2024 Update:

Opening Date is postponed until the 14th.  I apologize but I fell down a couple of steps and am sore and moving definitely slower. 

Here’s the updated list of varieties available for 2024. Are you ready for another year of gardening? With grocery prices increasing all the time, gardening has become even more important – to save money and have healthy food.

I keep trying to reduce the number of varieties and amounts every year but we still have over 250 varieties available of tomatoes so there will be plenty to choose from.

 We are so very sorry to report that there will be NO PEPPERS this year as I have just been informed that my pepper growers lost the entire crop. (Insert heart breaking emoji here.) If you know of any other sources of heirloom pepper plants let me know so I can pass on that info.
            Hope Gardens in Grand Rapids has some heirloom peppers and 8th Day Farms in Holland has a few.
            I'll keep adding places as I find them.  If you're up to a long drive, my friend Karen Golden of Michigan
            Heirlooms near Detroit has LOTS of heirloom peppers.  

We do have a nice selection of onion plants again this year along with many other vegetables and herbs as usual, including tomatillos and eggplant. And don't forget our incredible selections of basils - over a dozen varieties. We have Italian Basils that I get the seed direct from Italy - super yummy.

If you want to reserve your tomato varieties, please email us with your want list. Google has made some updates that have made our Wishlist ordering not work correctly. You can add to the Wishlist to keep track of what you want but you will need to copy paste it to an email order. Please send your orders via email to plantswithstories@gmail.com. Please add your name (and user name if desired), phone number and what pick up date you are requesting. (You can change that date if needed via email or phone.) Most of the varieties will only have 6-12 seedlings started so get your orders in soon to reserve. The most popular varieties will have at least 18 seedlings
Prices remain the same as last year. Tomato plants and most peppers are $5 each or 3 for $12.00. 6-packs of veggies and herbs are $3 or 4/$10.00.
Hours we will be open -Tuesday through Saturday from 9-6 to help you with your selections. We will be closed for normal assisted sales on Sunday and Monday. If those are the only days you are available, you can make an appointment and we’ll be there for you – and the same goes for after 6pm. Just make an appointment. Also, on Sundays and Mondays, you can still drop by for self serve shopping. We just won’t be down there all day to help.

Don’t forget to check out our Facebook Page – Plants with Stories for updates and any new happenings – and please share. We depend on word of mouth from you.

Italics in the list are new varieties for this year. MF means multiflora. Many of these are new varieties that have not yet been added to our website but if you Google them you should find a description for most of them. Email any questions to plantswithstories@gmail.com.

Remember to check back for changes to the listing depending on germination and sales.
I’m so looking forward to seeing you all again. I always say I have the VERY BEST customers!
We are seriously looking for someone to pass the baton to in taking over this stewardship to create their own business as it is getting to be a bit much for 2 almost 70 year olds.  Please let us know if you or someone you know might be interested.

2024 Tomato Varieties
Colors
Amish Gold Slicer
WI 55 Gold     very low germination
Brandywine, Yellow
Crnkovic Yugoslavian Gold
Dr Wyche's
Florentine Beauty
Jaune Flaume          sold out
Woodle Orange
Jim Dandy
Kellogg's Breakfast
Kentucky Beefsteak
Sweet Ozark Orange
Persimmon
Evergreen
Glacial Zebra
Green Zebra
Lucinda
Aunt Ruby's German Green
Malachite Box
Moldovan Green
Grubb's Mystery
Fantome du Laos
Great White
Snezhno Beli       no germination
White Queen

BiColor Stripes
Ananas Noire
Berkeley Tie Dye
Summer of Love
Alice's Dream
Big Rainbow
Dagma's Perfection
Gold Medal
Mom's
Oaxacan Jewel
Serendipity Striped
Thoburn's Terra Cotta
Berkeley Tie Dye, Pink
Jazz
Girl Girl's Weird Thing    sold out
Chocolate Stripes
Get Stuffed
Large Barred Boar
Solar Flare

Currant
Candyland
Sugar Cherry
Mexico Midget
White Currant
Gold Rush

Red/Pinks
Atkinson
Early Detroit
Eva Purple Ball
Legend
Perfect Rouge (Early Girl)
Pools Glas
Rutgers Select
New Yorker
WI 55
Treat from Kosovo
Brandywine, Red
Brandywine, Cowlicks
Brandywine, Sudduth
Aunt Ginny's Purple
Berg
Caspian Pink
Elsa      sold out
Gloria       very low
Glesener
Guido
La Vie en Rose
Maslov's Giant
Matsu Express
Mortgage Lifter
Mushroom Basket   very low germination
Soldacki
Talavera Native         no germination
        Large
Bill Bean
Delicious
Dinner Plate
The Dutchman
German Giant
Giant Belgium
Omar's Lebanese
Pusta Kolox
Whitmore Family Heirloom          

Dwarf
New Big Dwarf
Zoe's Sweet
Rosella Crimson
Coastal Pride Orange
Jade Beauty
Sweet Splash Electra
Firebird Sweet
Metallica
Confetti                      no germination
Brandy Fred              very low germination
Maralinga
Rosella Purple
Pink Passion
Gloria's Treat             very low germination
Purple Heartthrob
Geranium Kiss
Sprite                         no germination
Husky Cherry Red
Bendigo Rose           no germination
Velvet Night             no germination
Maglia Rosa

Darks
Raspberry Mochi
Pink Siberian Tiger
Black Beauty
Black Prince
Japanese Black Trifele
Tsygan
Black from Tula
Big Cheef
Black Krim
Black/True Black Brandywine
Cherokee Purple
Dana's Dusty Rose
Indian Stripe
Faelan's First Snow
Gary'O Sena
JD's Special C-tex
Margaret Curtain
Tim's Black Ruffles
Violet Noire
Vorlon
       Dark Cherries
Black Cherry
Chocolate Cherry
Chocolate Pear
Dikovinka
Garnet
Rosella
      Brad's Cherries
Brad's Atomic Grape
Indigo Blueberries
Indigo Cherry Drops
Indigo Gold Berries
Cosmic Eclipse
Dark Galaxy

Earlies
Cole
Earlirouge      no germination
Jory
Klein Early
Red Rocket     no germination
Stupice
Ida Gold
Clear Pink Early
Early Wonder Pink
Katja

Cherries
Besser
Camp Joy
Peacevine (Sweet 100)
Sweet Aperitif
Iva's Red Berry
Fruit Punch
Pink Princess
Isis Candy
Rainbow Cherry
White Rabbit          no germination
Green Grape
Emerald
Galina's
Yellow Pear
Amy's Apricot
Sungold F1                have lots this year!
Orange Caprese
Cherry Roma
Santa
Raspberry Sugarplum
Creamsicle Grape
Rose Quartz MF
Blondkopchen MF
Barry's Crazy Cherry MF
Rebel Alliance MF
Blush
Bumblebee Sunrise
Bumblebee Purple
Copper Beauty
Tropical Sunset
Karma Apricot
     Hanging Basket
Cherry Falls
Sirja's Love
Rosy Falls
Whippersnapper

Hearts
Anna Margaret's Heart
German Red Strawberry
Eagle's Beak
Ernesto
Kim's Civil War
Kosovo
Reif Red
Ukrainian Heart
Orange Minsk
Ashgabat
Midnight Sun
Taiga
Brad's Black Heart
Cherokee Purple Heart

Italian
Mrs. Bot's Italian Giant
Mrs Maxwell's Big Italian
Costoluto Genovese
Goldman's Italian
Italian Heirloom
Angelina's Italian
Belmonte
Santa Maria
Mama Leone
        Determinates
Fiaschetta di Manduria
Chico III
Martino's Roma
Napoli
Oroma
Rio Grande
Ropreco
Zyska Polish Paste

Italian Paste-seeds from Italy
San Marzano, gigante 2
                        , da Canna
                        , Redorta

Paste
Amish Paste
Baylor Paste
Debarao
Grandma Mary's
Heidi
Kara Market
Opalka
Debarao, Black
Black Plum
Ukrainian Purple aka Purple Russian
Orange Banana
Banana Legs
Sweet Cream
Marzano Fire
Striped Roman