PeaceTree Organix

Aloe vera

The aloe vera plant is an easy, attractive succulent that makes for a great indoor companion. Aloe vera plants are useful, too, as the juice from their leaves can be used to relieve pain from scrapes and burns when applied topically.

To grow, place in bright, indirect sunlight or artificial light. A western or southern window is ideal.

Water aloe vera plants deeply, but infrequently. To discourage rot, allow the soil to dry at least 1 to 2 inches deep between waterings. Don’t let your plant sit in water. Use your finger to test dryness before watering.

Aloe is an indoor plant.

1 gal tera cotta pot……….$10

Dark Purple Opal

This pretty-looking, aromatic basil grows as an upright bushy plant with edible purple leaves. Dark Purple Opal produces dark leaves with an intense sweet-spicy flavor and pretty pinkish flowers, which appear mid to late summer. The foliage has a much stronger flavor than more common green basil varieties.

Sweet Genovese

This is the classic Italian basil, and the crucial ingredient for pesto! Large, dark green leaves are tender, delicious, and aromatic. This plant loves warm weather, so be sure to wait until all danger of frost has passed before planting. Does beautifully in containers. Slow to bolt as long as you regularly pinch the blooms. Once it has bolted, use the flowers as garnish for salads, pasta, and drinks.

Cinnamon

This tall, fast-growing variety has distinctive violet stems, veining, and flower bracts with lavender-colored blooms and 2" long leaves. Use the flowers in any recipe that calls for basil, or to garnish drinks, salads, soups, pasta, and desserts. Flavor is of intense basil with a note of mint, anise, and cinnamon. If you don’t want to eat the plant, mix it into flower bouquets for a sweet, cinnamon aroma.

Thai

A stronger-flavored basil than sweet basil, Thai Basil also has a hint of licorice flavor. The leaves, which are about half the size of sweet basil, have purple stems and make pretty garnishes. They are added by the handful to Thai cuisines and also dishes of Southeast Asia. A slightly smaller plant than Sweet Basil, it is perfectly suited for containers.

4” pots………$5

Attractive blue-green heads sit ready-to-harvest through the heat and sweeten more when exposed to chilly nights. Well leafed plants yield 6-8" diameter heads with 5-10, 1" side shoots as well.

4” pot……….$5

Cabbage is an all-time, favorite cool weather crop to grow in any garden.

This hardy vegetable is antioxidant- and nutrient-rich, and enjoyed raw in salads or cooked in stir fries. It is especially delicious fermented as sauerkraut.

Each pot contains several plants.

We offer a red or a green variety of cabbage.

4” pot………$5

Save yourself the stress of germinating carrot seeds with our carrot transplants. Each one gallon pot contains several carrot plants.

Dig a hole in the ground and plop in your carrot transplants. Water thoroughly and watch your carrot plants grow. Once you can see the head of the carrot at the base of the stem, you know it’s time to harvest.

This is the easiest way of ensuring that you can get some freshly harvested carrots from your garden.

1 gallon pot……….$5

The Snowcrown cauliflower is one of the classic varieties of any vegetable garden. It is self-blanching, meaning that the leaves curl protectively around the large white head to protect it from the elements.

This early maturing, flavorful cauliflower forms white heads that can weigh 3-5 lbs.

4” pot……….$5

Swiss chard prefers rich, well-drained soil in full sun or light shade.

Swiss chard is best known for its bright and colorful stems, which come in a rainbow of hues. Chard can be served cooked or raw, and is high in vitamins A and C.

Each pot contains more than one plant.

4” pot……….$5

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Cilantro needs light shade since it bolts quickly in hot weather. It grows best in a well-drained, moist soil. Cilantro plants should be spaced about 6 to 8 inches apart.

Cilantro needs its own space in the garden where you can harvest it and then let it go to seed. It grows fast in the cool weather of spring and fall, creating a rosette of lacy leaves. When the weather gets warm, the plant sends up a long, lanky flower stalk bearing flower clusters with white or pinkish blossoms that later produce coriander seeds. Plant cilantro in a bed devoted to herbs where it can reseed, or in a corner of the vegetable garden.

4” pot……….$5

Aquilegia canadensis

This perennial is an airy plant whose attractive foliage and flowers resemble a jester’s caps as well as attracting hummingbirds.

The flowers come in many colors and most have spurs, which are long, narrow strips streaming horizontally out of the back of the flower. Once established, columbine plants are drought-tolerant and self-seed. This makes them perfect for rock gardens, woodland gardens, and edging plants.

On average, columbines reach around two feet in height (taller when in full bloom) and by a similar width. They bloom in late spring to early summer and prefer partial shade.

We grow the Colorado native variety as well as a red variety.

1 gallon pot……..$12

Pickling

These varieties grow compact and are popular for pickling. Vines produce blocky, slightly tapered, medium-green cucumbers with white spines. Harvest fruits when they are 3-5”.

Slicing

This heirloom variety is named for its perfectly straight, 8-inch long fruit. This slicing cucumber has long been prized for its high quality, flavor, and even, deep green color. Vigorous, productive vines that benefit from trellising.

1 gallon pot……..$10

Anethum graveolens

Dill is a self-seeding herb that typically reaches 2 to 4 feet tall at maturity. Its leaves are used fresh or dried as an herb in dips, soups, salads, and other dishes. The seeds are used as a spice for pickling and for adding flavor to stews and roasts.

Dill can also be easily grown in containers, both indoors and outdoors. Choose a deep container to accommodate the tall plant and its long roots. Use normal potting compost and keep the plants well watered.

4” pot……….$5

Allium x proliferum

Unlike most onion varieties, Egyptian walking onions set bulbs at the top of the plant – each with numerous small onions that you can harvest for planting or eating.

Egyptian walking onions taste much like shallots, although slightly more pungent. When the bluish-green stalk gets top-heavy, it falls over, creating new roots and a new plant where the bulbs touch the ground. One Egyptian walking onion plant can travel 24 inches (61 cm.) each year, resulting in up to six new plants

Egyptian onions are perennials and they will eventually walk across your garden even though they aren’t considered invasive. Leave a few plants in your garden every year if you want the plants to keep walking for decades to come, but pull any that walk where they aren’t welcome.

1 gal pot……….$12

Our variety produces 3-pound fruits with orange flesh and is a good selection for northern gardens as it’s ready for harvest in about 71 days.

As the honeydew melons continue to grow, keep the area well-watered and weed-free as this is key to a healthy plant and harvest. Water the plants whenever the first two inches of soil is dry when touched. When watering give each of the plants a long, thorough soak to encourage a deep root structure and ensure there is enough water for the plant to develop healthy fruit. As a shallow rooted plant, honeydew melons benefit from regular irrigation.

1 gallon pot…….$10

Kale is packed with healthy minerals and vitamins. It’s versatility in the kitchen makes it a favorite green for chefs to work with.

In the garden, it is very easy to grow. Space plants 18 to 24 inches apart in an area with full sun and well-drained, fertile soil. Improve soil by mixing in several inches of aged compost. Kale is a fast grower, so keep the soil moist by giving it a daily watering.

This year we are growing:

Black Magic

Black Magic is a well-maintained selection of Toscano kale with long, narrow leaves for attractive and tall, straight bunches. Dark blue-green leaves with beautiful savoy. Lacinato or "dinosaur" type kale.

Dinosaur

Dinosaur kale, also known as Tuscan or Lacinato kale, is without a doubt one of the more favorite types.

Its long, narrow leaves make it such a breeze to cook with and is one of the most ornamental edible plants there is.

Dinosaur kale is easy to grow, and like other kale varieties, it is considered a nutritional powerhouse.

4” pot………$5

Lavandula augustifolia

Lavender is an outstanding perennial flower and a great plant to attract butterflies, bees, and other pollinators to your garden.

Grow them alongside your herb garden, in a perennial flower bed, or in containers where you can enjoy their fragrance up-close.

Lavender plants range from 1 to 3 feet tall and wide and do not require staking. Lavender flowers in summer and the flower stalks can be harvested and used fresh or dried.

Water young plants well. Once established, lavender is drought tolerant and doesn't need frequent watering.

1 gal pot……….$12

Please choose from the following varieties:

Chocolate Mint

Mentha x piperita

Our most popular mint variety.

Chocolate mint is an herbaceous, perennial that doesn't require a whole ton of ongoing care to keep on living.

Mint prefers sunlight but can tolerate partially shady environments too. It does enjoy consistently damp soil so good drainage is key. Amend the soil with compost before planting to help keep the soil moist and the chocolate mint will be happy.

Chocolate mint blooms showy lavender flowers in the summer that attract butterflies and bees.

You can harvest mint leaves any time during the growing season, but may find the flavor more bitter after flower buds appear.

Peppermint

Mentha × piperita

Peppermint is a perennial herb with very fragrant, toothed leaves and tiny purple, pink, or white flowers that bloom in the summer.

Not only does peppermint add fruity, aromatic flavor to foods and tea, but also it’s useful for health remedies such as aiding digestion and relieving headaches. Crush fresh leaves into water for a refreshing beverage or add to tea. Leaves can also be dried and used for flavoring dishes or beverages and making desserts.

Spearmint

Mentha spicata

Spearmint is a perennial, medicinal herb that gets its name from its pointed leaves which are spear-shaped. It is not incredibly picky to grow, but it prefers to grow in well-drained, moist, nutrient-rich soil.

Spearmint is unique in the mint family in that is contains a high level of carvone, which gives it a more spicy, citrus and mint taste than other varieties of mint.

1 gallon pot………..$12

Petroselinum crispum

Parsley is a biennial plant with bright green, feather-like leaves and is in the same family as dill. This popular herb is used in sauces, salads, and especially soups, as it lessens the need for salt. Not only is parsley the perfect garnish, it’s also good for you; it’s rich in iron and vitamins A and C.

Parsley prefers partial shade and moist soil. Harvest leaves by cutting the outer portions of the plant leaving the inner, young leaves to grow and mature.

If you want fresh parsley throughout the winter, replant one in a pot and keep it in a sunny window.

We carry Italian Flat Leaf Parsley and Moss Curled Parsley.

½ gal pot……….$10

**Mild Peppers**

Green Bell

This early maturing plant produces heavy yields of sweet bell peppers. Peppers turn from green to glossy red when mature, but can be used when green. The flesh is thick and sweet. Perfect for salads, frying, grilling, roasting, and stuffing.

Nardello Sweet

Nardellos are a mild, banana pepper that produces many 8-10” long and slender peppers. This variety is an heirloom that was grown in Italy almost 200 years ago. Fruits get glossy red and are excellent roasted or fried.

Shishito

Grow the pepper that’s long been prized by restaurants and is a favorite among chefs. Shishito is a Japanese sweet pepper that produces handfuls of finger-long fruits. Usually used when green (though also fine to eat when red), the peppers are thin-walled, making them ideal for tempura and stir fries. On this side of the Pacific, it’s wildly popular as an appetizer—tossed with oil, then char-grilled or pan-seared to a blackened, blistered state and salted. Plants are compact and perfect for containers.

**Medium Peppers**

Ancho Poblano Pepper

Mexico’s favorite chile pepper! When traditionally ripened to red and dried, this pepper is known as an ‘Ancho’; it is also used green, as a ‘Poblano’, for making chiles rellenos. The thick-walled, mildly hot fruit have a rich, mellow flavor. The name Poblano comes from the valley of Puebla, south of Mexico City, where the peppers were first cultivated. This pepper produces continuously through the summer in climates with warm days and cool nights. This is a big plant, so give it the space it needs when planting: Set it at least 3 to 4 feet from other plants.

**Hot Peppers**

Cayenne

This heirloom variety produces heavy yields of finger-width peppers. The thin-walled peppers grow to a bright red color and are great fresh or dried. Cayenne plants prefer full sun with adequate watering in regular intervals.

Jalapeno

Choose a location with full sunlight for growing peppers, as jalapenos LOVE the sun. Mix in some compost or other material to make the soil fertile and moist. Space the jalapeno pepper plants 14 - 16 inches apart. The plants will eventually grow to nearly 3 feet high.

1/2 gallon pot…….$10

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Jack-O-Lantern

This heirloom variety was bred for making Jack O’ Lanterns, but its flesh makes delicious pies, soups, and muffins, too. It weighs an average of about 7 to 10 pounds and has a deep orange color.

Vines grow long, so give it plenty of room or save space by trellising and make a sling for the heavy fruit. It has a nice thick stem that makes a good handle for the top of your Jack O’ Lantern. Great source of vitamins A and C.

Pie Pumpkins

Our pie pumpkins grow excellent in small spaces. Plants love full sun and produce 3-5 pound pumpkins great for baking or pies.

1 gallon pot…….$10

Rheum rhabarbarum

Rhubarb is a perennial vegetable used as a fruit in desserts and jams.

The stalks are the only part of the plant eaten and have a rich, tart flavor. Harvest the stalks when they are 12 to 18 inches long. Usually after 3 years, the harvest period runs 8 to 10 weeks long.

Rhubarb does best where the average temperature falls below 40ºF in the winter and below 75ºF in the summer. It requires very little effort to grow once established but needs cool weather in the winter/spring months to thrive.

1 gal pot……….$12

Salvia rosmarinus

Rosemary is a perennial evergreen shrub with blue flowers. It is an aromatic and distinctive herb with a sweet, resinous flavor.

This herb can be grown outdoors as a perennial shrub in Zones 5 and warmer. In colder areas, it should be kept in a pot and brought indoors for the winter.

Rosemary is ideal for rock gardens or the top of a dry, stone wall. It requires full sun and water the plants evenly (but not too much) throughout the growing season. Prune regularly so that the plant won’t get lanky by snipping off stems to use fresh, or hang them in the kitchen for dried rosemary.

Rosemary is often used for seasoning poultry, lamb, stews, and soups.

1/2 gal pot……….$12

Acorn Squash

Acorn squash is a tasty and healthy treat that can be grown well into the cooler fall months. It is ideal for those with vast gardening spaces and is quite tolerant of various types of climate.

Once your acorn squash is harvested, it will enjoy a lengthy kitchen life. If stored in a cool and dry place, it can last for weeks. You can grill or roast your acorn squash to bring out the flavor, or even puree it for soups and stews.

Blue Hubbard

Large fruits with green-blue, gray, green, light pink, or orange skin and tasty orange flesh. Shapes are round with pointed ends and occasional elongated fruits. A common Hubbard across the Navajo Nation.

Harvest when fruits are full size and the rinds cannot be easily dented with a fingernail.

The skin is blue and the flesh is golden-yellow with great flavor.

Butternut Squash

As plants begin to sprawl and grow into each other it can be hard to locate the centre of the plant for watering. Set a cane by each plant when planting out to act as a marker later in the season.

Butternut squash should store for up to 3 months in a cool, frost-free shed, packed in cardboard boxes in straw. This is important, especially since each vine can yield 10 to 20 squash if properly maintained.

It’s a great source of complex carbohydrates and fiber as well as high in potassium, niacin, beta carotene and iron.

Spaghetti Squash

Spaghetti squash is a winter squash. It takes about three months (90 days) for the winter squash to mature but once it does, it will store for almost half a year!

Plant spaghetti squash in hills, with 3 or 4 transplants per hill and 3 feet between each hill.

1 gallon pot………$10

English Thyme

Thymus vulgaris

This low-growing, perennial herb has dark gray-green aromatic leaves. Pale, pink flowers bloom at the tips of the stems in summer. This plant makes an attractive edging in perennial borders or cultivated as a savory culinary herb.

Thyme is a good garden plant with a neat habit, fragrant foliage, and colorful flowers.

1/2 gallon pot……..$12

Tomatillos are the distant cousins of the beloved tomato. Native to central America, they are gathered to be eaten or sold in local markets. To prepare many Mexican food favorites, you need to be growing tomatillos in your garden.

Plant tomatillos in pairs during spring once all chance of frost has passed. Planting 2 or more at a time ensures the blooms will be pollinated. Tomatillos grow well in pots and can be planted in 5-gallon buckets.

Tomatillos love the sun so plant them in the sunniest part of the garden. Keep the plants watered throughout the season to ensure a bountiful harvest.

Harvest tomatillos once they reach their ideal color and have filled out the husk. Typically at this time, the husk dries and turns brown.

1 gallon pot……..$10

**Cherry Tomatoes**

Atomic Brad (black cherry)

Heirloom cherry tomato with a rich mahogany-purple color and sweetly complex flavor. The round, 1-inch fruits grow in abundant heavy clusters on vigorous, fast growing indeterminate plants.

Red Pear (red cherry)

The Red Pear Tomato is an old time favorite heirloom that always pleases everybody! This variety is a bright red, pear-shaped tomato with a history dating back to Colonial times. The Red Pear's plants are very prolific and are producers of 1-2″ long tomatoes that are great on salads, sauces or roasted in the oven.

Sungold (gold cherry)

One of the most popular varieties of cherry tomatoes, Sungold ripens early to a golden orange, ready to harvest throughout the summer. These extra-sweet tomatoes stay firmer longer than other cherry varieties and will be ready to harvest twice a week once they begin producing fruit.

Yellow Pear (yellow cherry)

Possibly the most popular yellow heirloom variety of tomato, the Yellow Pear gets its name from its color and shape. This variety dates back to the 1800s and is a vigorous indeterminate. It produces generously with an abundance of small, yellow pear-shaped tomatoes that are sweet, but mild in flavor.

**Medium-Size Tomatoes**

Roma

If you're in the hunt for a high-yielding heirloom tomato plant, then look no further. This heirloom tomato variety has origins dating back to 18th century Italy. These squat, indeterminate plants grow rather dense and to a height of 5–6 feet. They produce an almost endless supply of oblong-shaped fruit that weigh roughly 4–6 ounces each and contain few seeds. Growing in clusters of six to eight, the medium-sized tomatoes are great for eating fresh or for use in canning. They're perfect for gardeners that are looking to make the most out of a small space.

Tigerella

These unique fruits are noted for their stripes. When immature they are a light green with dark green stripes. When mature the stripes alternate between red and a yellow orange. Two inch fruit have a very tangy flavor, yields are very heavy, and quite early.

Zebra, Purple

The top ranked heirloom tomato in our trials with round fruits that are one of the first to set fruit with heavy yields through late summer. Thin, striped skin; pick early to avoid cracking.

**Large-Size Tomatoes**

Better Boy

Huge heirloom beefsteak tomato that produces big, regular leaf plants that produce above average amounts of beautiful pink/red, irregular shaped (fluted) heirloom tomatoes that can grow to 2 pounds or more, with an average diameter of 5 inches. Excellent sweet, almost tropical fruit flavors. A winner!

Big Beef (Beefsteak)

Grow Big Beef tomatoes is the perfect variety to slice for your sandwiches or salads throughout the summer. This large red hybrid, 4 to 6 inches in diameter and up to 12 ounces, is ready for harvest in 70 days. The Big Beef variety features a long, bountiful harvest period and a sweet flavor. Noted for its firmness and resistance to splitting and disease, this is an ideal choice for a home gardener and for a beginner to growing tomatoes.

Brandywine

One of the most flavorful tomatoes.

Brandywine's luscious, heirloom flavor can be described as "very rich, loud, and distinctively spicy." The large fruits, often over 1 lb., have a deep pink skin and smooth, red flesh. The medium-tall, potato-leaf plant is best staked or caged.

Cherokee Purple

An heirloom, reportedly of Cherokee Indian origin. Large, smooth fruits (10-12 oz) with slightly ridged shoulders. Ripens to a unique dark, dusky pink/purple color. Sometimes called a black tomato, the color carries through to the flesh, especially at the stem end. A shorter indeterminate, plants average 5 ft. tall.

1 gallon pot……..$10

2 gallon pot……..$13

An heirloom food that is easy to grow and fast to mature. This is our favorite summer squash, bearing many yellow, 6-inch fruit, with a slightly bent neck that earns it the name Crookneck. Plants are fast growing and very prolific. Harvest all summer long. Delicious steamed with nutmeg or fried in slices and sprinkled with parmesan cheese and crumbled bacon. Harvest while skins are soft. Keep plants picked so they keep producing.

1 gallon pot…….$10

Do you love zucchini but just don't have the space for those big, sprawling plants? We have the answer -- a truly compact variety that improves every stage of the process, from saving space in the garden to simplifying harvest with spineless fruit to delighting your taste buds with fruit much meatier and more flavorful than older varieties!

These deep green fruits reach 7 or 8 inches long and about 2 inches in diameter, and arise very abundantly all over plants just 2 feet high and 3 feet wide.

1 gallon pot…….$10