Recommendations for seed companies?

JennyT Upstate South Carolina

I really would like to get some more heirloom plants along with some more medicinal type plants to be growing in my garden next year. Does anyone have any good suggestions for certain seed companies especially for those hard to find medicinal plants?

tomandcara

a very unique seed company is J.L. Hudson Seedsman. I tried logging onto the site today and got an error, but here is the information copied froma google search:

J. L. Hudson, Seedsman

www.jlhudsonseeds.net

A PUBLIC ACCESS SEED BANK - ESTABLISHED 1911 1911 - 2020. Our 110th Year NOTE: Although we are in the central California COVID-19 quarantine ...

‎Catalog · ‎Vegetables A - D · ‎Contact Us · ‎Seedlist A-AK

Ferg

my favorites:

Richters herbs richters.com (Canada based) https://www.richters.com/

High Mowing (VT, USA) : https://www.highmowingseeds.com/

Seeds Savers Exchange (if you join the exchange, then the possibilities are literally myriad): shttps://www.seedsavers.org/

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange https://www.southernexposure.com/

The Seedstead Heirloom Seeds https://www.theseedstead.com

Johnny's Select Seeds https://www.johnnyseeds.com/

Sustainable Seeds https://sustainableseedco.com/

Botanical Interests https://www.botanicalinterests.com/

Torey

Being from Canada, my choice is Richter's. But they do ship to the US as well. They have some vegetables and flowers but specialize in herbs. @Ferg has given the address above.

Another Canadian herb company that might be of interest is Ravensong Seeds & Herbs. They also ship to the US. http://ravensongherbals.com/ They carry preparations as well.

Canadian seed companies might be a bargain for Americans right now with the exchange rate.

karenjanicki

I get most of our seeds from seed savers exchange. I love the variety and they had everything I wanted in stock. There is also Johnny's seeds and Annies. They are pretty good too. You can find medicinal plant seeds sometimes at Mountain rose herbs as well.

vickeym

I just ordered a lot of my heirloom seeds from www.sotrueseed.com They were great. Though they are running out of a lot this late in the year.

JennyT Upstate South Carolina

@tomandcara , @Ferg , @torey , @karenjanicki , @vickeym Thank you all for your recommendations. I'll check into these companies for my garden seeds for next year.

Silkiemamuska

I also find Baker Creek Heirloom seeds to be a nice place to shop. Beautiful catalog.

https://www.rareseeds.com/?SID=168a4d56cfe33e5d25e0bc82c9f8842d

karenjanicki

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/875818#Comment_875818

You're welcome. Hope you find what your looking for :).

JennyT Upstate South Carolina

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/875842#Comment_875842

Thank you, Cathy.

Kelley

I get mine from Park Seed as they are local so I know their strains work in my area.

Https://www.parkseeds.com

JennyT Upstate South Carolina

@timtandme if parkseeds.com is local to you, where are you located?

brownjoelle

I'm headed to my county extension office today for some free seeds. New to gardening in Florida, so I'm starting on the cheap. I've saved seeds from my CA garden. Hope they fare well.

KimMullen

Strictly Medicinal Seeds has the largest selection of medicinal plants and seeds I've found.

Tave

I also have found Strictly Medicinal Seeds to have the best selection of medicinal plants. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds is one of my favorite seed companies for heirloom plants and the more common medicinal herbs.

JennyT Upstate South Carolina

@KimMullen and @Tave Thanks for letting me know about strictly medicinal seeds. I had not hear about that company before.

@brownjoelle I didn't know about getting seeds from the county extension office. I'll look into that too, thanks.

Grounded

I like seed savers exchange and strictly medicinal seeds.