produces high yields of the long, tender, dark green fruits. This Italian zucchini is very flavorful and tender and a favorite that is now available in organic seeds. This variety is best when harvested at 12" long or smaller. The Cocozelle is excellent for slicing, frying, and steaming and is also a good freezing and canning variety. Pick often when the squash is young to prolong harvest. Harvesting zucchini when it is young and tender offers the best flavor and eating quality. See the second picture for what the inside should look like when harvested. Certified Organic. Learn more about our organic seeds.
Rainbow Fiesta Okra is such a fun okra to grow! This festive, beautifully colored blend consists of red, orange, white, and green okra varieties. The Rainbow Okra is a colorful addition to the dinner table.
ProCut® Orange Excel produces the deepest orange color with upright facing flowers on single stems. ProCut® Orange Excel is slightly faster to flower than ProCut® Orange and has that same consistent and dependable ProCut® performance with overlapping petals. Spectacular vibrant orange bouquets will awe your customers.
The Sunflower All Sorts Mix is a beautiful combination of some of the greatest different sunflower varieties that are absolutely stunning together! This mix is the perfect blend of size and beauty will make any landscape breathtaking! The All Sorts Mix includes Autumn Beauty, Grey Stripe, Lemon Queen, Sungold Tall, Sungold Dwarf (Teddy Bear), Sunspot Dwarf and Velvet Queen.
The Autumn Beauty Sunflower produces a stunning mixture of bright warm colored sunflowers that look amazing together in a bouquet. This variety is a strong stemmed bloom that grows on tall branching plants producing an abundance of cut flowers for casual bouquets. The Autumn Beauty's unusual colors vary from deep yellow to gold and from brick red to burgundy, as well as bicolor flowers with yellow on red or brown on yellow.
Tinies is a perfect burst of mixed colors on short stature branching plants. Tinies is an early maturing sunflower and will bloom before other sunflowers. Think of handfuls of small flowers on 6-10" stems perfect for a small vase or hand bouquet. Tinies’ flowers have a range of pastel colors all with a splash of red. You can use Tinies in the foreground in any sunny location in your garden and enjoy the array of colors! Ht. 12-24". Avg. 620 seeds/oz. Packet: 50 seeds.
The Starburst F1 Sunflower is a full-faced, classic brown headed yellow variety that is perfect for any summer garden or windowsill. This 7-6 foot tall beauty is a pollen-less hybrid with long yellow petals that have a touch of orange at the base. This sunflower matures in just 75 days and produces large 9-10 inch long heads.
The Zohar Sunflower is a beautiful sunflower with bright, golden orange petals that grow on a single stem and are pollen-less. This uniform, early sunflower variety has 4-6" blooms on long stems.
The Star Chaser F1 Sunflower is the ultimate classic tall, bright green faced and sunny-yellow petaled sunflower variety! This 8 foot variety is the perfect choice for planting along fences. The pollen-less sunflower is not quite big enough to be a giant variety, but it has the benefit of not shedding pollen in your house as a cut flower.
American Giant F1 pushes the label of “giant” to new frontiers in sunflower gardening. The American Giant is a quite large sunflower, really it is huge sunflower. Almost everybody saves a corner of the garden to pull out all the stops and grow a giant sunflower specimen using all their fertilizer and watering tricks. American Giant Hybrid was developed especially to respond to your best gardening efforts. It is a huge (and we mean, huge) improvement on the old garden varieties that you nursed along in the garden only to see them fall to the ground with the first big wind after flowering. American Giant Hybrid grows tall and stays standing long after the others fall. In fact, you may have to literally get out a saw and cut it down at the end of the year. Or leave it through the winter for the birds and squirrels to enjoy the seeds and to remind your neighbors of your gardening prowess. Don’t believe that the American Giant is a huge sunflower? We have seen it grow as tall as 17 feet! Now, that is a large sunflower.
The Goldeneye F1 Sunflower is a beautiful 100% pollen-less single headed variety that can be enjoyed all throughout the season. This beauty can grow up to four feet tall and has bright sunny blooms. Its core starts out as pale green and then matures to a light brown color.
The Dwarf Sungold Double Sunflower is easy to grow and produces unique, soft golden yellow blooms that are sure to grab your attention! This shorter variety is great for garden borders and makes an excellent cut flower.
This is an excellent okra plant for tight spaces. French Quarter Red does well in containers and smaller gardens. Produces attractive, compact plants that only reach 24-30 inches tall. Yields 3-5 pods at a time when harvested regularly. Harvest pods at 3-4" in size and use for grilling, stir-fry or jambalaya.
The Irish Eyes Sunflower makes for a great addition to any garden, patio container or bouquet with its bright golden petals and green center. This sunflower is easy to grow and thrives in full sun. This sunflower is on the shorter side, reaching 2-3 feet tall, which makes it perfect for patio containers! The Irish Eyes blooms all summer long and its seeds are wonderful toasted for a delicious snack!
The easy to grow Earthwalker Sunflower adds a beautiful warm pop of burnt orange, coppery brown and rusty red to any garden or bouquet! This sunflower has multiple side branches and can grow up to 6 feet tall. The Earthwalker is a sun-loving annual that is ideal for most soil types. Enjoy the beautiful blooms all summer long and into early fall!
The Radiance Cosmo is a radiant flower variety that produces very stunning rose-colored petals that have a deep crimson eye. This popular variety was the All America Selections winner in 1948. Radiance is a suitable for cutting, beds and borders, and the pollinator garden.
Classic bicolor variety, now with downy mildew resistance. A beautiful burst of bronzy red on orange tipped petals makes ProCut® BiColor unique. ProCut® BiColor is perfect for bouquets. Can be arranged by itself or with other flowers. When you think about autumn colors, you have to include ProCut® BiColor in your planting. These sunflowers are absolutely the best single stem cutting bicolor sunflower available to growers. Like all the ProCuts, it is pollenless.
