Vegetable Seeds

Tiny ears of corn. This variety produces up to 20 tiny ears on its multi-stalked plants. For baby corn, pick just after the silk shows at the tips of ears, or leave to dry on the cobs for popcorn! An unusual and flavourful variety. Cobs are pale when picked young and if left on the plant mature to a red colour.

This is a really fun one to grow. The ears are the size, shape, and colour of a large strawberry. Also, kids love to see them pop. After drying, throw the whole cob with the seeds on it into the microwave and watch it jump around and kernels go flying.

Sweet Corn Bloody Butcher is truly a fabulous heirloom corn with blood-red kernels in gorgeous wine-red husks. This is a long season corn, and bears 20-30cm ears on tall over 2m stalks. The immature ears can be eaten like sweet corn, but the mature corn can be ground for an exquisite red corn flour or used for decoration. Drought resistant.

The beautiful ears of corn come in various shades of green. The kernels are dented and have been used for centuries in Mexico for grinding into flour and making the famous green flour tamales. The ears are 15-25cm long. Plants reach up to 2m tall and are known to be drought-tolerant.

One of the earliest maturing and easiest to grow popcorns. 10-15cm ears on 1.8m tall plants. Dark black kernels have a ruby-red glassy shine. The pointy kernels pop bright white with a small black hull still attached. The flavour is delicious, hearty and crunchy.

High yields and great flavour makes this a great grower. Sturdy 1.5m stalks produce 2-3 ears with 12-14 rows of kernels for easy popping. 110 days.

This open pollinated variety maturing at 120 days produces large cobs of green mealies which are perfect for cooking or braai. Has a long shelf life.

Some of the colours produced may include cream, burgundy, gold, bronze, and brown, among others. The seed heads at the top of the plant vary from 16" to 24". They can be cut and used for decoration, or the seeds can be removed so that the broom straw can be used to make homemade whisks or brooms. Beautifully decorative.

This interesting heirloom corn dates all the way back to 1890. The white cobs have irregular rows and great flavour. Country Gentleman is one of the most unusual sweet corns around because its white kernels are arranged irregularly, not in rows. The kernels are also very deep and narrow. Developed around 1890 in the Connecticut River Valley, it is a much bigger form of a very old variety. In fertile soils, it can yield three ears per stalk, sometimes more. It is a beautiful corn with wonderful texture and flavour.

A popular white South African maize.