Available Seedlings

Purple Dark Opal

(O. basilicum) Beautiful lilac flowers with dark red stems make this basil a stand-out in your garden. Excellent contrast with green basil, spectacular as a garnish, in salads, or for adding color to basil vinegars. Extremely uniform, all purple Italian strain. Annual.
GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM SEED

Sweet Genovese

(O. basilicum) The classic large-leaved Italian sweet basil prized for its spicy flavor and wonderful aroma. Fragrant plants grow 18-24". This is the variety of choice for pesto. Make successive sowings for continuous summer supplies. Annual.
GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM SEED

Globe Basil

(O. minimum) Referred to as "Greek Basil." Forms a perfect 12-18" globe bush with very small, thin leaves. Intense sweet basil scent with spicy flavor, slow to go to seed. Ideal for pots or as borders in gardens. Extremely uniform strain. Annual.
GROWN FROM HEIRLOOM SEED

Thai

(O. basilicum) Spicy anise-clove scent and flavor. Most commonly used in Thai or Vietnamese cooking. Attractive plants are 12-18" tall with medium-green leaves. Stems and blossoms are purple, very good for pot culture. Annual.
GROWN FROM LOCAL SEED

Red Velvet

Here's a lovely dark red looseleaf lettuce. Absolutely striking appearance that continues to amaze us each season. Tops of leaves are solid reddish-maroon, and the backs are green tinged with maroon. Heads are slow to bolt, 6-8" tall and 10-12" wide. Looseleaf, 55 days.
GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM SEED

Bronze Arrowhead

Awarded the bronze medal at the 1947 All American Selections. Introduced as Bronze Beauty by Germania Seed & Plant Co. Hailed as "the finest, most colorful and most delicious leaf lettuce for the home garden." Our favorite oakleaf-type lettuce, slow to bolt. A cut-and-come-again type - harvest by cutting at the base and it will grow back! Looseleaf, 40-50 days.
GROWN FROM HEIRLOOM SEED

Slobolt

A long-time garden standard. Large compact plants produce thick clusters of light green frilled leaves. Extremely slow to bolt and the taste does not turn bitter even while bolting. Developed by the USDA in 1946. Looseleaf, 45-55 days.
GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM SEED

Amish Deer Tongue

Amish variety valued for its ruggedness and heavy production. Thick compact plant great for a cut-and-come-again lettuce. Sharply triangular green leaves with straight edges. Unique growth habit. Thin midrib, good texture. Pleasant, sharp flavor. Looseleaf, 45-55 days.
GROWN FROM HEIRLOOM SEED

Anuenue

A smooth leaf variety that forms a larger head than the Manoa lettuce. Ideal under cool weather and lower elevations. Matures in 50-60 days.
GROWN FROM LOCAL SEED

Giant from Italy

(Petroselinum crispum) Large bushy plants produce a continuous supply of large flat leaves with strong parsley flavor. Prized by Italian cooks. Grown as an annual. 85-90 days.
GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM

Palolo Promise

Lovely, fragrant dill. Its feathery foliage is delicious in salmon dishes, eggs, soups and salads. Like its mainland cousins, our prefers light, freely draining soil and bright summer sun. When it goes to seed, showy yellow flowers give way to masses of seeds for cooking, sharing or sowing your next garden. Self-seeding annual.
GROWN FROM LOCAL SEED

Udumalapet

A beautiful striped eggplant. Heavy yields of teardrop-shaped fruits are green with vibrant lavender stripes and striking green calyxes. Ripens to yellow. Best eaten small, when fruits are about 3" long. Great for chutneys and curries. 80-90 days from transplant.
GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM SEED

Thai Green

Used extensively in Thai cuisines. Beautiful long slender 12" fruits have tender light-green skin that does not require peeling. Tender, fine quality white flesh with mild pleasant flavor that absorbs spicy flavors well. Prolific and drought resistant. 70-80 days from transplant.
GROWN FROM HEIRLOOM SEED

Listada di Gandia

Beautiful striped Italian eggplant. An excellent strain with consistent deep color. You may have seen it at the KCC Farmers Market. Reliable, heavy yields of excellent quality 6-8" thin skinned fruits. 80-90 days from transplant.
GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM SEED

Hawaiian Hot Chili Pepper

The key ingredient in those classic local condiments, chili pepper water and chili pepper jelly. Attractive bushy shrub produces loads of tiny upright peppers as festive as Christmas lights. Easy to grow in our warmer, drier island neighborhoods. Prefers well-drained soil and bright sun. Drought tolerant.
GROWN FROM LOCAL SEED

Malabar Spinach

Not a true spinach but an excellent spinach substitute for Hawaii gardens. This vigorous climber can take the tropical heat that flattens standard spinach varieties. And it adds a graceful vertical element to your edible landscape plan. A refreshing addition to salads and stirfries. Easy to grow up a trellis or fence. Readily self-sows, sometimes where you'd least expect it.
GROWN FROM LOCAL SEED

Apollo

Highly improved Dutch strain of domesticated rocket. Very large, rounded leaves are high in vitamin C. Excellent taste and rarely bitter. Will produce 3-5 cuttings per year if kept well picked. 40-45 days.
GROWN FROM HEIRLOOM SEED

Hirayama

A big, showy green mustard cabbage that adds zip to your stirfries, rice dishes, soups and salads. Its flavor - rather like a mild horseradish - grows more pungent as the plant matures. Cooler temperatures and consistent moisture keep gai choy going strong. The UH Seed Lab bred this variety to resist white rust.
GROWN FROM LOCAL SEED

Japanese Climbing

Introduced to American gardeners in 1892 by Thorburn from seed they obtained from Japan. Vigorous growth, strong grasping tendrils, fine for trellises. Can also be grown on the ground. Fruits are 7-9" long by 3" in diameter, nice quality for both slicing or pickling. 58-65 days.
GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM SEED

Blondkopfchen

(a.k.a. Little Blonde Girl) Small golden-yellow 1" fruits with excellent sweet taste. Fruits are borne in giant clusters. Enormous yields. Indeterminate, 75-80 days from transplant.
GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM SEED

Earliana Tomato

Standard early variety developed by George Sparks of Salem, New Jersey and introduced in 1900. Smaller 30-36" plants, clusters of fruit, average 4-5 oz. each. Very good flavor. Indeterminate, 85 days from transplant
GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM SEED

Black Krim Tomato

Named for the Crimean peninsula in the Black Sea. Slightly flattened 4-5" globes with dark greenish-black shoulders, turns almost black with enough heat and sun. Excellent full flavor. Indeterminate, 69-90 days from transplant.
GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM SEED

Evening Sun

(H. annuus) Large flowers in shades of orange, red and burgundy. Extremely dark center. Multiple heads, extended bloom period, great for cutting. Plants grow 6–8' tall. 75 days.
GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM SEED

Prizetaker

An English heirloom, also known as The Lyon. Plants are very tall, up to 36", with thick solid pure-white stalks. Even with its extremely large size, the stalk retains its tenderness and mild flavor. Started appearing in American catalogs at the end of the 1880s. 110-135 days from transplant.
GROWN FROM HEIRLOOM SEED

Christmas

Produces beautiful large quarter-size flat white seeds with maroon spots and swirls. Used as a green shell lima or dry. Rich flavor with heavy yields. Bears even during extreme heat. Dates back to the 1840s. Pole habit, 75- 100 days.
GROWN FROM HEIRLOOM SEED

Palolo Giant White

The same vigorous pole habit as Palolo Pink, but with extra-long (inedible) pods and huge white beans with a creamy texture. Absolutely beautiful in cooked bean dishes and soups.
GROWN FROM LOCAL SEED

Palolo Pink

Give this little lima a fence to climb and you will get a thick green curtain of lush "beanery" in return. These shelling beans are greenish white at the baby stage, pink when mature. Cook them fresh with corn and butter for a tasty succotash. Or use dried beans in a hearty soup. Don't forget to save some to plant next season. Direct seeding is best, but our Palolo limas transplant nicely.
GROWN FROM LOCAL SEED

Red Russian

(a.k.a. Ragged Jack) Vigorous 18-36" plants have frilly purple-veined blue-green leaves tinged with reddish-purple. Very tender, mild sweet flavor. A cool weather favorite. 50-60 days from transplant. GROWN FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC, HEIRLOOM SEED