Peoria Gardens, Inc.

Quality Garden Plants for the Wholesale Trade

BACHELOR BUTTON

Organic. Edible flowers make a lovely decoration on plates and platters. Mild in flavor and slightly grassy in taste. Re-seeding Annual. Drought Tolerant. Blooms Late Spring to Fall.

BASIL

Organic. 'Genovese' Italian variety has extremely tender, fragrant, extra-large, dark green leaves & is superb for pesto. Start early indoors or outside after all danger of frost. Harvest regularly to keep producing tasty leaves.

Organic. Fragrant herb is popular both fresh and dried. Large leaves. Best choice for pesto and cooking.

BEANS

Bush Bean. Heavy yields of large, crisp, tender, dark green pods. Excellent fresh, frozen or canned. 58 days. Good resistance to common bean diseases.

Organic. First purple filet bean. Bush bean with a great crunch and holds well in the garden. Dark purple, almost black, 4-5" long with straight, slender purple pods, that turn green when cooked.

Disease Resistant to Halo Blight and One or more races of Bean Mosaic Virus. 60 days.

BEETS

Organic. Heirloom variety. Commonly used for attractive, tasty beet greens. Harvest dark red-purple foliage in 35 days for baby leaf tops; 60 days to maturity.

Organic. Vibrant orange roots with sweet, mellow, yellow flesh. Crisp green tops with pale golden petioles.

BROCCOLI

Organic. Large, domed heads; small to medium bead size and medium stem. Good tolerance to hollow core and downy mildew. Widely adapted; holds well. 95 days to maturity; medium green color.

Organic. Open pollinated. Traditional 3-4" main head followed by a large yield of side shoots.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS

'Dagan' variety is early & reliable. It has tall stalks that resist lodging but doesn't require topping. Bright medium green in color. Hybrid.

CABBAGE

Organic. Blend of different high-yielding hybrids that produce heads over a long season.

Organic. Very winter hardy. Green, slightly flattened heads have red and burgundy markings. Tasty. Ornamental.

Organic. Slightly Sweet & Peppery. Smooth, compact, round, 2½-3 pound heads hold well in the field.

CARROT

Organic. Uniform, 1.5 x 1", round baby carrots. Intense orange exterior. Tender, yellow orange interior. Sun.

CAULIFLOWER

Organic. Beautiful Snowy white cauliflower with a delicious, sweet flavor and tight curds. Tolerant of bacterial soft rot & downy mildew, and resistant to tipburn. The 5 inch heads and performs well in all seasons. 68 days to Maturity.    

Organic. Purple-hued curds on this variety bring a unique look to salads and satisfy nutrition seekers with added antioxidants that gives the purple-hued color.

Organic. A blend of overwintering cauliflowers that produce large, white, beautiful heads in the spring.

CILANTRO

Organic. 'Santo' is one of the most popular fresh herbs, this cilantro is fast growing and slow to bolt, so you can harvest later into the season. Its unmistakable sharp scent and taste have made it the staple herb in salsa and other Mexican dishes.

CUCUMBER

Organic. Sweet, dark green fruit, many seedless. Variety is great pickled and sliced. 70 days. Resists corynespora blight, cucumber mosaic virus, cucumber vein yellowing and powdery mildew.

Small, round, yellow fruit that is bitter free. Nice size for eating fresh.

High yields. Long and slender fruits with a smoother skin. Best to trellis, as fruits tend to curl if plants are left to grow on the ground. 9-14" fruit. High Resistance to Powdery Mildew and Intermediate Resistance to Downy Mildew.

Organic. Short & thick fruits with striped, medium green skin, & a slightly tapered shape to fit in a pickle jar. Great for pickling & in salads. 5" fruit. High Resistance to Cucumber Mosaic Virus & Scab.

DILL

Organic. 'Bouquet' variety has an attractive, delicate fernlike foliage and is a multipurpose plant you can grow for seeds or foliage. It has a strong flavor used often with fish, lamb, potatoes and even peas. It’s fast-growing and easy to maintain. Provides abundant amounts of dark green, sweet flavored dill weed. Slow to bolt. Vigorous.

FENNEL - Finocchio

Creamy white, flat to round bulbs with a delicate taste. Good bolt tolerance.

GREENS

Organic. 'Astro' is a reliable, early variety, wide leaves, slower-to-bolt, and is more heat-tolerant than others. The medium-green leaves have a cut-leaf shape and a nutty flavor, which gets stronger in warmer weather. It can be utilized year-round for clipping and bunching.  

Organic. Unique blue-green & heavily savoyed leaves. Ideal for raw kale salads & soups. Cold Tolerant. Vigorous & Tender.

Organic. Dark green oak-leaf cut kale. Red/purple hues intensify after frost. Tender, sweet taste when cooked; also good raw. Very Disease Resistant. Baby stage: harvest at 25 days.

Organic. Dark green leaves. Very productive.

Unique yellow, gold, orange, pink, violet, green and striped stems, plus standard red and white. Mild flavor. Tender, bronze or dark green leaves. Good ornamental. Shade Tolerant.

LETTUCE

Organic. With a luscious, buttery texture, Buttercrunch has 4-to 5-in. (10- to12-cm) heads that are dark green outside with a creamy yellow color inside. Best picked minutes before your meal.

Organic. Colorful blend of several red and green leaf lettuces.

Organic. Colorful, frilly, reddish bronze leaves with deep red margins. Slow grower. Bolt tolerant.

Organic. Glossy, dark red leaves with a substantial texture. Eye catching. Bolt resistant.

Organic. Romaine has long, green crisp leaves and forms tall, loose oblong heads. Great for salads & wraps.

Organic. A blend of cold hardy lettuces for fall and winter harvesting.

MELON - Cantaloupe

Organic. Unique, 6" melons with a rich sweet flavor. Creamy tan outside with a heavy net. Gorgeous peach flesh.

MELON - Watermelon

Organic. Crimson Sweet produces round melons averaging 25 lbs. (11 kg), with light green and dark green stripes. Fruit is sweet, firm, & has bright red flesh & black seeds.

NASTURTIUM

Organic. Edible flowers can be used to garnish or as a salad ingredient. Mild, peppery flavor similar to watercress.

ONION

Organic. Nice sized, red, globe-shaped overwintering onion. Tolerant to bolting, Fusarium and Pink Root.

Organic. Early maturing, jumbo, globe-shaped, golden yellow overwintering onion. Tolerant to mildew and bolting.

Organic. Extra firm, long storage type, globe-shaped onion. Resistant to basal and neck rot.

Brown skinned, mild, sweet onions have a sweet mild flavor. Use both fresh and in cooking.

 

PARSLEY

Organic. Vigorous plant with flavorful flat dark green leaves. A favorite for cooking.

PEAS

Organic. Highly productive variety produces smooth, stringless pods on true dwarf plants averaging 36-43" tall. Pods are doubly borne for high yields and easy harvests. Strong disease resistance makes this an excellent choice for late summer-fall plantings. Intermediate Resistance: Fusarium Wilt, Pea Enation Mosaic Virus, Powdery Mildew, Pea Streak Virus.

Organic. Super Sugar have sweet, crisp pods and germinates well in cold, wet soil. Vigorous plants with vines averging up to 72" with 1 or 2 pods per node. Needs trellising.

PEPPER - Hot

Attractive, wrinkled fruits average 8-9". Excellent flavor-fruits are both sweet and moderately hot. Excellent for frying and in salsas. High yield.

Dark green-to-cherry red peppers. Round, 2-2.5" fruits have a rich, sweet taste and moderate heat.

Produces early, thick-walled peppers with a large harvest. Turns from Green to Red.

PEPPER - Sweet

Organic. Unique & eye-catching variegated leaves with fruit that ripens from green striped to solid red. Sweet flavor & crispy texture. Perfect for eating fresh. 3-4" fruits.  

Long, wrinkled, golden orange fruit with thick walls and very sweet flavor.

Heart-shaped, sweet, thick-walled peppers have a delicious flavor when roasted. Good yields.

Organic. 'Pinot Noir' is light green when young, then changes through shades of citrus, berry and cherry red. Firm & thick walled peppers that are crispy & crunchy. Performs well in hot & cold conditions. Heavy yields.  

SAGE

Organic. Hardy perennial herb with gray green aromatic foliage and lilac blue blooms. Good for flavoring meats and poultry.

SQUASH - Summer

Organic. Unique bush plant with glossy dark & light green stripes with a very slight ribbing.

Organic. Smooth, bright yellow curved-neck fruits mature to orange-yellow. Meaty, flavorful interior.

Organic. Loads of slender, straight, glossy green zucchinis mature extra-early.

SQUASH - Winter

Organic. Dark green 5-6" oval fruit with deep ribs. Excellent keeping winter squash.

Long cylindrical 9" winter squash is light tan with a nutty flavored orange flesh.

THYME - Thymus

Organic. French culinary thyme. Purple to white flowers with narrow, fragrant green leaves. Deer Resistant. Scented foliage.

TOMATILLO

'Toma Verde' is an early variety with tart flavor when young, becoming sweeter as it ripens. Medium to large size fruits are ready to harvest when husks split and fruit color changes from a yellow green to medium green. Perfect for Salsa Verde or as a special addition to any Mexican dish.  

TOMATO - Paste

Organic. Heavy yield of good flavored 3-4 ounce paste tomatoes. Uniform determinate plant.

Organic. Early, large, Roma-type tomatoes. Sweet, classic, Italian paste heirloom.

Organic. Heirloom. Elongated Roma type. Deep red with orange striping. Meaty.

TOMATO - Slicing

Organic. 'Big Beef' is one of the finest all-around tomato, as it produces extra large, “beefy” fruit and large, vigorous and disease-resistant plants.

Dusky pink skinned furit with flavorful purplish flesh. Heirloom variety.

Organic. Early Girl produces bright red, meaty tomatoes with incredible flavor and aroma earlier than other varieties. Its globe-shaped fruit is perfect for slicing on sandwiches and for salads.

Organic. Heirloom Marriage hybrids cross two heirlooms to produce earlier and more fruit, with great flavor and fewer blemishes than the parents. Bright red slicer is a cross of Costoluto Genovese x Brandywine. Well-balanced, old-time look and flavor. Indeterminate.

Organic. Chartreuse with deep lime green stripes. Bright green flesh. Sweet.

Organic. 3" orange red fruits keep 3 months. Harvest partially ripe fruit before the first frost.

Organic. Rich, meaty beefsteak tomato with few seeds. Taste test winner.

Organic. Very large early slicing tomato. Tolerates cool spring weather. Determinate. Developed by Oregon State University and released in 1984!

Organic. Heirloom. Bright yellow with red stripes. Large, beefsteak-type. Meaty, mild flavored with few seeds. High yielding.

TOMATO - Small Fruited

Organic. Elongated cherry tomato . Unique dark red with green stripe exterior and purple flesh color. Great-tasting, crack-resistant tomatoes have an attractive striped pattern. Ideal for salads or eaten straight off the plant. Indeterminate.

Organic. Deep, rosy-red single bite cherry tomatoes with a black-purple cast that is bursting with sweet flavor.

Organic. Orange, round 1 1/4 inch fruit on long grape like clusters. Fruity tropical flavor.

Organic. Flavorful "two-bite" size tomatoes on beautiful grape like clusters. Disease resistant. Indeterminate.