Varieties

We chose specific varieties of vegetables and herbs that will thrive in your ProGrow Vegetable Pod regardless of where you plant it. 

Cucumbers
Spacemaster	Dark green, smooth, slender, and cylindrical 7-8 inch fruits. Compact, dwarf plant. Vines with no runners.
Picklebush	White-spined fruits have classic pickley look, deep green with paler stripes. Up to 4.5" long, 1.5" across at maturity but you can use them at any size.
Salad Bush Hybrid	All-American winner. Full-seized, full-flavored 8" slicers on tiny plants. High disease resistance means high yield and a longer season.

Eggplant
Pinstripe	Unusual light purple fruits with streaks of white. This is an Italian variety that will produce 4 to 5 oz. fruit. Specially bred for container gardens.
Fairytale	Tender, plump, and sweet, these luscious looking mini marvels are little jewels of delicious creamy flavor. The short, slender fruits make tasty conversation pieces with their beautifully marbled purple and white tones
Bambino	A compact plant at about 12" tall with 3" fruits. Perfect for container gardens.

Lettuce
Buttercrunch	Bibb type lettuce, compact, heavy butterhead with crisp and juicy leaves.
Mesclun Mix	Contains only lettuce varieties: Oak Leaf, Paris Island, Prizehead, Red Sails, Salad Bowl, and Simpson Elite.
Alfresco Blend	Red and green leaf lettuces with arugula, endive, and radicchio give a true Mediterranean flavor and look

Peas
Peas-in-a-Pot	Custom-bred for containers and small gardens, 'Peas-in-a-Pot' is a petite 10" plant that produces a yield that a pea plant four times its size would be proud of.
Little Marvel	The most satisfactory pea in the average home garden. Very productive, hardy, luscious and sugary.

Peppers - Hot
Thai Hot	Very hot variety with small dark green peppers that are about 1 inch long. When mature, the peppers will ripen to a bright red color.
Sweet Heat	The earliest pepper plant to bear fruit, it is a compact and bushy plant with 3 to 4 inch long peppers. Fruits are sweet and mildly spicy with a great smoky flavor.
Santa Fe Grande	This heavy yielding heirloom pepper has a medium-hot maturity and changes from yellow to red.

Peppers - Sweet
Golden Baby Belle	We can't get enough of these crisp, sweet peppers. Bright yellow, tasty mini bell peppers grow in pretty bunches on extremely prolific plants. Pick when they are 1" - 2" long.
Tangerine Dream	A gorgeous little bush studded all over with shiny red-orange peppers. Too pretty to hide among rows of vegetables, the peppers are very tasty with a hint of heat.
Red Popper	Small branching plants are highly ornamental in containers, where the long bunches of fruit look like Christmas decorations in the middle of July

Strawberries
Berry Basket	Early, ever bearing variety with compact, bushy plants. Easy to grow, attractive creamy-white flowers above the deep green, shiny leaves. Will produce large, deep red, full flavored berries until frost.
Mignonette	Neat, bushy, runner-less plants bear delicious little red berries. A French type that is smaller than regular strawberries but have an appealing flavor and aroma.

Tomatillos
Toma Verde	Very popular in salsa and picante dishes. Harvest when fruits are green, before turning yellow. Remove the husk before using or consuming.

Tomatoes - Cherry
Red Robin	A dwarf variety of cherry tomato for container growing. Plants remain 8-12 inches tall and bear masses of 1.25" fruit with mild, sweet flavor. Determinate.
Tiny Tim	Grows only 10-12 inches tall and about 14" across. A heavy yielder with clusters of 1" red, fine flavored fruit. Can be grown as a pot plant any time of the year. Indeterminate.
Window Box Roma	Bright red, pear shaped 2-3 oz fruit. Great flavor and shelf life. Upright, thick stemmed, compact vines make it an excellent container variety. Determinate.

Tomatoes - Medium
Bush Early Girl	High yielding sister of the traditional Early Girl but with determinate bush habit. Bright red 6-8 oz. fruits. Determinate.
Patio	A sturdy, dwarf, upright plant with dark crinkled foliage. Medium size deep oblate shaped fruit with good color, smooth and firm quality fruit. Determinate.
Patio Princess	Patio Princess fruits very heavily, producing as much as a tomato plant twice its size. Get ready to harvest lots of tasty 2-3 inch tomatoes. Determinate.

Herbs
Arugula	Heirloom. Tangy, peppery leaves used in salads.
Basil - Cinnamon	A tender annual that is very useful as an accent with tea, fish, and poultry or as an all-purpose seasoning.
Basil - Lemon	A tender annual that is very useful as a lemony accent with tea, chicken, fish and vegetables.
Basil - Sweet	Italian lettuce leaf type. Green or dried, chiefly used for seasoning.
Chamomile - German	Attractive white flowers make this plant an attractive ground cover. Apple scented foliage. Dried flowers used for tea, and an aid for digestion. Research shows that chamomile tea stimulates the immune systems' infection fighting cells and reduces discomfort from anxiety due to cold and flu.
Chamomile - Roman	A low growing perennial having the same medicinal values as the annual strain. Best grown in cool, shaded areas.
Chives	Mild garlic flavor; grassy leaves are broader and taller than regular onion chives. Very popular in salads and stir-fry recipes. If they begin to stretch, cut back for dense growth.
Cilantro - Coriander	Grown for its leaves rather than seeds. Very popular in Mexican cuisine, at its best when leaves are used fresh for its full flavor. Herbalists use the leaves in tea to aid digestion.
Jacob's Ladder	Bright blue flowers and fern-like foliage. Will bloom May - September. A remedy for headaches, nervousness, and heart irregularities.
Marjoram	Fresh or dried leaves for seasoning. Roman herbalists believed this herb could heal bruises, treat snakebite, soothe sore muscles and joints, and treat eye infections. Marjoram tea will help settle the stomach and help avoid motion sickness.
Mint - Spearmint	Sweet scented leaves for flavoring. Will attract butterflies all season.
Oregano	Used for sauces and seasoning. Strong, spicy flavor. Add to sauces and pasta salads. As a tea, herbalists believe it can be used as a digestive aid, relief from arthritis, and relieve discomfort for chest congestion, colds, flu and effective as a tranquilizer.
Parsley - Flat Italian	Plain or flat, deep cut dark green leaves with a very strong flavor. An excellent addition to salads, cooked vegetables, soups or stews. Taller and strong flavor than the standard strain.
Rosemary	For relief of headache, seasoning, perfume. Ancient herbalists believe that a sprig of rosemary under your pillow will ward off bad dreams and if planted in the garden will repel witches. Traditional herbalists use it to treat stomach disorders, headache, insomnia, indigestion, depression, muscle pain, and as a gargle for bad breath.
Sage	Fresh or dried leaves for seasoned poultry, sausage, meats, dressing and fillings. Will attract butterflies and repel insects all season. Gargle with sage to soothe sore throat.
Sneezewort	Attractive white double flowers from early spring through fall. A nice cut flower or used in dried arrangements. Herbalists used the dust from dried flowers to snuff or inhale through the nose to induce sneezing and clearing of nasal passages.
Stevia	A natural dietary supplement. Leaves are estimated to be 150 to 300 times sweeter than refined sugar. Many have said one small piece of the leaf will keep the mouth sweet for an hour.
St. John's Wort	Beautiful yellow flowers in many flowered terminal clusters. Nice garden performance with medicinal and herbal qualities.
Thyme	Broad-leaved; widely used for seasoning. Helps digestion of fatty foods. Also called English Thyme, it is widely used in mouth washes and decongestants. For centuries it has been used as an antiseptic, cough remedy and digestive aid. Used as a tea, it will aid patients with  emphysema.
Yarrow	Historians have written that during the Trojan War, Achilles stopped the bleeding of his fellow soldiers' wounds by applying Yarrow's fern-like leaves to their injuries. Current herbalists believe that used as a tea, it will relax the stomach muscles, aid digestion, reduce the severity of colds and flu and avoid insomnia.