Livingston Seed

Red Garnet amaranth are a beautiful maroonish-red color with fuchsia-red flower heads making it an attractive addition to your ornamental gardens.  This particular variety can reach up to 6' tall making it perfect to use as a screen or the background of a flowering garden bed.   

The robust, peppery flavor of Arugula adds zest to your salads. For maximum taste, harvest leaves when they are approximately 6" in height. Grow with other cool-weather greens, such as a spinach, lettuce and mustard. For fresh green from the garden, stagger planting every 2 weeks during the growing times. 40 days to maturity. Garden tip: Arugula has uses beyond salad. It can be sautéed or cooked. Don't forget to try Arugula sprouts, too.

Red Ruffles is a variety of basil that is both beautiful and delicious. The strikingly beautiful aromatic leaves can be used fresh, frozen, or dried.  This variety is a wonderful addition to flavor vinegar, soups, stews, salads and Italian recipes. Red Ruffles Basil offers a striking contrast of color in any herb garden with the dark red/purple leaves.  

Our most popular beet variety. Detroit Dark Red is delicious and unbeatable for canning and pickling. It has a robust, sweet flavor with an intense bright, crimson red color. The 13-16" glossy tops are tasty and nutritious greens rich in Vitamin A and C.Garden Tip: If no rain falls for 7-10 days, apply 1" of water; beets that develop in dry weather will be fibrous and woody.

Early Crosby Egyptian Beet are a favorite table variety. Grows well in both fall and spring planting. Try fresh from the garden or canned. Beets will grow to the size of a baseball, but they are best harvested the size of a golf ball. Great in containers. Easy to grow. Matures in 55 days. Garden Tip: Plant beets in a full-sun location in well-drained soil. If no rain falls for 7 to 10 days, apply 1" of water; beets that develop in dry weather will be fibrous and woody.

The Golden Detroit Beet isn't only a savory root vegetable, but also offers greens that have a mild, great flavor.  The bright golden orange adds a great sweet flavor and color to salads or any meal.  The greens also have a mild, sweet flavor that can be added to a green salad or sauteed as a side dish.  Beets are easy to grow and are perfect for colder climates as they are very cold hardy and tolerates near freezing temperatures.  

Bells of Ireland, or Shellflowers, are grown for their showy, bell shaped, bright green calyxes.  Although now significant, Bells of Ireland also have tiny white, fragrant blooms that compliment the apple-green calyxes perfectly!  Bells of Ireland are very easy to grow and require minimal maintenance and will provide long lasting flowers all season!  They work very well in containers and can dry easily to add to dried floral arrangements. 

Black Eyed Susan Vine is a vigorous vining annual that grows well on a trellis or arbor or as a trailer in a hanging basket or window box.  The heart shaped leaves are adorned with a mix of yellow and orange blooms.  The Alata Mix is a prolific bloomer with hundreds of 1.5-2" blossoms.  

Green Sprouting Calabreses Broccoli is an easy way to eat healthy. Try our tasty broccoli fresh from the garden with dips, steamed for a side dish, or as a new creation all your own! Broccoli is easy to grow. It is a cool weather plant which means you can have a spring crop and another in the fall. Sow again in early fall for a separate crop after starting indoors around the 1st of July. Matures in 80 days. Gardening Tip: Harvest central head and lateral cluster before flower buds open. This...

Brussels Sprouts are an excellent source of nutrition, and they are particularly easy to grow. Our Long Island Improved variety provides sprouts that are large and easy to harvest. A cool weather crop, Brussels Sprouts can stand a freeze, and often the most delicious when they mature after the first fall frost. Good freezing variety. Matures 90-110 days. Garden tip: The sprouts form at the base of the leaves. To promote more sunlight, remove the leaves a few at a time. Be sure to leave the top...

Early maturing and high yielding Bush Bean Mountaineer White Half Runner can be grown with or without support, Picked young it can make a good snap bean, or growing to full maturity and shelled. The rich, sweet flavored beans are excellent for baking, soups and any other uses.Garden Tip: Resistant to common mosaic. Grows well in average, well-drained soil.

Have fun watching these beans turn green while cooking! The Royal Burgundy has 5-5½" meaty, purple pods. Excellent fresh or frozen. To freeze, just blanch 2-3 minutes until pods turn green. Garden Tip: An early, hardy variety that does well in cooler soil.