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NEW! A brand new vegetable, bred by Dick Degenhardt in Boskoop, Netherlands. These “greens” are actually green and creamy gold. Easy-to-grow, upright plants produce a continuous harvest of delectable blue-green leaves edged in creamy yellow or white. Best of all, this kale is perennial in most climates! Makes a unique garnish and a nutritious addition to salads, soups, or stir fries.

When the heat gets turned up, most tomato plants stop producing. As daytime temperatures get into the 90s and nights are in the 70s or warmer, tomato plants may keep on blooming, but the flowers often fall off and fruit does not set. However, there are heat-tolerant varieties that adapt better to heat stress. Here are three different tomato varieties that are up to the challenge.

This tomato caught us by surprise! Not only was it one of our best selling varieties, it also produced the most comments about its excellent flavor. Don't let the shape fool you. While it looks like a paste tomato, it is definitely a slicing variety. Black Icicle produces deep purplish-brown fruit that are almost black and perfect for home gardeners and chefs. It has has the incredible rich taste that typifies many of the large, dark beefsteak types: sweet, rich with earthy overtones.

New, striped cherry tomato in glowing rose and gold combines standout visual appeal and superb flavor! Round, 1½” fruits are gorgeous and tasty in fresh salads.

Stunning, healthy, productive and grafted onto disease-resistant rootstocks! Indigo Rose is a new release from the breeding program of Dr. Jim Myers at Oregon State University. This tomato is the result of ten years of hybridizing. Dr. Myers continuously evaluated the fields for color, flavor, and yields in an effort to produce the first high anthocyanin tomato.

If you’re looking for some of the sweetest, firmest, shiniest tomatoes with a long shelf life to boot, you need the small, red, juicy cherry tomato from Pachino, Sicily. Plants are very hardy and will overwinter in mild winter areas. It is also one of the hardest varieties to find as farming conglomerates in Sicily tenaciously guard the distribution of the seeds.

New! Another tasty beauty from innovative tomato breeder, Fred Hempel. The 2" long 'julienne-style' cherry tomatoes have an unforgettable tropical sweet flavor reminiscent of pineapple! Chefs are absolutely enchanted with the fruits of these elongated tomatoes that have been served at some of the best restaurants in the country.

Beautiful, heart-shaped fruits are shaped like strawberries, but the color is not just orange; it’s an intense and deeply colored orange, both inside and out. The flavor is also outstanding and complex, unlike many orangish tomatoes. The meaty fruit is exceptionally rich and sweet with just the right amount of acid.

Huge production, good Anthocyanin (same thing that makes blueberries blue). Large clusters of 2-4 oz. fruits. Small unripe fruit turn purple, as they grow and ripen they turn almost black on top where sunlight hits, bottom and interior are red. Fruit has excellent hang on the vine ability. Very ripe fruit has excellent sweet flavor. Crack & sunburn resistance.

Here’s one of the oldest varieties of tomatoes in the US! Grafted plants are a GardenLife Exclusive!
The indeterminate plants produce literally hundreds of 1.5-inch, pear-shaped, bright-red cherry tomatoes. The fruit has wonderful, delicious, sweet flavors with a very sweet skin, making this a delightful snacking as well as salad tomato.

The jalapeno is the world's most famous chili pepper! They are low in Saturated Fat, and very low in Cholesterol and Sodium. Jalapenos are also a good source of Riboflavin, Niacin, Iron, Magnesium and Phosphorus, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Thiamin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Potassium, Copper and Manganese and best of all, a whole cup only contains 27 calories!

Here's a stunning Italian heirloom that is much sought after. Round 4-6" fruits are lavender-pink with creamy white shading. The rich, mild flesh is very popular with both chefs and gardeners, since there is no bitter aftertaste. Well suited for all of your cooking needs, great for eggplant parmesan. 70-85 days from transplant.

Tondo di Piacenza is a wonderful Italian zucchini with an almost spherical, glossy, dark-green fruit, which produces very early in the season.

Marina di Chioggia is the famous sea pumpkin of Chioggia on the Adriatic coast of Italy, just south of Venice. The rich, sweet flesh of this winter squash is deep yellow-orange, good quality and delicious baked or used in pies. Ripe fruits are about 10 lbs. and store for months.