Container Garden Seeds

Container gardening makes it possible to grow fresh vegetables, herbs, and flowers wherever sunlight finds a little room. This collection brings together compact, adaptable, and productive seeds suited to pots, patio planters, window boxes, grow bags, and small raised beds.

Plant leafy greens, radishes, herbs, compact vegetables, trailing flowers, and other favorites without a traditional garden plot. Choose containers with good drainage and enough depth for each crop, then combine quick harvests with varieties that continue producing throughout the season.

Anaheim - Organic Hot Pepper Seeds
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Anaheim - Organic Hot Pepper Seeds
Price:$5.35
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Yellow Brandywine - Organic Tomato Seeds
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Yellow Brandywine - Organic Tomato Seeds
Price:$4.95
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Yellow Cipollini - Onion Seeds
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Yellow Cipollini - Onion Seeds
Price:$4.95
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Freckles - Organic Lettuce Seeds
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Freckles - Organic Lettuce Seeds
Sale price:$4.20 Regular price: $5.95
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Scarlet Flax Seeds
Scarlet Flax Seeds
Scarlet Flax Seeds
Price:$3.95
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Spacemaster 80 - Organic Cucumber Seeds
Spacemaster 80 - Organic Cucumber Seeds
Spacemaster 80 - Organic Cucumber Seeds
Price:$4.95
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Empress of India - Nasturtium Seeds
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Empress of India - Nasturtium Seeds
Price:$3.95
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Dwarf Single Mix - Dahlia Seeds
Dwarf Single Mix - Dahlia Seeds
Dwarf Single Mix - Dahlia Seeds
Sale price:$3.16 Regular price: $3.95
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Peppermint Stick - Zinnia Seeds
Peppermint Stick - Zinnia Seeds
Peppermint Stick - Zinnia Seeds
Price:From $3.95
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Hillbilly - Organic Tomato Seeds
Hillbilly - Organic Tomato Seeds
Hillbilly - Organic Tomato Seeds
Price:$5.95
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Little Fingers - Organic Carrot Seeds
Little Fingers - Organic Carrot Seeds
Little Fingers - Organic Carrot Seeds
Price:$4.95
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Alaska - Shasta Daisy Seeds
Alaska - Shasta Daisy Seeds
Alaska - Shasta Daisy Seeds
Price:$3.95
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Resina - Calendula Seeds
Resina - Calendula Seeds
Resina - Calendula Seeds
Price:$3.95
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Red Giant - Organic Mustard Green Seeds
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Red Giant - Organic Mustard Green Seeds
Price:$5.95
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Crested Mix - Celosia Seeds
Crested Mix - Celosia Seeds
Crested Mix - Celosia Seeds
Price:$3.95
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New Zealand - Spinach Seeds
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New Zealand - Spinach Seeds
Price:$4.35
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Roman - Chamomile Seeds
Roman - Chamomile Seeds
Roman - Chamomile Seeds
Price:$3.95
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Principe Borghese - Organic Tomato Seeds
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Principe Borghese - Organic Tomato Seeds
Sale price:$4.76 Regular price: $5.95
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Sweet Marjoram - Herb Seeds
Sweet Marjoram - Herb Seeds
Sweet Marjoram - Herb Seeds
Price:$3.95
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Naughty Marietta - French Marigold Seeds
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Naughty Marietta - French Marigold Seeds
Price:$3.95
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Moss Curled - Organic Parsley Seeds
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Moss Curled - Organic Parsley Seeds
Price:$4.95
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Shishito - Organic Sweet Pepper Seeds
Shishito - Organic Sweet Pepper Seeds
Shishito - Organic Sweet Pepper Seeds
Price:$6.95
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Sheepnose Pimento - Sweet Pepper Seeds
Sheepnose Pimento - Sweet Pepper Seeds
Sheepnose Pimento - Sweet Pepper Seeds
Price:$5.35
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Tokyo Long White Bunching - Organic Onion Seeds
Tokyo Long White Bunching - Organic Onion Seeds
Tokyo Long White Bunching - Organic Onion Seeds
Price:$5.95
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Choosing Seeds for Container Gardens

Container gardening works best when the size of the plant is matched to the size of the pot. Leafy greens, herbs, radishes, compact flowers, and bunching onions can grow in modest planters, while tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, carrots, bush beans, summer squash, and other larger vegetables need deeper containers and more soil.

Good drainage matters as much as container size. Choose pots with open drainage holes, use a dependable growing mix, and avoid allowing roots to sit in standing water. Containers dry more quickly than garden soil, so check moisture regularly during hot, sunny, or windy weather.

Build the garden around the containers you have and the space each crop will need at maturity. Combine quick crops such as lettuce, radishes, and herbs with longer-producing vegetables and flowers, leaving enough room for roots, airflow, and regular watering. As one crop finishes, another can take its place, keeping a small garden productive through more of the season.

More Ways to Grow in Small Spaces

Culinary Herb Garden Seeds

Culinary Herb Garden Seeds

Fresh herbs for pots, planters, window boxes, and harvesting close to the kitchen.
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Salad Garden Seeds

Greens, roots, herbs, and compact vegetables for fresh harvests from small spaces.
Kid-Friendly Seeds

Kid-Friendly Seeds

Colorful, unusual, and rewarding varieties that are easy to grow in pots and small garden spaces.

Container Garden Questions

Herbs, lettuce, radishes, compact carrots, bush beans, peppers, smaller tomatoes, nasturtiums, calendula, and many annual flowers grow well in containers when given enough sunlight, soil, drainage, and root space.

The needed depth depends on the crop. Leafy greens and many herbs can grow in shallower planters, while tomatoes, peppers, carrots, cucumbers, and larger vegetables need deeper containers with more soil.

Yes, when their sunlight, watering, and root-space needs are compatible. Avoid crowding vigorous plants, and leave enough room for airflow and mature growth.

Containers often dry faster than in-ground beds, especially during hot or windy weather. Check the soil regularly and water according to the crop, pot size, and weather rather than following a fixed schedule.

Useful Supplies for Container Gardens

Supplies for Small-Space Growing

Supplies for Small-Space Growing

Find fertilizers, plant markers, hand tools, and other practical supplies for planting, feeding, labeling, and caring for a productive container garden.