Planting Ahead in 2026

[ysabetwordsmith]

This post contains a list of things I would like to plant in the future, places I enjoy shopping, and tracking for plant orders.


PLANTING AHEAD

A list of places to shop for the 2026 planting season. Remember to shop in summer/fall for things that aren't available in winter/spring.
-- American Meadows?
-- Prairie Moon?


Nonhybrid Garden Seeds Links

Buffalo Seed Company
* Cypress Vine Red
* Native (Kansas) Wildflower: Prairie Coneflower (100 seeds) $4.00
* Native (Missouri) Tree: Persimmon (15 seeds) $8.50
* Purple Prairie Clover (wild-harvested mix)
* Sunflower: Hopi Landrace (25, 100, or 250 seeds) $3.75
(skip)
* Basil Grex
* Black-eyed Susan (wild-harvested mix)
* Calendula Mix
* Cilantro Fluid Evolution
* Cypress Vine Red
* Foxglove Beardtongue
* Grayhead Prairie Coneflower (wild-harvested mix)
* Lemon Beebalm (wild-harvested mix)
* Marigold OG (keeps pests away)
* Pawpaw (5 seeds)
* Purple Prairie Clover (wild-harvested mix)
* Zinnias Big Flower Mix (50 seeds)

Giving Ground Seeds
* Sorrel (50+ seeds)

Resilient Seeds
* Zinnia mix (50 seeds, many variations)

Siskiyou Seeds
* Colorado Mix Yarrow (
* FIREWHEEL GAILLARDIA
* Mother Garden Mix sunflowers (ordered 2/25/24) (done quite well, order again)
* Zinnia Mega Diversity Mix

Wild Mountain Seeds
* Hungarian Landrace Parsley
* Large Leaf Italian Basil
* Storage Onion Grex (true onion seed)
* Survivor Grex Tomato Seeds


Narrow-leaf mountain mint (pollinator magnet, need to find source)
Stampede Sunchoke Tubers (tribal source)


Order bulbs to plant in fall 2026.


Look for switchgrass seeds.

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Sow seeds in outdoor pots in late winter / early spring 2026.
Last year marigolds and wild grasses did great.


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For 2026:

Order early from Edible Landscaping online.

Graber in Tuscola (either the building yard or the nursery) had the Gypsy peppers from 2024.
 

Comments

[low_delta]

Prairie Moon is great. I order from them

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

That and American Meadows are probably my two leading favorites, because I always order from them. They have a lot of the natives. The exotic decorative stuff I often just buy from whatever is available at local stores.

[low_delta]

That reminds me... I keep a gardening journal in LJ, if you're interested in following it. I haven't yet ported it over to DW.

https://freekeesgarden.livejournal.com/

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>That reminds me... I keep a gardening journal in LJ, if you're interested in following it. <<

I have friended you on LJ.

Mine is at:
https://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/

You might also like gardening and common_nature.

>>I haven't yet ported it over to DW.<<

That would be prudent.

Check to see if you can still post on LJ; I heard they're restricting who can post anymore. :/