Black Forest Kabocha Cucurbita maxima (95 days)  A nice uniform kabocha that produces 4-5 fruits averaging 3-4 pounds each. Fruits are gray-green flattened shape with dark orange flesh that is sweet, dry and flaky. They store moderately well until February or March if kept in a dry spot. Delicious baked with butter! Packet (5 g ~ 30 seeds) Ounce ...

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Winter Squash, Butternut, Waltham   Cucurbita moschata (110 days)  Solid 9” fruits weigh in at 4-6 pounds and have a very small seed cavity, brilliant orange flesh and a tan skin. Flavor is sweet, smooth and slightly nutty. Excellent for pie. Requires supplemental curing in a greenhouse or warm house post harvest to properly color up and cure. Univ. of Mass. 1956 introduction. Packet (3 g ~ 40 seeds) ounce...

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Honeyboat Delicata Cucurrbita pepo ( 100 days ) This is a charming variant on the Delicata theme with shorter, fatter fruits that are 1-2 lbs with copper skin and green stripes rather than the typical pale yellow with green stripes of the Zepplin Delicata. Grow this for its incredibly sweet flavor and reliable storage qualities. Thin skin can be eaten. Wonderful, steamed, baked, roasted, cut up into bite sized pieces and sauteed, or stuffed. A consistent favorite! Bred by Dr. James Baggett at OSU. Bush habit.  Packet:  2 1/2 g (~40 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Delicata, Zeppelin  Cucurbita pepo (100 days)  A much loved 1894 heirloom winter squash that is just the right size for a side dish with dinner. The fruits are 7-10” long, weigh about a pound and possess flesh that is finer-textured, sweeter, and significantly longer keeping than other strains. Packet (2.5 g ≈ 40 seeds) ...

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Winter Squash, Green Hubbard  Cucurbita maxima (90-100 days) A large squash with deep green skin and brilliant orange flesh that can weigh up to 20 pounds. This is a potluck squash people! A true family feeder. Vigorous vines spread 8-10 feet from the roots, making this heirloom squash a good candidate for use in a corn/beans/squash polyculture system as it will handily suppress weeds under your corn. Thick skin enables hubbards to store well into March. HEIRLOOM. (6 g ≈ 25 seeds) ...

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Winter Squash, Honeynut Cucurbita moschata x C. maxima. (105-110 days) Adorable winter squash bred by Michael Mazourek of Cornell University in collaboration with Stone Barn Center Food and Agriculture chef Dan Barber. Fruits start off as a dark green and meld into a bright honey colored orange when ripe. Sweeter and smaller than a Butternut squash, the perfect size for easy eating. Stores up to around 2 months. Packet (2 ½ g ≈30 seeds)...

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Lower Salmon River Cucurbita maxima (90 days) This PNW heirloom from Idaho has a thick, mottled, salmon-colored rind. Deep orange and sweet flesh make this squash great for pies, soups, or as a side. Grows from 3 to 10 lbs. Harvest before fall rains. Great for storage. A regular taste test winner! SSF Packet( 6g ~ 30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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North Georgia Candy Roaster Cucurbita maxima (95 days) Local to present day North Carolina, the Candy Roaster Squash is known for its sweet, unique flavor, which is the reasoning behind its name. The Cherokee tribes in the southern Appalachians originally cherished this squash for its long shelf life. Despite its odd appearance, many more people have come to treasure it for its unique taste. When fully ripe and stored for several months, it will reach its full flavor potential. A favorite in pies, soups, butters and breads, recipes that utilize this squash do not call for any additional sugar or sweetener, such that many have compared it to a sweet potato   This delicious, unique hubbard-type winter squash was a stand-out open-pollinated variety in terms of dry farmed yield and storability in a dry farmed winter squash variety trial conducted by Alex Stone and Jennifer Wetzel of the Oregon State University Horticulture Department, and is also a top-yielder in Dry Farming Collaborative variety trials. SRF Packet: 5 g (~30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Sibley   Curcibita Maxima (100-110 days)  The Sibley Squash, which is also known as Pike’s Peak, was obtained from an elderly woman in Van Dinam, Iowa who had grown it for more than fifty years.  Hiram Sibley & Company of Rochester, New York introduced it commercially in 1887.  It is a hubbard type squash with moderately vigorous 12-15 foot vines.  The slate blue teardrop-shaped fruits have very shallow ribs and weigh from 8-10 pounds.  Its medium-thick orange flesh is flavorful and sweet. The flesh becomes drier and richer with storage, reaching its peak right after turn of the New Year.  This seed was grown by Ben Yohai of Wandering Fields Farm in Applegate, Oregon.  Ben also sells the fruits at local growers markets to customers who give it rave reviews.  Part of the Slow Food Movements "Ark of Taste" Heirlooms. Packet: (6 g ≈ 30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Stella Blue   Cucurbita maxima (100 days) A hokaiddo kabocha type squash with deep orange, flakey sweet flesh. Developed by Bill Reynolds, this variety is an improved baby blue hubbard type, suitable for family dinners. Slate gray skin conceals thick, orange flesh that is smooth, sweet and delicious. Try cutting one in half and filling with rice, onion, garlic, tomatoes and the like and baking it! Selected under dry farmed conditions in Northern CA. Stella Blue was included in variety trials with the Dry Farming Collaborative 2016 – 2018, and yielded an average of 23 lbs per plant, with an average planting density of 34 sqft per plant, on 7 sites in Western Oregon.   Packet (5 g about 20 seeds)  One Ounce (about 130 seeds) ...

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 Sundream Cucurbita Maxima (90 days) Good ideas have to start somewhere…this project started as a taste bud love affair with the excellent variety Sunshine (F1), a delicious orange skinned squash developed by Rob Johnston. Fruits loosely resemble the popular open pollinated variety, Red Kuri, with deep orange skin and thick orange flesh. We have been culturing this strain into a stable open pollinated variety for the since 2014.  We love the flavor of this productive and tasty squash.  Selected for years for storage quality. This heirloom of tomorrow in the making is a Siskiyou Seeds farm original bred by Don Tipping An interesting agronomic note on this variety and other cucurbit seeds that we grow here at Siskiyou Seeds is that we have not used floating row covers to protect young plants from cucumber beetle damage (which is standard practice on nearly all small farms in our area). Our aim is to breed for and select for plants that are naturally resistant to cucumber beetles and a decade into doing this it seems to be working!  Open Seed Source Initiative pledged & Siskiyou Select Original Packet (5 g ≈ 30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Tromboncino Curcubita moschata (60 days summer squash/ 90 days winter squash) This is a highly unique classic Italian heirloom squash that can be harvested young as a rich, full-flavored summer squash which is much preferred to traditional zucchini by many Italians who call it "zucchini rampicante". Harvested at 8-12" long, it is delicious roasted, grilled, grated raw into salads or stuffed in ravioli. It can also be left to mature as a long keeping winter squash. Related to Butternut squash, Tromboncino has vigorous growing vines that give rise to elongated serpentine fruits that can grow up to 3 feet long. Can be stored and eaten like a winter squash, however its texture is somewhat stringy like a spaghetti squash and not as sweet and even as a Butternut. A real treat to grow and marvel at! Packet: 3 g (~30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Uncle David’s Dakota Dessert   Cucurbita Maxima (95-105 days)  Uncle David's Dakota Dessert offers deep orange color, thick flesh, rich and sweet flavor, smooth texture, plant vigor and cold-hardiness.  Bred by FFSC farmer David Podoll, it produces solid yields across extreme fluctuations of climate.  It's a favorite for main dishes, pies and other desserts.  Packet (6 g ≈ 30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Wonder Berry – SunBerry Solanum Burbankii   Developed by plant genius Luther Burbank this is an interesting tomato relative. 3' plants yield dozens of clusters of dark, 1/4" berries, and each cluster holds 8-12 fruits. Unique, huckleberry-like flavor makes for intriguing dessert fillings, jellies, syrups, etc. Grown in the usual tomato fashion can be challenging to germinate - the tiny seeds need to keep moist for a much longer period. Start seeds 6-8 weeks before transplanting outside after the last frost. Space plants 30" apart.  Packet (2/5 g) ...

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Wormwood Artemisia absinthium – Perennial  An aromatic gray-green herb with lacy foliage that can grow to 6’ tall when flowering. Leaves have long been used as a medicinal tonic, a vermifuge and the main ingredient in the fabled beverage, Absinthe. Can spread readily, so be wary and is considered invasive in CO, WA and ND (we cannot ship to those states).  Very easy to grow. SSF. Packet (0.1g ≈ 200 seeds)...

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Xeranthemum annuum  Here’s seed for a long-lost favorite that’s a great dried flower known as “Immortelle”.  Plants produce either white or mauve (pale purple)- colored 1” flowers atop silvery green foliage.  Like strawflower or ammobium, they are dry and papery when fresh, but can be used both fresh and dried as a cut flower.  Or, xeranthemum serves as a great bedding plant in the front border as it grows to about 2’ and flowers for a long period—typically midsummer through autumn.  Space 12” apart.  Hardy annual.  SSF.  Packet (.3grams~80 seeds)...

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Yarrow, Colorado Mix Achillea millefolium (120 days)  An array of flowers in rose, peach, white, fuschia and cream top strong stems with lacy foliage in this Colorado Mix Yarrow.  It makes excellent filler for cut fresh or dried arrangements, retaining it's color well for months of post-harvest.  A long-lasting, drought tolerant and hardy perennial, Yarrow is easy to grow and slowly spreads by its roots.  Grows to 24".   Packet= 1/10 g (~120 seeds) ...

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Yarrow, Common Achillea millefolium - Perennial    A widespread native plant with pretty compound white flowers that grows across the entire northern hemisphere.  Many medicinal uses internally and externally.  Easy to grow once established. Can spread readily.  Drought tolerant. Traditionally the I Ching is thrown using yarrow flower stalks. SSF. (.1g ~ 150 seeds)...

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Yarrow, Golden Achillia filipendulina   A hardy plant that yields bright yellow 3-4” flowers on strong, tall stems over a long season. They work very well for cut flower bouquets. A strikingly beautiful specimen plant.  This is a different species than the traditional white yarrow (Achillea millefolium). Winter hardy to zone 3.  FLA.    1/10 g ...

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Zinnia, Benary's Giant Zinnia elegans (75-85 days Benary's Giant is the market farmer's go-to mix of large-flowered, brilliantly colored zinnias.  If you're wondering how you can have a multitude of flowers in many colors throughout the warm/hot growing season, this is the mix for you!  3" double, semi-double, and single-petaled blooms top 3' plants.  Cut regularly and they will "come again", producing blooms for up to 12 weeks.  Long lasting in the vase.  Space 12" apart.   Packet -0.8 g (~75 seeds)  ...

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Zinnia, Cactus Mix Zinnia elegans   This was a true standout in our gardens!  Grows to 30-48” tall with unique involute petals (that roll into themselves), revolute petals (rolled under) and fimbricated petals (frayed ends).  Large (3-4”) blooms appear in shades of pale pink, deep yellow, orange, pink, red, peach, and white.  Flowers are all double-petaled (like a dahlia).  Bumblebees love them! - 0.3 g (~30 seeds) ...

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ZINNIA, Dreamin’ Mix  A unique twist on the typical zinnia fare. Bred by Dylana Kapuler and maintained by Peace Seedlings. This appears to be a chance cross between 2 species (Z.elegans x Z.haageana) that results in a wide array of multi-colored petals mainly in 2 variants: a yellow, orange, magenta, red and a pink and white. Comparable to the Zowie (F1) hybrid, but more interesting with a taller growth habit. An annual that grows up to 48” and is best spaced 12” apart.  Packet - 0.3g (~30 seeds) ...

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Zinnia, Dreamin' Remix  (75 days) This mix originally Bred by Dylana Kapuler and maintained by Peace Seedlings appears to be a cross between 2 species (Z.elegans x Z.haageana) that results in a wide array of multi-colored petals mainly in 2 variants: a yellow, orange, magenta, red and a pink and white. Comparable to the Zowie (F1), but more interesting with a taller growth habit.  An annual that grows up to 48” and is best spaced 12” apart. This iteration has crosses with the quilled petal cactus type zinnias, however all the mother plants were of the Dreamin’ mix, hence the name “Remix”. Lots of unique diversity to discover in this stunning grex!  Packet - 0.8g (~75 seeds)...

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Zinnia, Jazzy Mix Zinnia haageana (85 days)  A spectacular mix of warm-toned, small, semi-double and double 2” variegated flowers.  Flowers come in a range of yellow, yellow/red-tipped, red/yellow-tipped, red/white-tipped, red/pink-tipped, pink/white-tipped coloration and are like small firecrackers within a bouquet.  Cut flowers hold up to three weeks in the vase!  Jazzy mix is slower to come on than the larger flowered Zinnia elegans, but flowers hold longer on the plant.  An excellent low-growing (30”) zinnia for the front annual border and a prolific producer for cut flower growers.  Packets - 0.3 g (~40 seeds)...

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Zinnia, Mega Diversity Mix  Zinnia elegans (70 days) A mixture of all the classic shades and shapes you know and love about zinnias plus some new twists like orange with purple edges and red with purple margins. Superb cut flower and has a long vase life.  Original mix obtained from Peace Seedlings.  SSF. Packet -0.8 g (~75 seeds)  ...

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Zinnia, Orange Anemone (80 days) Zinnia elegans - A standout from our Tidepool Mix population that possesses the quilled petals of the Cactus types in pleasing hues from pale orange to a more orange red. Breeder Don Tipping is selecting for highly doubled revolute and fimbriated, a trait where petal tips are not pointed as is typical, rather they are splayed out. Special attention is given to encouraging and stabilizing the squiggly petal trait in which the petals zig zag out from the central disc. This is a variety still in development so you can expect some variation, however, subsequent iterations will become more unique and uniformly amazing! Very limited quantities. A Siskiyou Select Original. packet ~0.4g ~ 30 seeds...

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Zinnia, Peppermint Stick Zinnia elegans (75-85 days)  A fun, red-dappled zinnia, with either white, cream or gold (in equal quantity) as its petal background.  Flowers are 2” and fully doubled.  We like to harvest this flower before the center cone extrudes.  An annual that grows up to 36” and can be spaced 12” apart.  SSF.  Packet -0.8 g (~75 seeds) ...

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 Zinnia, Purple Dahlia Zinnia elegans (75-90 days) A gorgeous, extremely productive, mostly double-petaled dahlia (about 25% singles).  Largely resistant to powdery mildew, the Purple Dahlia Zinnia also holds up well in high heat, blooms strongly for 2-3 months, and has sturdy stems easy to strip.  This dahlia lasts up to two weeks in the vase.  An annual that grows up to 48”.  Space 12” apart and pinch when plant is 8-12” tall.  Can be used as a dye plant. Packet - 0.8 g (~75 seeds)...

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Zinnia, Queeny Lime Orange  Zinnia elegans (90 days)  These new zinnia introductions from the Queeny Lime Series (formerly known as the "Queen" series) are the two zinnias that I can’t live without in my garden.  Queeny Lime Orange produces 3” double, semi-double (and occasionally single-petaled) blooms that have a peach color with lime undertones.  Ray petals fade to cream approaching the center where a set of brighter, orange disc petals accentuate form a bullseye.  Long lasting in the vase and an excellent dried flower as well.  An annual that reaches up to 3’; space 12’ apart.   0.8g ...

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ZINNIA, Queeny Lime Red Zinnia elegans  (75-85 days)  Queeny Lime (QL) Red began my QL addiction.  (formerly known as the "Queen" series). It produces 3” double & semi-double (and occasionally single-petaled) blooms that have a pink color with lime undertones.  Ray petals fade to cream approaching the center where a small set of brighter, fuchsia disc petals form a bullseye.  The quintessential cut-and-come again flower that lasts up to two weeks in the vase.  An annual that reaches up to 3’; space 12’ apart.  WWA  ~0.8g - ...

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ZINNIA, SALMON ROSE Zinnia elegans Cut flower growers know zinnias as one of the best “cut-and-come again” flowers; the more you cut them, the more they keep on flowering.  Salmon Rose is a large, double-petaled type of zinnia similar to our Purple Dahlia Zinnia and gives buckets-full of blooms in this “on-trend” color.  It’s bold but not loud like many of the classic zinnia colors, so it pairs well with other softer tones but still garners attention from home gardeners, market growers and floral designers alike. Packet-0.8 g (~75 seeds) 10 Grams (~930 seeds) ...

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Zinnia, Scarlet (75-90 days)  A wonderful show of deep scarlet red single and fully double petaled blooms makes a striking visual statement in gardens or as border plantings.  Tiger swallowtail butterflies are very fond of this strain.  Produces blooms over a very long season and even into the first light frosts of fall.  Grows to 4 feet.  Feral Farm .8 g (~150 seeds)...

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Zucchini, Costata Romanesco (55 days)  Delicious Italian heirloom summer squash produces pale green fruits with distinct ribs. Although it yields lower than hybrid varieties, its flavor is far superior - creamy, nutty and with great texture. Exceptionally large blossoms lend themselves to frying well.  Packet (2 g ≈ 30 seeds) Ounce (≈250 seeds) ...

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Zucchini, Dark Star (50 days) A new open pollinated zucchini developed by Eel River, California organic grower, Bill Reynolds.  It has been bred as an OP market gardener workhorse alternative to hybrids.  Spineless stalks prevent damage to fruits while harvesting.  Long harvest window is a good trait for farmer and gardener alike.  Remarkably vigorous.  It was selected under dry farmed conditions In N. California  Dark Star was included in variety trials with the Dry Farming Collaborative 2016 – 2018, with an average yield of 15 lbs per plant at a planting density of 24 sq ft per plant, on 9 sites in Western Oregon. ERP *If you have issues with Squash Vine Borers you may want to try growing Tromboncino as a summer squash as they are a different species (Cucurbita mochata) Packet (2 g ≈ 30 seeds)                  1 oz  1/4 lb...

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Zucchini, Golden Cucurbita pepo (60 days) Golden Zucchini was introduced in 1973 by the W. Atlee Burpee seed company.  It is a compact bush type plant that is perfect for those with limited space in their gardens. It is a prolific producer of dazzling gold zucchinis that can grow over 10", but are tastiest when eaten at this size or smaller.  Frequent harvesting of small fruits encourages more fruit to grow.  HEIRLOOM. *If you have issues with Squash Vine Borers you may want to try growing Tromboncino as a summer squash as they are a different species (Cucurbita mochata) Packet (2 g ≈ 30 seeds) Oz ...

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