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		Cutting Garden Seed Collection Cutting Garden Seed Collection. Featured in VERANDA magazine! In an 1807 letter to his granddaughter, Thomas Jefferson sketched his idea for a winding walk bordered by planting beds to allow "abundant room for a great variety" of flowers at Monticello. This seed collect... - Cutting Garden Seed Collection.		$36.00 More Information
		Cymling or Pattypan Squash Seeds (Cucurbita pepo) Cymling or Pattypan Squash Seeds (Cucurbita pepo). Commonly called Pattypan Squash, this variety originated among the Native North Americans. Cymlings were well-known in the colonies by the 1790's and Thomas Jefferson said they were "one of our finest and most innocent vegetables". They were fr... - Cymling or Pattypan Squash Seeds (Cucurbita pepo).		$3.95 More Information
		Cypress Vine Seeds (Ipomoea quamoclit) Cypress Vine Seeds (Ipomoea quamoclit). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.Thomas Jefferson forwarded seeds of this vigorous vine to his two daughters, Mary and Martha, in 1791 from Philadelphia. The seeds of this morning glory relative were planted "in boxes in the windo... - Cypress Vine Seeds (Ipomoea quamoclit).		$4.95 More Information
		Deerhorn Clarkia Seeds (Clarkia pulchella) Deerhorn Clarkia Seeds (Clarkia pulchella). On June 1, 1806, Meriwether Lewis "met with a singular plant today in blume" and collected it "on the steep sides of the fertile hills" northeast of Kamiah, Idaho. Clarkia was named for William Clark, co-captain of the expedit... - Deerhorn Clarkia Seeds (Clarkia pulchella).		$3.95 More Information
		Dwarf Gray Sugar Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum cv.) Dwarf Gray Sugar Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum cv.). Offered in 1881 by D. M. Ferry & Co. of Detroit, Michigan, and called in their catalog "the most desirable of all the edible pod peas". The Dwarf Gray Sugar Pea lives up to its name: the edible, stringless, 3-4" pods are sweet... - Dwarf Gray Sugar Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum cv.).		$3.95 More Information
		Early Blood Turnip-rooted Beet Seeds (Beta vulgaris cv.) Early Blood Turnip-rooted Beet Seeds (Beta vulgaris cv.). Thomas Jefferson regularly grew Red, Scarlet, and White beets in the Monticello vegetable garden. Early Blood Turnip-rooted Beet was introduced c. 1820; in Field and Garden Vegetables of America (1863), Fearing Burr noted its deep b... - Early Blood Turnip-rooted Beet Seeds (Beta vulgaris cv.).		$3.95 More Information
		Early Curled Siberian Kale Seeds (Brassica napus var. pabularia cv.) Early Curled Siberian Kale Seeds (Brassica napus var. pabularia cv.). Thomas Jefferson's vegetable garden commonly included various Kales such as German, Russian, Delaware, Malta, and Scotch types. This tender green, also known as Borecole and Headless Cabbage, is superior source of ... - Early Curled Siberian Kale Seeds (Brassica napus var. pabularia cv.).		$3.95 More Information
		Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Seeds (Brassica oleracea var. capitata cv.) Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Seeds (Brassica oleracea var. capitata cv.). Numerous types of cabbages were planted in Thomas Jefferson's gardens throughout his lifetime, including French, Milan, Savoy, Ox-heart, Roman, Scotch, Sugarloaf, York, and Winter. Early Jersey Wa... - Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Seeds (Brassica oleracea var. capitata cv.).		$3.95 More Information
		Early Scarlet Globe Radish Seeds (Raphanus sativus cv.) Early Scarlet Globe Radish Seeds (Raphanus sativus cv.). Radishes, like lettuces, were regularly grown in the Monticello vegetable garden for use in salads. The two crops were often sown together beginning in early March. Thomas Jefferson preferred the scarlet radish, although his garden ... - Early Scarlet Globe Radish Seeds (Raphanus sativus cv.).		$3.95 More Information
		Eastern Red Columbine Seeds (Aquilegia canadensis) Eastern Red Columbine Seeds (Aquilegia canadensis). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.Thomas Mann Randolph, Thomas Jefferson's son-in-law, observed this perennial wildflower blooming on April 30, 1791, at Monticello. Jefferson may have sowed seed in the gardens, as... - Eastern Red Columbine Seeds (Aquilegia canadensis).		$4.95 More Information
		Empress of India Nasturtium Seeds (Tropaeolum minus cv.) Empress of India Nasturtium Seeds (Tropaeolum minus cv.). Eastern North American seed companies were offering this showy, award-winning variety by the 1880's. Empress of India Nasturtium has a dwarf, bushy habit, dark purplish-blue foliage, and brilliant crimson-scarlet flowers. The ... - Empress of India Nasturtium Seeds (Tropaeolum minus cv.).		$3.95 More Information
		English Daisy Seeds (Bellis perennis) English Daisy Seeds (Bellis perennis). English Daisy was well established as a garden flower in America by 1700, and was known by a number of common names, including Bone Flower, Herb Margaret, and Measure of Love. Thomas Jefferson listed the English Daisy for plan... - English Daisy Seeds (Bellis perennis).		$3.95 More Information
		English Lavender Seeds (Lavandula angustifolia) English Lavender Seeds (Lavandula angustifolia). English Lavender is one of the best-known of the traditional aromatic herbs. Valued for its small lavender flowers as well as for its fragrant gray leaves, this hardy, dwarf shrub has been grown and used in Europe since at least the 12th ... - English Lavender Seeds (Lavandula angustifolia).		$3.95 More Information
		Fish Pepper Seeds (Capsicum annuum) Fish Pepper Seeds (Capsicum annuum). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello. Fish Peppers are a form of Cayenne Pepper with flashy green and white variegated leaves and attractive striped pods that ripen to solid red. Named for its use as a seafood seasoning in Mid-Atlantic urban regi... - Fish Pepper Seeds (Capsicum annuum).		$4.95 More Information
		Florence Fennel Seeds (Foeniculum vulgare azoricum) Florence Fennel Seeds (Foeniculum vulgare azoricum). Florence Fennel, called Finnochio in Italy, is an edible plant with ornamental, feathery, anise-flavored leaves, and enlarged, bulb-like, aromatic leaf stalks. The seeds are also edible and anise-flavored&com... - Florence Fennel Seeds (Foeniculum vulgare azoricum).		$3.95 More Information
		Floss Flower Seeds (Ageratum houstonianum) Floss Flower Seeds (Ageratum houstonianum). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.Floss Flower was discovered in Central America by William Houston (c. 1695-1733), a Scottish botanist, plant collector, and ship's surgeon. Houston sent seeds to England in the early 18th cen... - Floss Flower Seeds (Ageratum houstonianum).		$4.95 More Information
		Flowering Tobacco Seeds (Nicotiana alata) Flowering Tobacco Seeds (Nicotiana alata). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.Flowering Tobacco, also referred to as Night-scented Tobacco, is a self-seeding, summer and fall-blooming annual or perennial that bears sweet-scented, white flowers which open only in ... - Flowering Tobacco Seeds (Nicotiana alata).		$4.95 More Information
		Formosa Lily Seeds (Lilium formosanum) Formosa Lily Seeds (Lilium formosanum). Introduced from Taiwan in the 1880's, Formosa Lily is a spectacular self-seeding, perennial lily that bears large, extremely fragrant, funnel-shaped white flowers, suffused wine-purple on the outer side of the petals&com... - Formosa Lily Seeds (Lilium formosanum).		$3.95 More Information
		Foxglove Seeds (Digitalis purpurea) Foxglove Seeds (Digitalis purpurea). Foxglove, a showy biennial bearing spires of deep pink tubular flowers in late spring and early summer, was grown in American gardens by 1735, and likely became more common after its medicinal properties were discovered in the late ... - Foxglove Seeds (Digitalis purpurea).		$3.95 More Information
		French Mallow Seeds (Malva sylvestris) French Mallow Seeds (Malva sylvestris). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.When Thomas Jefferson noted "French mallow" on an 1806 list of flowers, he was probably referring to Malva sylvestris, a European and Asian native with handsome, hollyhock-like, purplis... - French Mallow Seeds (Malva sylvestris).		$4.95 More Information

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