Vegetable diversity and Specialities

Here you will find seeds for open‑pollinated, unique and versatile vegetable types that go beyond the classic range and bring new flavours, colours or growing habits into the garden. Ideal for anyone who appreciates rare varieties, traditional crops or an exceptional diversity of vegetables. Varieties from our vegetable diversity and special selections can be grown flexibly in the garden, raised beds or on balconies – perfect for experimental gardeners, varied harvests and a natural enrichment of mixed cultivation through distinctive plants.
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'Bijella Verão' Oak Leaf Lettuce - Lactuca sativa var. crispa

€3,00 EUR
'Bijella Verão' Oak Leaf Lettuce – heat-tolerant lettuce for hot summers and Mediterranean gardens. Heat‑tolerant reddish‑brown summer lettuce with a sweet, full flavour. Fast‑growing, compact and cut‑and‑come‑again, suitable for open ground, raised beds and balcony gardening. A perfect variety for hot summers...

Miner’s lettuce - Winter purslane - Claytonia perfoliata

€3,00 EUR
Miner’s lettuce – historical winter salad with nutritious qualities. This variety is a fast-growing, winter-hardy leaf lettuce with tender, fleshy leaves and a fresh, mild-nutty flavor. It is ideally suited for direct sowing, pot culture, and winter cultivation. Robust, high-yielding, and open-pollinated...

'Butterflay' Spinach - Spinacia oleracea

€3,00 EUR
'Butterflay' Spinach – fast‑growing variety with large, tender leaves. This variety is an early‑maturing, bolt‑resistant spinach with large, round‑oval leaves and a mild yet robust flavor. It grows compactly in a rosette form and is ideally suited for open field, greenhouse, and...

New Zealand Spinach - Tetragonia tetragonioides

€2,50 EUR
New Zealand Spinach – warm‑loving summer leaf vegetable with fleshy, mild leaves.It is a warm‑loving, annual leafy vegetable with fleshy, triangular leaves and a mild, slightly salty flavor. It grows creeping as a ground cover, is extremely heat‑tolerant, and is ideally suited...

'Lucullus' Chard - Beta vulgaris

€3,00 EUR
'Lucullus' Chard – historic and hardy variety with robust traits and striking leaves. It is a biennial Swiss chard with light green, heavily ruffled leaves and broad, creamy-white stalks. Mild, aromatic flavor. Upright growth, undemanding, and ideally suited for open field and...

Strawberry Spinach - Blitum capitatum

€2,50 EUR €1,50 EUR
Strawberry Spinach – historic rarity with edible leaves and decorative fruits.This very old cultivated plant is an annual strawberry spinach with triangular, tender leaves and a mild, spinach-like flavor. The plant produces striking red, berry-like fruit clusters and grows compactly. It is...

'Lanro' Kohlrabi - Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes

€3,00 EUR
'Lanro' Kohlrabi – proven, cold-resistant outdoor variety with tender, non-woody bulbs.This variety is a fast-growing kohlrabi with flat-round, whitish-green bulbs weighing up to 200-300 g. The flavor is slightly sweet, juicy, and nutty. It is ideally suited for pre-cultivation, early outdoor growing, and...

'Red Russian' Kale - Brassica napus var. pabularia

€3,00 EUR
'Red Russian' Kale – historic heirloom variety with red-green, tender leaves and a mild, sweet flavor. This hardy leafy kale features striking red-green, tender leaves that are soft and juicy. After the first frost, they develop an especially mild, sweet flavor. The...

'Granat' Chinese Cabbage - Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis

€3,00 EUR
'Granat' Chinese Cabbage – old Swiss variety with long, slender heads and strong aroma. This variety is an old and mid-early Chinese cabbage with long, slender, closed heads. It is distinguished by its mild-aromatic flavor and firm leaf structure, making it especially...

'Mizuna' Asian Green - Brassica rapa var. Japonica

€3,00 EUR
'Mizuna' Asian Green – traditional Japanese landrace with a mild, sweet-spicy flavor. This variety is a fast-growing leafy vegetable from Japan with deeply feathered, light green leaves and dense rosette growth. Its mild cabbage flavor is delicate and sweet-spicy with a fine...

'Red Giant' Asian Green - Brassica juncea

€3,00 EUR
'Red Giant' Asian Green – spicy-hot rarity with decorative red leaves. This variety is a fast-growing mustard green with uniquely colored red-green leaves and a mustard-spicy, cress-like flavor. It is winter-hardy and ideally suited for open field, greenhouse, and pot cultivation. Open-pollinated,...

'Moutarde Rouge Metis' Asian Green - Brassica juncea

€3,00 EUR
'Moutarde Rouge Metis' Asian Green – fast-growing leaf mustard with delicate spiciness and attractive appearance. This variety has intensely red, finely serrated leaves and light green stems. Its flavor is moderately spicy with a pleasantly tangy mustard aroma. Frost-tolerant, high-yielding, and versatile,...

'Tokyo Bekana' Asian Green - Brassica rapa var. japonica

€3,00 EUR
'Tokyo Bekana' Asian Green – fast-growing Asian cabbage type with a mild-sweet flavor. This variety is a compact Asian green with loose, semi-open heads, light green tender leaves, and distinctive white veins. It is characterized by its mild-sweet, spinach-like flavor with subtle...

'Paul Robson' Tomato - Solanum lycopersicum

€3,00 EUR
'Paul Robson' Tomato – aromatic old Russian dark tomato variety with an especially full‑bodied flavour. A dark red‑brown salad tomato with fruits of about 105 g, a sweet‑savory, slightly smoky aroma and soft, juicy flesh. Mid‑season ripening, ideal for open ground, raised beds...

'Coração de Boi' Oxheart Tomato - Solanum lycopersicum

€3,00 EUR
'Coração de Boi' Oxheart Tomato – traditional Portuguese tomato variety with a mild‑sweet flavour.A warmth‑loving, robust tomato variety with 200–300 g, heart‑shaped, bright red fruits. Its mild‑sweet, tender flesh is very meaty, juicy and ideal for fresh summer cuisine. The plants grow vigorously,...

'Blanche Ronde a Oeuf' Eggplant - Solanum melongena

€3,00 EUR
'Blanche Ronde a Oeuf' Eggplant – dwarf landrace with white, egg-shaped fruits. This compact, early-ripening eggplant produces exceptionally white, egg-shaped fruits with a mild, nutty, aromatic flavor. With its low growth habit, it is perfectly suited for cultivation in greenhouses, protected outdoor...

'Rotonda Bianca Sfumata di Rosa' Eggplant - Solanum melongena

€3,00 EUR
'Rotonda Bianca Sfumata di Rosa' Eggplant – historical Italian rarity with white-pink-violet fruits. This mid-early, open-pollinated eggplant impresses with its uniquely colored fruits, ripening from white to pink to violet, with a mild-sweet, creamy-aromatic flavor. It ripens reliably and is ideally suited...

'Cocozelle von Tripolis' Courgette - Cucurbita pepo

€3,00 EUR
'Cocozelle von Tripolis' Courgette – traditional, aromatic long‑fruit variety with tender flesh and high yield stability. A heat‑loving, robust zucchini with elongated fruits, green to light‑green striped and 18–30 cm long, of outstanding quality. Its flesh is tender, mildly nutty and pleasantly...

'Red Kuri' Pumpkin Hokkaido - Cucurbita maxima

€3,00 EUR
'Red Kuri' Pumpkin Hokkaido – aromatic, chestnut‑nutty culinary squash with creamy flesh.A warmth‑loving, robust squash plant with 1–3 kg, teardrop‑shaped, bright orange fruits. Its finely nutty, slightly chestnut‑like flesh is aromatic, creamy and highly versatile in the kitchen. The plants grow vigorously, with...

'Gleisdorfer' Oil Pumpkin - Cucurbita pepo

€3,00 EUR
'Gleisdorfer' Oil Pumpkin – traditional Styrian oil pumpkin with aromatic dark‑green seeds.A heat‑loving, robust pumpkin variety with 3–6 kg round‑oval fruits, marbled in yellow and green. Its hull‑less seeds are intensely aromatic, rich in oil and ideal for high‑quality pumpkin seed oil. The...

'Bijella Verão' Oak Leaf Lettuce - Lactuca sativa var. crispa

€3,00 EUR
€10.000,00 EUR kg
'Bijella Verão' Oak Leaf Lettuce – heat-tolerant lettuce for hot summers and Mediterranean gardens. Heat‑tolerant...

Miner’s lettuce - Winter purslane - Claytonia perfoliata

€3,00 EUR
€6.000,00 EUR kg
Miner’s lettuce – historical winter salad with nutritious qualities. This variety is a fast-growing, winter-hardy...

'Butterflay' Spinach - Spinacia oleracea

€3,00 EUR
€149,25 EUR kg
'Butterflay' Spinach – fast‑growing variety with large, tender leaves. This variety is an early‑maturing, bolt‑resistant...

New Zealand Spinach - Tetragonia tetragonioides

€2,50 EUR
€625,00 EUR kg
New Zealand Spinach – warm‑loving summer leaf vegetable with fleshy, mild leaves.It is a warm‑loving,...

'Lucullus' Chard - Beta vulgaris

€3,00 EUR
€1.000,00 EUR kg
'Lucullus' Chard – historic and hardy variety with robust traits and striking leaves. It is...

Strawberry Spinach - Blitum capitatum

€2,50 EUR €1,50 EUR
€6.000,00 EUR kg
Strawberry Spinach – historic rarity with edible leaves and decorative fruits.This very old cultivated plant...

'Lanro' Kohlrabi - Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes

€3,00 EUR
€6.000,00 EUR kg
'Lanro' Kohlrabi – proven, cold-resistant outdoor variety with tender, non-woody bulbs.This variety is a fast-growing...

'Red Russian' Kale - Brassica napus var. pabularia

€3,00 EUR
€8.571,43 EUR kg
'Red Russian' Kale – historic heirloom variety with red-green, tender leaves and a mild, sweet...

'Granat' Chinese Cabbage - Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis

€3,00 EUR
€10.000,00 EUR kg
'Granat' Chinese Cabbage – old Swiss variety with long, slender heads and strong aroma. This...

'Mizuna' Asian Green - Brassica rapa var. Japonica

€3,00 EUR
€2.000,00 EUR kg
'Mizuna' Asian Green – traditional Japanese landrace with a mild, sweet-spicy flavor. This variety is...

'Red Giant' Asian Green - Brassica juncea

€3,00 EUR
€2.500,00 EUR kg
'Red Giant' Asian Green – spicy-hot rarity with decorative red leaves. This variety is a...

'Moutarde Rouge Metis' Asian Green - Brassica juncea

€3,00 EUR
€2.000,00 EUR kg
'Moutarde Rouge Metis' Asian Green – fast-growing leaf mustard with delicate spiciness and attractive appearance....

'Tokyo Bekana' Asian Green - Brassica rapa var. japonica

€3,00 EUR
€1.500,00 EUR kg
'Tokyo Bekana' Asian Green – fast-growing Asian cabbage type with a mild-sweet flavor. This variety...

'Paul Robson' Tomato - Solanum lycopersicum

€3,00 EUR
'Paul Robson' Tomato – aromatic old Russian dark tomato variety with an especially full‑bodied flavour....

'Coração de Boi' Oxheart Tomato - Solanum lycopersicum

€3,00 EUR
'Coração de Boi' Oxheart Tomato – traditional Portuguese tomato variety with a mild‑sweet flavour.A warmth‑loving,...

'Blanche Ronde a Oeuf' Eggplant - Solanum melongena

€3,00 EUR
'Blanche Ronde a Oeuf' Eggplant – dwarf landrace with white, egg-shaped fruits. This compact, early-ripening...

'Rotonda Bianca Sfumata di Rosa' Eggplant - Solanum melongena

€3,00 EUR
'Rotonda Bianca Sfumata di Rosa' Eggplant – historical Italian rarity with white-pink-violet fruits. This mid-early,...

'Cocozelle von Tripolis' Courgette - Cucurbita pepo

€3,00 EUR
'Cocozelle von Tripolis' Courgette – traditional, aromatic long‑fruit variety with tender flesh and high yield...

'Red Kuri' Pumpkin Hokkaido - Cucurbita maxima

€3,00 EUR
€983,61 EUR kg
'Red Kuri' Pumpkin Hokkaido – aromatic, chestnut‑nutty culinary squash with creamy flesh.A warmth‑loving, robust squash...

'Gleisdorfer' Oil Pumpkin - Cucurbita pepo

€3,00 EUR
'Gleisdorfer' Oil Pumpkin – traditional Styrian oil pumpkin with aromatic dark‑green seeds.A heat‑loving, robust pumpkin...

'Vorgebirgstrauben' Pickling Cucumber - Cucumis sativus

€3,00 EUR
‘Vorgebirgstrauben’ Pickling Cucumber – a traditional German landrace with small, aromatic fruits. A robust, early‑maturing...

'Gundel' Cucumber - Cucumis sativus

€3,00 EUR
‘Gundel’ Cucumber – a very robust, bitterness‑free outdoor cucumber with medium‑length, aromatic fruits.A high‑yielding, resilient...

'Tanja' Cucumber - Cucumis sativus

€3,00 EUR
€5.454,55 EUR kg
‘Tanja’ Cucumber – a robust, non‑bitter outdoor cucumber with long, aromatic fruits. A high‑yielding, resilient...

'Manuel António' Melon - Cucumis melo

€3,00 EUR
€3.333,33 EUR kg
'Manuel António' Melon – traditional Portuguese landrace with sweet, aromatic fruits. A warm‑loving, robust sugar...

'Sugar Baby' Watermelon - Citrullus lanatus

€3,00 EUR
'Sugar Baby' Watermelon – early, compact variety with very sweet, aromatic fruits, well suited to...

'La Victoire' Bush Bean - Phaseolus vulgaris

€3,00 EUR
€100,00 EUR kg
'La Victoire' Bush Bean – traditional Swiss bush bean with flavourful, tender, stringless pods. Annual,...

'Crimsonia' Broad Bean - Vicia faba

€3,00 EUR
€85,71 EUR kg
'Crimsonia' Broad Bean – rare, historic, red‑flowering and high‑yielding broad bean with large, aromatic seeds....

'Black Kabuli' Chickpea - Cicer arietinum

€3,00 EUR
€333,33 EUR kg
'Black Kabuli' Chickpea – rare black chickpea with a nutty aroma. Annual, warmth‑loving legume with...

'Küttiger Rüebli' White Carrot - Daucus carota

€3,00 EUR
€1.714,29 EUR kg
'Küttiger Rüebli' White Carrot – traditional Swiss landrace with white, aromatic roots. A robust, mid‑late‑maturing...

'Blauer Herbst und Winter' Winter Radish - Raphanus sativus var. niger

€3,00 EUR
€1.090,91 EUR kg
'Blauer Herbst und Winter' Winter Radish – traditional autumn and winter radish with a blue‑violet...

'Egyptian Flat Round' Red Beetroot - Beta vulgaris

€3,00 EUR
€857,14 EUR kg
'Egyptian Flat Round' Red Beetroot – historic rarity with dark red flesh. This traditional, open-pollinated...

'Tondo di Chioggia' Red Beetroot - Beta vulgaris

€3,00 EUR
€1.000,00 EUR kg
'Tondo di Chioggia' Red Beetroot – historic rarity with red-and-white ringed flesh. This traditional, open-pollinated...

'Burpees Golden' Yellow Beetroot - Beta vulgaris

€3,00 EUR
€750,00 EUR kg
'Burpees Golden' Yellow Beetroot – Historic rarity with golden-yellow flesh. This variety is a traditional,...

'Chufa' Earth Almond - Cyperus esculentus var. sativus

€3,00 EUR
€500,00 EUR kg
'Chufa' Earth Almond – ancient historical crop plant with uniquely sweet‑nutty tubers. A robust, perennial...

'Ailsa Craig' Onion - Allium cepa

€3,00 EUR
€1.500,00 EUR kg
'Ailsa Craig' Onion – historic giant onion from Scotland with exceptionally large, mild‑sweet bulbs. A...

'Stowell's Evergreen' Sweet Corn - Zea mays

€3,00 EUR
€272,73 EUR kg
'Stowell's Evergreen' Sweet Corn – historical variety with large, sweet ears and creamy‑white kernels. This...

'Forellenschluss' Romaine lettuce - Lactuca sativa var. longifolia

€3,00 EUR
€6.000,00 EUR kg
'Forellenschluss' Romaine lettuce – historic variety with crisp, speckled leaves. This variety is a bolt‑resistant...

'Magenta Spreen' Tree spinach - Chenopodium giganteum

€2,50 EUR
€5.000,00 EUR kg
'Magenta Spreen' Tree spinach – spectacular large variety with magenta leaves. This variety is a...

Boxthorn - Goji Berry [Lycium barbarum]

€3,00 EUR
€13.636,36 EUR kg
The perennial goji berry is an old and hardy berry bush in traditional Chinese medicine....

'Zuckertraube' Cherry Tomato - Solanum lycopersicum

€3,00 EUR
'Zuckertraube' Cherry Tomato – honey-sweet small tomato with fruity character. This variety is an open-pollinated...

Leek 'Fantic' - Allium porrum

€3,00 EUR
€3.529,41 EUR kg
The biennial leek 'Fantic' is a winter leek that grows evenly, is hardy and healthy,...

'Gochsheimer Gelbe' Yellow Carrot - Daucus carota

€3,00 EUR
€1.714,29 EUR kg
'Gochsheimer Gelbe' Yellow Carrot – traditional German landrace with yellow, aromatic roots. A robust, mid‑late...

'Quadrato d’Asti Giallo' Bell Pepper - Capsicum annuum

€3,00 EUR
'Quadrato d’Asti Giallo' Bell Pepper – Italian rarity with golden-yellow, sweet-aromatic fruits. This variety is...

'Sonnenherz' Oxheart Tomato - Solanum lycopersicum

€3,00 EUR
'Sonnenherz' Oxheart Tomato – early-ripening classic with multicolored, flame-patterned fruits. This variety is a large-fruited...

Pith Pea Miracle of Kelvedon [Pisum sativum L. convar. medullare]

€3,00 EUR
€100,00 EUR kg
The annual pith pea 'Miracle of Kelvedon' is an early, cold-resistant and fully heat-tolerant pea...

Red Orach - Atriplex hortensis var. rubra

€2,50 EUR
€1.250,00 EUR kg
Red Orach – Decorative leafy vegetable with bright red leaves. This variety is a robust...

'Saladin' Iceberg Lettuce - Lactuca sativa var. capitata

€3,00 EUR
€15.000,00 EUR kg
'Saladin' Iceberg Lettuce – robust variety with crisp, light green heads. This variety is a...

'Purple Teepee' Bush Bean - Phaseolus vulgaris

€3,00 EUR
€150,00 EUR kg
'Purple Teepee' Bush Bean – compact purple bush bean with tender, stringless, aromatic pods.Annual, warmth‑loving...

Good King Henry - Blitum bonus-henricus

€2,50 EUR
€2.500,00 EUR kg
Good King Henry – perennial wild plant with spinach-like taste. Good King Henry is a...

Red Pointed Cabbage 'Kalibos' - Brassica oleracea var. capitata alba

€3,00 EUR
€12.000,00 EUR kg
The biennial red pointed cabbage 'Kalibos' is a red cabbage and the only known pointed...