Tasha Tudor Flower Seeds 2025
We know you've been waiting so we are pleased to announce that flower seeds from Tasha's garden will be released for sale on February 1, 2025 at 7 pm ET.
Tasha Tudor's Lettuce Poppy Seeds
Every gardening year is different and this year we have a larger poppy crop than normal because we dedicated a growing bed to only poppies. Normally, we sprinkle them all over the flower gardens, but competition can be challenging for them. Wet summers have been a deterrent to our crops lately, so we sowed them in a raised bed to prevent soggy roots.
We reached into our seed stores from years past and selected two batches. The first were seeds held back from our 2023 crop - this would help us see what bloom colors you were getting with the seeds you purchased from us. The second store of poppy seeds was an older, undated batch, harvested at least 6-10 years ago, if not longer.
Gardening is a constant adventure. We wondered if the older batch would germinate. We sprinkled both batches on top of what we predicted was our last snow in March 2024. Was it our last snow? No! Did they germinate? Well, yes! The older batch brought a wider variety of flower colors than what we harvested for sale last year.
Every morning from late June to mid-July we combed over the bed to see what archival bloom awaited: pink pom-poms, salmon pom-poms, dark burgundy, light pink, white, white with a tiny pom-pom, raspberry with fringe, light lavender, light lavender with fringe, and what we call the "red-cross" variety with a white bottom and red top.
We were just thrilled to see our old friends return. Sowing these old seeds increases the longevity of our seed stores. Over recent years, the poppy blooms had largely winnowed themselves to a pale pink single variety. This fresh batch renewed our stores with young seeds, which are always more likely to germinate than older seeds. We are considering sowing only older seeds in 2025.
Seed with Small Crops
Not all of our seeds did so well in the 2024 growing season. Hollyhocks continue to eye us with a stubborn pout. They want to grow in our sunniest places, which our increasingly forested acres have less and less of. Hot weather stresses their large leaves due to moisture loss and wet weather displeases them in our not-so-well-drained-soil. In 2023 we started old seeds, had a great germination rate that we were over the moon about, planted the sturdy babies only to have most of them never return in their second year. On the Corgi Cottage page, we mention how the fox kits have used the hollyhock beds as their rough-and-tumble play yards. All-in-all, the hollyhocks feel like toddlers brooking no interference. And you know, sometimes toddlers are right.
We offer a meager seven Columbine seeds as the mid-summer wet kept the seed pods too wet to harvest. The same is true for Lupine and Verbascum.
Tasha Tudor Flower Seeds Collection 2025
But the other ten varieties did well enough to produce a collection for the 2025 growing season. We first offered the collection in 2024 when it was suggested by a customer. It did sell out within minutes, so be ready if you're aiming to get one.
Housekeeping
Shipping for a few packets should be $3 for USPS First Class. Larger orders will ship USPS Priority Mail. We are unable to ship seeds internationally.
The United States' ecology varies widely; some of our seeds are considered invasive in some states. Please read the seed descriptions. Sweet Rocket gives us the most trouble in terms of restrictions - we may not offer it for much longer. Other seed prohibitions include Alaska and Wisconsin (Forget-me-not), California and Oregon (Foxglove), and West Virginia (Poppy.) If you live in one of these states (or the shipping address on your order is one of these states), we will not ship those seed packets, and will substitute the prohibited seed with another seed packet better suited for your ecological area. Substitutes will vary based on supplies.
Thank You for Making This Seed Program Possible
We do enjoy preserving Tasha's living horticultural legacy. It's a breathtaking feeling to think that if we misstep, her special plant lines could be gone forever. But they survived our baby cave years with two small children. Surely, the increased attention they are getting now will keep this living history secure. Thank you all for being part of Tasha's legacy. Good luck on February 1!