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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Sunflower Seeds - Mammoth Grey Stripe
90-110 Days to maturity. Helianthus annuus. Mammoth Grey Stripe Sunflower Seeds: Non-GMO. Open Pollinated. Ornamental. Annual. Mammoth sunflower seeds grow one of the tallest, brightest, and most breathtaking flowers in...
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85-95 Days to maturity. Helianthus annuus. Non-GMO. Open Pollinated. Annual. Heirloom. Heirloom Chocolate Cherry sunflower seeds mature to be 6 to 7 feet tall ornamentals with deep burgundy petals and...
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Non-GMO, Heirloom Burdock Chiko Herb Garden Seed from True Leaf Market. Arctium lappa. Burdock biennial herbs originated from regions in Europe and Asia and is a diverse herbal remedy that's...
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85-100 days to maturity. Arctium lappa. Salada Musume Burdock Seeds. Non-GMO, Heirloom, Cool-season Annual. Burdock has been grown for centuries, mainly in China and Japan, for its culinary and medicinal...
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80-90 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum chinense. Habanero Blend Hot Pepper Seeds. This blend of habanero pepper seeds includes 6 colors for an attractive harvest. Colors include red, orange,...
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80-90 Days to maturity. Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis. Top Mark Melon Vegetable Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, cantaloupe melon. Resistant to Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew, Cucumber Beetles, is scab resistant,...
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80-100 Days to maturity. Helianthus annus. Organic Lemon Queen Sunflower Seeds. Non-GMO, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom, annual, multi-branching sunflower. This bright sunflower features light, lemony petals and a light brown center...
Burdock Seeds - Gobo Takinogawa
85-95 days to maturity. Arctium lappa ‘Gobo Takinogawa’. Gobo Takinogawa Burdock Seeds. Heirloom, Non-GMO, Annual, Open-pollinated. Burdock has been grown for centuries, primarily in China and Japan, for its culinary...
Fennel Seeds - Bronze
Non-GMO, Heirloom Bronze Fennel Herb Garden Seed from True Leaf Market. Foeniculum vulgare purpureum. Bronze Fennel is a cool perennial that's been used as medicine dating back to Ancient Egypt....
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