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Reliable producers
Tomatoes
- Cherokee Purple
- Celebrity Plus
- Verona
- San Marzano
- Mountain Magic
- Mimosa
- Chocolate Angel
- Sungold
- Black Cherry
Home Growing Wild
The Seed Vault
Favorite varieties and trusted seed sources for Dallas kitchen gardens.
Tried, loved, and worth growing
The Home Growing Wild Seed Vault.
A living collection of reliable favorites, beautiful varieties, and fun seeds I am growing in Dallas gardens this year.
A garden list that keeps growing
Seeds I return to—and a few I cannot resist trying.
This is not a catalog of every possible variety. It is a personal, practical place to collect the plants that perform, taste wonderful, look beautiful, or simply make the garden more fun.
Variety availability changes, and this vault will keep evolving as new favorites earn a place.
Where I shop
My favorite seed suppliers.
These are trusted sources I return to for dependable vegetables, herbs, flowers, and new varieties worth trying.
The collection
Favorite varieties by garden family.
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Warm-season favorites
Peppers + More
- Shishito
- Jalapeño
- Habanero
- Mini Bell Mix
- Banana Pepper
- Golden Wonder Bell
- Purple Beauty Bell
- Cayenne
- Fairytale Eggplant
- Clemson Spineless Okra
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Vines + abundance
Squash + Cucumbers
- Center Cut Squash
- Birdhouse Gourds
- Butterbaby Squash
- Straight Eight Cucumber
- Quick Snack Cucumber
- Armenian Cucumber
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Cool-season staples
Brassicas + Greens
- Happy Rich Broccoli
- Destiny Broccoli
- Snow Crown Cauliflower
- Romanesco
- Lacinato Kale
- Bright Lights Swiss Chard
- Astro Arugula
- New Fire Red Lettuce
- Buttercrunch Lettuce
- Minuet Cabbage
- Toy Choy Bok Choy
- Salad Bowl Mix Lettuce
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Under the soil
Root Vegetables
- Dragon Carrots
- Red Meat Radish
- Red Ace Beets
- Sora Radish
- Bravo Radish
- Purple Top White Globe Turnips
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Color + pollinators
Flowers
- Orange Flash Calendula
- Aurora Zinnia
- Queeny Formula Zinnia
- Lilliput Zinnia
- Ballerina Zinnias
- Benary's Giant Mix Zinnia
- Bon Bon Rose Cosmos
- Afternoon White Cosmos
- Shimmer Celosia
- QIS Gomphrena
- Starflower
- ProCut Sunflower
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