North Texas Vegetable Gardeners Blog

I buy most of my seeds from Johnny’s, and would definitely give JSS a 5 star rating except for two things. Many of their products, info, and service are geared to small commercial greenhouse/market growers. They are located in Maine. Their field test environment is much different than Texas. I have found several of their products labeled “Heat Tolerant” are no match for Texas Hot. All in all, however this is a great company.

I love the selections and variety of the Johnny’s catalog, and the depth of information provided about each plant. Practically, though, I’ve had mixed results with the seeds I’ve purchased. Some never sprouted, and others were not true to size and conditions described.

They have a great selection of vegetables and flower seeds, and I love that I can order a larger package of some of my favorites. I think their prices are pretty reasonable too. Oh, and their catalog includes helpful germination information like what temperature they sprout best at, etc.

Johnny Seeds has an amazing variety of garden supplies. The prices for seeds are definitely on the higher side, but they give advice and have lots of free resources (planting guides per growing zones for example). Their catalog is not flashy, but attractive enough to make me buy more than I should each year. I

Park Seeds is one of the few companies that is located in the south, so their seeds should be better suited to our area. They also pack them in air-tight foil packs, which is great. They used to be my favorite company until my last order, which took 2 weeks to get to me. In today’s world where I can get shipped almost anything to my house in 2 days, a few packets of seeds shouldn’t take 2 weeks.

I bought my first Botanical Interests seeds at North Haven Gardens and have had excellent luck with all of their products in winter, spring and fall. The heat resistant seeds have been great for Dallas’ summer temperatures too. I have used their seeds for approximately 8 years now and have always gotten better than expected results.