How to Select Seed Varieties at City Floral Garden Center

Thinking of growing plants from seed? We’ve got just what you need!

City Floral Garden Center in Denver, CO, carries nine seed lines, two of which are from Colorado. Both Lake Valley seed and Botanical Interest seeds are our Colorado-based and they are our most popular seed varieties.

With so many brands of seed packets to choose from, learn more about our seed varieties here:

• Sandia seed company is from New Mexico and features hot pepper varieties and heirloom tomatoes.

• Burpee seed is a very old and trusted seed company with exclusive seed varieties that they develop themselves and are not available from other seed companies.

• High Mowing seed is strictly organic seed and has a great selection of sprouting seed varieties.

• Renee’s seed is always on top of food trends and carry many of the gourmet varieties of vegetable seeds and unusual flower varieties.

• Livingston seed is a value-based seed company, which means good seed at a great price; many of the seeds are pelletized for easy sowing.

• Seed Savers Exchange specializes in heirloom varieties of flowers and vegetables.

• Hudson Valley seed is known for their very artistic packaging, which makes them quite popular when buying seed as a gift.

Best of all, none of our seed lines are GMO! And once you pick your seed brand and varieties, use these next helpful tips to produce a successful garden:

• Create a planting schedule and shopping list before buying seed packets. Knowing ahead of time which flowers, vegetables or herbs you want to plant will help you plan out the right amount of garden space you need.

• Always look at the “days of maturity” on the back of most seed packets to make sure you’ll be on schedule.

• Start a gardening journal. This way you can track which seeds have germinated faster or slower than the others, which seed varieties are more or less resistant to pests and insects, and potentially which plants need even more space.

• Save your seeds for the next planting cycle. Typically this is only best with what are called open-pollinated varieties (aka Heirloom seeds) rather than hybrid seed varieties as hybrids can be sterile or unpredictable in a later planting season.

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