Ten of our Favorite New Seeds & Plants to try in 2024!
If you’re looking for a quick, flavorful addition to your salad, Uber may just be the solution! This quick-growing selection is the perfect combination of wild arugula’s growth habit and salad arugula’s delicious flavor. Also great on sandwiches!
2) Carrots – Coventry
Want to add some pizazz to your plate? Coventry carrots are an excellent choice! Chantenay types are great if you don’t have the soil depth to grow longer Nantes types. Coventry isn’t just beautiful; it’s sweet and delicious, too! Great as baby carrots if harvested before maturity.
3) Melon – Melonade
Do you love the fresh, delicious, cooling flavor of a sweet melon on a hot summer day? Give Melonade a try this season! This unique selection offers a rich melon flavor followed by a lemony tartness – the perfect combination for summer. With 7-inch fruit, this melon is sure to please at your 4th of July gathering.
4) Peas – Sienna
If you’re like me, peas are a staple in your early summer garden, and Sienna is a great addition to your collection! These plants are incredibly high yielding, even when grown in a container, and offer early, sweet peas.
5) Spinach – Countryside
A fresh spinach salad is a great addition to any summertime meal, and Countryside is the perfect option! These exceptionally vigorous plants allow for multiple cuttings of sweet, robust, succulent leaves. This variety is also disease resistant without turning bitter, providing season-long greens.
6) Basil – Evi
If you love making pesto or adding some fresh basil flavor to your pasta sauce, Evi is a great addition to your herb garden. This late-bolting variety offers heavy harvests of beautiful, flavorful foliage that is sure to please!
7) Olallieberry
Looking to expand your perennial fruit selection? Try this wonderful new addition to our collection! Coming out of Oregon, Olallie offers a burst of delicious, sweet-tart flavor from juicy berries. Olallieberries can be eaten fresh, added to baked goods or smoothies, or made into a flavorful jam. With oblong, deep-colored fruit, use this berry to add some gorgeous color and variety to your fruit tray or desserts! Hardy in zones 5-9.
8) Blueberry – Northsky
Are you a northern gardener struggling to find a blueberry hardy for your zone? Check out Northsky! Hardy in zones 3-8, this dense-growing bush provides harvests of small, flavorful berries. With its smaller growth habit, plant this selection in pots or in hedgerows for a beautiful display of succulent green leaves covered in white flowers before harvesting these tasty, wild-flavored berries.
9) Celosia – Chief Series/Mix
Celosia/coxcomb is always a fun, unique addition to any flower bed, and the Chief collection is no exception. These strong-stemmed varieties offer uniformity and vibrancy, perfect for fresh-cut flower mixes or for drying. These grow well in the ground or in large containers and will provide great variety in your garden.
10) Gladiolus – Rusty Chestnut
We are thrilled to introduce this beautiful Gladiolus. This uniquely colored variety is guaranteed to be a showstopper in your flower garden or fresh bouquet. Textured, ruffled florets cover the strong stalks in a spectrum of bronzy shades. Absolutely gorgeous in the summer!
View all our new items for 2024 here.
Happy gardening!
Author: Ashley W.
