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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Japanese Mugwort - Yomogi
45 Days to maturity. Artemisia princeps. Yomogi Japanese Mugwort Seeds. Non-GMO perennial heirloom. Yomogi, or Japanese Mugwort, is an easy-to-grow perennial herb that grows in almost any condition. It is...
Sunflower - Red Storm - Microgreens Seeds
Red Storm sunflower microgreen seeds grow exotic red sunflower microgreens that boast all the same flavors and simplicity as traditional Black Oil sunflower sprouts. Try red microgreens sunflower shoots alongside...
Lettuce Seeds - Tom Thumb - Organic
Lactuca sativa (50 days) Introduced some time in the 1850s. Small, round head with delicate leaves. About the size of a baseball. Perfect for one-person salad. Can be planted close...
Millet Seeds - White Proso
White Proso Millet (70-100 days). Proso millet, also called Proso, grain millet or hog millet, is grown primarily in the US for feed grain or birdseed purposes. However, most of...
Basil Seeds - Mammoth
60-90 Days to maturity. Ocimum basilicum. Mammoth Basil Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Mammoth basil is a...
Carrot Seeds - Solar Yellow - Organic
Daucus Carrota (60 days) Yellow carrots have been around for a long time. As far as researchers can document, they originated in the Middle East sometime in the 900s. Now...
Watermelon Seeds - Picnic - Dixie Queen
80 Days to maturity. Citrullus lanatus. Dixie Queen Watermelon Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, heat tolerant, seeded, picnic watermelon. The Dixie Queen watermelon is popular in the southern United States....
Bean Seeds - Bush - Topcrop
50-65 Days to maturity. Phaseolus vulgaris. Topcrop Bush Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, AAS winner, high-yielding, bush, snap, green bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots, raised beds,...
Flower Seeds - Bachelor Buttons
50-60 Days to maturity. Centaurea cyanus. Bachelor Button Seeds. Non-GMO, Open-Pollinated, Annual. Bachelor Button is a drought-tolerant annual native to Europe. The flower is the original deep blue hue that...
Rosemary Seeds (Organic)
120-180 Days to maturity. Salvia rosmarinus. Organic Rosemary Seeds. Non-GMO, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom, perennial herb. Rosemary is a popular culinary aromatic herb that can be grown in garden plots and...
Onion - Long - Southport White Globe 404
70-110 Days to maturity. Allium cepa. Southport White Globe Onion Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, cold tolerant, bulbing, long-day onion. Suitable for growing in greenhouses, garden plots, and raised beds....
Tobacco Seeds - Florida Sumatra
~55 Days from transplant to maturity. Nicotiana tabacum. Florida Sumatra Tobacco Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Resistant to...
Eggplant Seeds - Japanese Pickling
Japanese Pickling Eggplant Seeds. 65 days to maturity. Heirloom, Annual. Can be grown in containers. Solanum melongena. These purple slender, slightly curved eggplants, are full of flavors as they are...
Cucumber Seeds - Bush Crop
55 days. Bush Crop is an excellent variety for small gardens. This plant produces 6 to 8 inch, slightly tapered fruits on a dwarf vine. A very productive plant, Bush...
Celery Seeds - Nan Ling Cutting
Non-GMO Nan Ling Cutting Celery is an Asian celery variety that has a sweet and delicate flavor. Cutting Celery is the familiar flavor in many Chinese dishes. Known for its...
Shiso Seeds - Red (Organic)
80-85 Days to maturity. Perilla frutescens. Red Shiso Herb Seeds. Non-GMO, organic, annual. Shiso is grown as an annual herb with a distinct flavor often described by people as similar...
Bean Seeds - Bush - Fordhook 242 Lima
72 Days to maturity. Phaseolus lunatus. Fordhook 242 Bush Lima Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, AAS winner, high-yielding, heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant, bush, shell, lima bean. Suitable for growing in containers,...
Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Flower) Seeds
75-85 Days to maturity. Cleome serrulata. Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Seeds. Non-GMO, annual. Also called wild cleome or spider flower, this is one of the beautiful flowers recorded by Lewis...
Gourds Seeds - Turks Turban
Non-GMO Turks Turban is ready in 100+ days. Brightly colored ornamental squash has large, flattened fruits measuring 8 to 10 inches across. This gourd is striped with scarlet, white, orange,...
Onion Seeds - Bunching - Ishikura Winter Long
40-60 Days to maturity. Allium fistulosum. Ishikura Winter Long Japanese Bunching Onion Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, perennial, open-pollinated, heirloom, cold hardy, bunching onions. Suitable for growing in greenhouses, garden plots, raised...
Endive Seeds - Frisee
Frisee endive grows best in cool conditions. The plant grows 8-12" tall and produces delicate frilly leaves of a yellow-green color. They have a slightly bitter but mild taste that...
Cucumber Seeds - Japanese Long
The Japanese Long cucumber plant produces productive yields of 18-20 inches long fruits. Cucumbers are dark green and burpless with few seeds. They are best when harvested prematurely at 12...
Carrot Seeds - Cosmic Purple - Organic
(58 days) Purple on the outside and bright orange on the inside, these carrots are a real show stopper! Have trouble getting the kids to eat carrots? Cosmic Purple to...
Broccoli Seeds - Early Purple Sprouting
Brassica oleracea var. italica (59 days) Purple sprouting broccoli is an old English type broccoli. Early Purple Sprouting Broccoli is not only a colorful addition to salads, but it is...
Okra Seeds - Jing Orange
Jing Orange Okra Seeds. 30 to 60 days to maturity. Abelmoschus esculentus. Heirloom, Annual. Jing Orange is an Asian okra, known for it is stunning red-orange color. Approximately 500 seeds/ounce....
Artichoke Seeds - Purple Romagna
85-100 days. Cynara scolymus. Purple Romagna Artichoke Seeds. Non-GMO, tender perennial, heirloom, open-pollinated. This crop is suitable for garden plots, raised beds, or field production. Purple Romagna is an Italian...
Okra Seeds - Emerald
55-70 days. Emerald Okra Seeds - Non-GMO, Abelmoschus esculentus. These heirloom Emerald okra plants are 5-8 feet tall and produce smooth bright green 7" long pods. They were developed and...
Eggplant Seeds - Rosa Bianca - Organic
Solanum melongena (81 days) This beautiful pink-purple fruit also has white shading. Rosa Bianca eggplant is 4-6" in size. Rarely bitter. Heat lover, but produces well even in Coastal areas....
Pumpkin Seeds - Wee-B-Little
Wee B Little Pumpkin is the perfect miniature pie pumpkin. This orange pumpkin was a AAS Winner for 1999. Wee B Little grows an orange pumpkin that is small enough...
Salsify Seeds - Sandwich Island
Sandwich Island Salsify is a root vegetable that you won't find in the grocery store. Also referred to as an oyster plant, it is a plant that tastes like an...
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