Your garden doesn't have to take an "off" season. Check out these seed recommendations tailored to your zone range. From winter vegetables to indoor sprouts and microgreens, there is something for everyone to plant this month! These recommendations are for seeds to plant in the month of December. Happy gardening!
Zones 1-7a: These zones experience cold winter weather known to reach freezing temperatures over
an extended period of time. During the month of December, it is best to limit direct sowing to wildflower seeds that will sprout in the spring months. Indoor sowing of microgreens, sprouts, and herbs is
a great way to continue gathering a fresh harvest!
Zones 7b-9a: These zones experience mild winter weather, allowing for some crops to be directly
sown outdoors, including leafy greens, herbs, bunching onions, radishes, cover crops, poppies, sweet peas,
calendula, among others. Don't forget to also grow some sprouts and microgreens indoors!
Zones 9b-12: The warm winter, frost-free zones of 9-12 really thrive during December. This
month is great for planting most vegetables, cover crops, flowers, and herbs outdoors. Enjoy a break from the hot summer temperatures while your plants are not so stressed from the heat.
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Radish Seeds - Green Stem
8-12 Days to microgreen harvest. Raphanus Raphanistrum Sativus. Green Stem Radish Seeds. Annual, Non-GMO, Open Pollinated, Heirloom. These Green Stem Radishes are specifically intended to be used for sprouting and...
Pepper Seeds - Hot - Dragon Grilling Hybrid
70-79 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum annuum. Dragon Grilling Hybrid Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, F1 hybrid, deer resistant, hot pepper with extra hot heat levels. 75,000 to 150,000 Scoville...
Spinach Seeds - Alrite - Hybrid
60 days to maturity. Spinacea oleracea. Alrite Spinach Hybrid Seeds. Annual. This beautiful hybrid spinach is both delicious and resistant to disease, weather, and bolting. Its leaves are broad, dark...
Mustard Seeds - Miike Giant
40 to 50 Days to maturity. Brassica juncea var rugosa. Miike Giant Mustard Seeds. Non-GMO, annual heirloom. This broad-leafed, ruby-veined, loosely-headed mustard actually gets pretty big! It can be up...
Shiso Seeds - Red (Organic) - Microgreens Seeds
20-30 Days to maturity. Perilla frutescens. Organic Red Shiso Microgreen Seeds. Red microgreens are different in color than other microgreen varieties. Red Shiso microgreens have a delicious herby and distinct...
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Yuki Hybrid
67 days to maturity.Brassica rapa var. pekinensis. Yuki Hybrid Chinese Cabbage Seeds. Non-GMO, cool-season annual. Yuki is a medium-maturing variety. It has good uniformity and large head size with good...
Eggplant Seeds - E-Star - Hybrid
70-80 days maturity after transplanting. Solanum melongena ’E-Star’. E-Star Eggplant Seeds. Non-GMO, warm-season, annual, hybrid. E-Star is a Japanese round-shaped eggplant with glossy, deep purple-black color with purple calyx. Fruit...
Water Pepper Herb Seeds - Akatade
60 Days to maturity. Persicaria hydropiper Akatade Water Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, containers, and along moist field edges. A Japanese...
Radish Seeds - Hong Vit
Radish Seeds - Hong Vit. Heirloom, Non-GMO. Annual. Raphanus sativus. Up to 10 days, 20 days baby leaf. Cool season. This variety is one of the most popular grown radish...
Cleome Seeds - Wild Spider Flower
35-40 Days to maturity. Cleome gynandra. Cleome Wild Spider Flower Seeds. Non-GMO, annual. Edible. Wild Spider Flowers are an edible flower variety that originally hails from Africa, but it is...
Pak Choi Seeds - Fun Jen Hybrid
35 days to maturity.Brassica rapa var chinensis. Fun Jen Hybrid Pak Choi Chinese Cabbage Seeds. Non-GMO, warm or cool-season annual, hybrid. This is a very popular frilly leaf pak choi...
Turnip Seeds - Namenia - Microgreens Seeds
8-12 days. Non-GMO seeds for microgreening. Turnip Microgreens Seeds. Fast easy grower that prefers lower light levels. Prefers indirect light. Substantial greens that have a flavor like a sharp kale...
Melon Seeds - Pickling - Katsura Giant
70 Days to maturity. Cucumis melo var conomom. Katsura Giant Pickling Melon Seeds. A non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, heat-tolerant Asian Melon. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and...
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - WR 70 Days Hybrid
70 days to maturity.Brassica rapa var. pekinensis. WR 70 Days Hybrid Chinese Cabbage Seeds. Non-GMO, cool-season annual. This early maturing, medium green napa cabbage variety has wide adaptability. Grow this...
Mustard Seeds - Tat Soi - Black Knight - Organic
Organic Black Knight Tat Soi Mustard Seeds. 45 ‚55 days to maturity. Can be grown in containers. Can be grown as microgreens. Brassica rapa. Heirloom, Non-GMO, Annual. ~ 15,000 Seeds/ounce....
Mustard Seeds - Osaka Purple - Organic
Organic Osaka Purple Mustard Seeds. 40 - 80 days to maturity. Can be grown in containers. Can be grown as microgreens. Brassica juncea. Heirloom, Non-GMO, Annual. 45 days to maturity....
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Hiroshimana
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Hiroshimana. Heirloom, Non-GMO. Brassica rapa var pekinensis. Cool season annual. 45 days. This loose-leaf Chinese cabbage variety has medium green, glossy leaves and pale green midribs....
Kimchi Seed Assortment
Kimchi Seed Assortment. Cool-season vegetables for spring and fall harvesting with select warm-season vegetables. Includes common vegetables used for making various kimchi recipes. Kimchi is a traditional Korean dish made...
Squash Seeds - Winter - Zao Feng Hybrid
95-105 Days to maturity. Cucurbita maxima x Cucurbita moschata. Zao Feng Hybrid Squash Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, F1 hybrid. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses....
Pak Choi Seeds - Shanghai - Microgreens Seeds
Shanghai pak choi microgreens have more of a petite growth habit, displaying smaller cotyledons on top of slender white stems that have a slight yellow tint. A unique choice of...
Mustard Seeds - Golden Frill
40-55 Days to maturity. Brassica juncea. Golden Frill Mustard Seeds. Heirloom, Non-GMO, Open Pollinated. Annual. Golden Frill Mustard Seeds. Brassica juncea. Non-GMO, Heirloom, Open Pollinated. Annual. 40 to 55 days...
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Mansu - Hybrid
70 to 80 days to maturity. Brassica rapa var pekinensis 'Mansu'. Mansu Chinese Cabbage Hybrid Seeds. Annual Hybrid. This is a Korean loose-head type Chinese cabbage with bolting tolerance and...
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Monument - Hybrid
80 Days to maturity. Brassica rapa Pekinensis 'Monument'. Monument Chinese Cabbage Hybrid Seeds. Annual Hybrid. Monument is a well-known Michihili type of Chinese Cabbage that has a sweet flavor and...
Pak Choi Seeds - Da Cheong Chae Hybrid
35-40 days to maturity.Brassica rapa var chinensis. Da Cheong Chae Hybrid Pak Choi Chinese Cabbage Seeds. Non-GMO, cool-season annual, hybrid. This variety has qualities of both Tatsoi and Pak Choi--round,...
Mustard Seeds - Golden Streak
Golden Streak Mustard Seeds. Brassica juncea. Non-GMO, Heirloom, Open Pollinated. Annual. 40 to 50 days to full maturity. Baby leaf harvest after about 20 to 25 days. This fast-growing baby...
Pak Choi Seeds - Extra Dwarf - Microgreens Seeds
Extra dwark pak choi microgreens has a striking growth habit and contradictary to its name, it grows taller than other brassica microgreens--and quicker. Within a week, extra dwarf cabbage will...
Melon Seeds - Pickling - Green Striped
70 Days to maturity. Cucumis melo var conomom. Green Striped Pickling Melon Seeds. A non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, heat-tolerant, Asian Melon. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and...
Radish Seeds - Oshin - Hybrid
Radish Seeds - Oshin - Hybrid. Non-GMO. Raphanus sativus. 60 days. Cool season annual. Extra slow bolting radish with very late pithiness. It has strong tolerance to cold and medium...
Radish Seeds - Sakurajima Mammoth
80 to 90 Days to maturity. Raphanus sativus. Sakurajima Mammoth Heirloom Seeds. Cool Season Annual. Known as the “Largest Radish in the World” in Japan, Sakurajima Mammoth radishes can grow...
Basil Seeds - Lime (Organic)
60 Days to maturity. Ocimum americanum. Organic Lime Basil Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Lime basil is...
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