Herb and Vegetable Starts

 

Joe's Gardens has been providing the finest vegetable and herb starts to our community for decades. We believe in growing strong, healthy plants that thrive in our climate and, with proper care and nutrition, will thrive in your home garden.

 

Below is a list of herb and vegetable starts, along with an approximate time of year it will be available for purchase. 

 

Vegetable Starts Available March through May

 

Artichokes

Beets - Red and Yellow

Chard (may be mid March pending weather)

  • Bright Lights
  • Green
  • Red

 

Brassicas

  • Broccoli
  • Broccolini
  • Brussels Sprouts
  • Cabbage Early & Late 
  • Cabbage Savoy
  • Red Cabbage
  • Cauliflower White and Mixed Color
  • Kale 
    • Green
    • Lacinato Dinosaur
    • Red Russian
    • Siberian
  • Kohlrabi Green and Purple

Lettuces

  • Bib Green & Red
  • Endive Green
  • French Crisp
  • Green Leaf
  • Head Lettuce
  • Radicchio Red
  • Red Leaf
  • Romaine Green & Red
  • Romaine Mini Crisp

Salad Mixes & Greens

  • Arugula
  • Collards
  • Gourmet Salad Mix
  • Mesclun Mix
  • Pac Choi
  • Spicy Salad Mix
  • Spinach
  • Stir Fry Mix

Onions & Garlic

  • Green Onions
  • Leeks
  • Red Rings Keeping
  • Walla Walla
  • Shallots
  • Yellow Keeping
  • Italian Silver Soft Neck Garlic

Peas

  • Mr. Big Dwarf Shelling
  • Snow Peas Bush
  • Sugar Snap Bush
  • Super Sugar Snap 
  • Tall Telephone Shelling

Potatoes

  • Austrian Crescent Fingerling
  • Cal White
  • Chieftain
  • Cosmic Gold
  • Purple Magesty
  • Red Thumb Fingerling
  • Umatilla

Herb Starts, etc. Available March - May (see exceptions)*

 

Basil Italian Sweet *Mid-April - May

Catnip

Chives

Cilantro

Dill Fern Leaf *Mid-April - May

Lemon Balm

Mint Chocolate

Mint Mojito Cocktail

Mint Peppermint

Mint Spearmint

Oregano Greek

Oregano Hot & Spicy

Oregano Italian

Parsley Curley

Parsley Italian

Rosemary Officinalis

Rosemary Prostratus Trailing

Rosemary Tuscan Blue

Sage Garden

Sage Pineapple

Sorrel Red Vein

Tarragon French

Thyme English

Thyme Lemon

 

Strawberry Starts Available March - May

Albion Everbearing

Cabrillo Everbearing

Everbearing

Quinault Everbearing

Seascape Everbearing

Shuksan June Bearing

Sweet Sunrise June Bearing

 

Lavender Available March - May

Grosso

Hidcote

Munstead

Otto Quast

Phenomenal English

Provence

 

Vegetable Starts Available Mid-April through May

 

Beans

  • Asian Noodle
  • Blue Lake Bush
  • Blue Lake Pole
  • Cranberry Bean
  • Fava Broad Bean
  • French Gourmet Bush
  • Romano Pole Bean
  • Yellow French Bush
  • Yellow French Pole

Celery & Celeraic

Corn

  • Super Sweet Early
  • Super Sweet Mid Season
  • White

Cucumbers

  • Burpless
  • English Burpless
  • Lemon
  • Pickling
  • Slicer

Eggplant

  • Ichiban Asian
  • Satin Beauty Italian

Melons

  • Cantaloupe
  • Honeydew
  • Watermelon

 

Tomatoes & Peppers  - these are generally available late-March, which is too early to plant them outside, unprotected. We strongly recommend protecting your plants in a greenhouse or other area (or wait to purchase them) until night

temperatures are consistently above 45 degrees (usually mid-April). 

 

Pepper Hot

  • Anaheim Chili Mild
  • Cherry Time Bomb Hot
  • Habanero Very Hot
  • Hungarian Hot Wax
  • Jalapeno Imp. Mild
  • Poblano Ancho Mild
  • Serrano Mild
  • Super Cayenne Hot
  • Super Chili F1 Hot

Pepper Sweet

  • Banana Supreme
  • Golden Bell
  • Green Bell
  • Italian Long Red
  • Orange Bell
  • Red Bell
  • Snacker Orange

 

Tomatoes 2.5" Pots

  • Blush
  • Bush Early Girl (Topsy Turvey friendly)
  • Celebrity (Determinate)
  • Champion
  • Early Beefsteak
  • Early Girl
  • Golden Rave Roma
  • Grape Red
  • Health Kick Roma
  • Joe's Best Medium
  • Joe's Special
  • Juliet Roma Type
  • Lemon Boy Yellow
  • Oregon Spring (Determinate)
  • Patio Prize (Determinate)
  • Red Cherry
  • Red Robin (For Baskets)
  • Roma Best (Determinate)
  • San Marzano Roma (Determinate)
  • Stupice (IPB Determinate)
  • Sun Gold Cherry
  • Sweet 100 Cherry
  • Sweet Million CHerry
  • Tomatillo Toma
  • Yellow Canary (For Baskets)
  • Yellow Pear

Heirloom Tomatoes 2.5" Pots Available April - May

  • Black Prince
  • Brandywine
  • Brandywine Yellow
  • Cherokee Purple
  • Delicious
  • Green Zebra
  • Mortgage Lifer

Tomatoes Gallon Pots

  • Blush Cherry
  • Bush Early Girl
  • Celebrity
  • Champion
  • Early Beefsteak
  • Early Girl
  • Grape Red Cherry
  • Joe's Midsize
  • Joe's Special
  • Lemon Boy Yellow
  • Oregon Spring
  • Red Cherry
  • Roma's Best
  • San Marzano Roma
  • Stupice
  • Sun Gold
  • Sweet 100
  • Sweet Million F1
  • Yellow Pear

 

Squash Available mid-April - May

Pumpkins

  • Atlantic Giant
  • Cinderella's Coach
  • Gourds Joe's Mix
  • Jack Be Little
  • Jack O' Lantern
  • Pie Pumpkin

Summer Squash

  • Crookneck Yellow
  • Patty Pan Green & Yellow
  • Zucchini Green & Yellow

Winter Squash

  • Acorn
  • Buttercup / Kabocha
  • Butternut
  • Carnival Acorn
  • Delicata Bush
  • Hubbard Blue
  • Spaghetti
  • Sweet Meat

 

 

Sunflowers Available April -May

  • Autumn Beauty
  • Cutting Gold
  • Mammoth Russian
  • Ring of Fire
  • Sonja
  • Soraya
  • Valentine

 

 

Joe's Gardens

3110 Taylor Avenue

Bellingham, WA 98225

360-671-7639 

Open daily, 9am-5pm  

gardenhelp@joesgardens.com

 

    


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