2024 Plant Sale

Our plant sale offers a wide variety of annual vegetable, flower and herbs seedlings to get your garden started off strong. Our greenhouse is located at 989 Maple Hill Rd, Plainfield, VT (on your left, just a mile up the hill past Plainfield Village). Full list of varieties outlined below.

Prices

4-pack- $5
3.5 inch pot $3.5
Hanging Basket $25

Hours

We will be opening for business starting  May 11. We will be open 9 - 2 Saturdays and Sundays. Weekdays will be by chance or appointment. We will also have a selection of starts available at the Montpelier Farmers Market.

All of our plants are grown in Vermont Compost Company's Fort Vee and are certified organic *except for the hanging baskets which organically grown, but not certified. We start all but the petunias and pansies from seed ourselves, with the vast majority of our seeds coming from High Mowing Seeds in Wolcott, VT and Johnny's Selected Seeds in Winslow, ME.
We accept cash, check, card, or EBT


Tomatoes - available as 4-packs or 3.5 potted singles

  • Big Beef Plus -  red beefsteak, Indeterminate (vining)
  • Galahad - the all around red slicer, Determinate (bushy)
  • New Girl - extra early red slicer, Indeterminate (vining)
  • Cipolla - prolific plum, great for sauce, Determinate (bushy)
  • Black Krim - Heirloom, purple/red
  • Moskvich - Russian heirloom, excellent cold tolerance 
  • Pruden's Purple - Heirloom, early Brandywine type
  • Pink Brandywine - Heirloom, quintessential heirloom flavor
  • Supersweet 100 - prolific red cherry tomato
  • Sungold - popular orange cherry tomato with reputation for flavor
  • Sunsugar - similiar to sungold, but with better crack - resistance
  • Black Cherry - purple cherry tomato adds great contrast to salads


Onions - all onions come in open packs with 30-40 plants, which can be gently separated and planted now for late summer harveset

  • Patterson - med/large yellow with superior storage potential
  • Barolo - med/large red with good storage potential
  • Nabechan - japanese varietal of scallions with excellent flavor even when quite large for green onions, can be used for "negi onions"
  • Tadorna - leeks with full size potential
  • Innovator- shallot with excellent storability

Brassicas - All available in 4-packs

  • Kale - curly green, purple, lacinato ("Dino"), Russian or Mix
  • Collard Greens
  • Farao Cabbage - tender and sweet for fresh eating
  • Storage #4 Cabbage - large, heavy heads for storage or sauerkraut
  • Integro - versatile purple cabbage
  • Bilko - napa cabbage
  • Eastern magic Broccoli - well adapted to New England, med crown
  • Rasmus Broccoli - thick stem produces good sideshoots after first crown
  • Sylvia - rot resistant brussel sprouts
  • Snow Crown - early cauliflower

Flowers 

  • Pansy/Viola - many colors, available in 3.5 potted singles
  • French Marigold - classic orange/yellow colors in 3.5 potted singles
  • Gem Marigolds -  small, citrusy, fragrant, edible flowers 4-packs
  • Alyssum "Carpet of Snow" - sprawling, small white flowers, 4-packs
  • Zinnias "Benarys Giant" - 4 packs
  • Nasturtium - Pots
  • Hanging Baskets - trailing petunias, or nasturtium with alyssum

Eggplants - Available in 4-packs

  • Nigral - classic, large italian eggplant. Replaces Nadia
  • Thanos- Glossy black rounder eggplant
  • A1014 - boring name, great plant. Super early italian eggplant
  • Orient Express - early, smaller asian eggplants, dark purple
  • Dairyu - full size asian eggplants, light purple
  • Dancer - light pink, shaped like an italian eggplant


Peppers - Available in 4-packs

  • Ace - most reliable, early green to red bell pepper
  • Jalafuego - hybrid jalapeno for high yields of med-jumbos
  • Bastan - dark green poblano
  • Helios - early habanero, our hottest offering
  • Red Flame - red cayennes, great for drying
  • Hungarian Hot Wax - yellow, orange, and red medley of med-heat peppers

Cucumbers, Squash and Melons - All available in 3.5 potted doubles

  • Marketmore - classic look, productive, all around cucumbers
  • Cool Customer - hybrid pickling cucumber
  • Midnight Lightening Zucchini - productive with attractive light flecking
  • Slick Pick Squash - yellow squash with lesser spines
  • Blacktail Mountain - adaptable red watermelon
  • Sangria - large, oblong, super sweet watermelon
  • Triton Cantaloupe - easy to ripen, orange cantaloupe
  • Honey Blonde - light, early honeydew
  • Howden - large jackolantern pumpkin
  • Waldo - hybrid butternut for good reliable crop
  • Buttercup - new england favorite for rich, dry texture
  • Honey Boat - caramel colored delicata, super sweet
  • Tetsukuboto - buttercup and butternut hybrid!
  • Starry Night - Acorn with beautiful flecked skin and rich flavor
  • Marmalade Kabocha - orange, consistent maxima type squash

Herbs, Greens and Other Miscellaneous:

  • Leisure Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Flat and curly Parsley
  • Genovese Basil
  • Anise Hyssop
  • Tulsi "Holy Basil"
  • Head Lettuce of Various kinds
  • Rainbow Swiss Chard
  • Sugar Snap Peas