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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80-85 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Chef’s Choice Red Hybrid Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, warm season annual, F1 hybrid, AAS winner, indeterminate, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden...
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80 Days to maturity. Helianthus annuus. Organic Skyscraper Sunflower Seeds: Non-GMO. Open Pollinated. Ornamental. Annual. The skyscraper sunflower is beautiful and grows 12 feet tall with long, strong stalks holding...
Coleus Seeds - Kong Series (Pelleted)
84-91 Days to maturity. Plectranthus scutellarioides. Coleus Kong Series Seeds. Non-GMO, Annual. Kong Series coleus seeds are a simple yet exotic plant, ideal for many hot and humid gardens. Kong...
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Zinnia Seeds - California Giants - Organic
Organic California Giants Zinnia Seeds. 50 days to maturity. Can be grown in containers. Ornamental. Zinnia elegans. Heirloom, Non-GMO, Annual. Dating back to 1926, Zinnia California Giant is a mix...
Melon Seeds - Banana
80-100 Days to maturity. Cucumis melo. Banana Melon Seeds. A non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, heat-tolerant Melon. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. These unique melons got...
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70 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Grandeur Hybrid Japanese Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, warm season annual, F1 hybrid, indeterminate, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds,...
Tomato Seeds - Cherry - Pink Thai Egg
65-70 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Pink Thai Egg Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, determinate, cherry tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, greenhouses, and...
Zinnia Seeds - Zowie Yellow Flame (Coated)
54-70 Days to maturity. Zinnia elegans. Zowie Yellow Flame Zinnia Seeds. Non-GMO, organic, Annual. Yellow Flame zinnia seeds are an effortless and vibrant way to grow season-long brilliance in your...
Onion Seeds, Bunching - Ishikura Improved
60 Days to maturity. Allium fistulosum Ishikura Improved Bunching Onion Seeds. Annual, Non-GMO, Heirloom. This is a traditional medium early Japanese type bunching onion. At maturity, the stalk has white...
Bean Seeds - Pole - Blue Lake FM1K (Treated)
65 Days to maturity. Phaseolus vulgaris. Blue Lake Pole FM1K treated Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, high-yielding, drought-tolerant, pole, snap string bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots,...
Gourd Seeds, Bitter- Dark Jade - Hybrid
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Vietnamese Culantro Seeds - Ngo Gai
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Tomato Seeds - Paste - Andiamo Hybrid
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Squash Seeds - Winter - Hubbard Blue - Organic
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Tomato Seeds - Cherry - Brad's Atomic Grape
75-80 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Brad's Atomic Grape Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, warm season annual, open-pollinated, indeterminate grape tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, greenhouses,...
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