Best vegetable seeds

Plant vegetable seeds and you can enjoy the satisfaction of growing the food for your table. These are the top choices on offer.

Black Duck Brand vegetable & herb seeds
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It’s hard to beat the thrill of starting from tiny vegetable seeds and ending up with delicious food for your plate. Veggies fresh from the garden are healthy, and super tasty, too. Growing from seed is also a really economical way to eat well. We’ve put together a selection of the best seeds on offer for you to pick from.

Best overall

Black Duck Brand vegetable & herb seeds

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Black Duck Brand vegetable and herb seeds

43 varieties

Start off your vegetable garden with this wide selection of seeds, which includes herbs in the mix as well. The seed count varies per packet, so you could get over 100 seeds in some if the seeds are small, but around ten if they’re large seeds. The seeds are all US-sourced. 

Best for favorites

HOME GROWN heirloom vegetable seeds

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HOME GROWN heirloom vegetable seeds

Plant markers included

If you want to get set to grow popular veggies, check out these seeds. The pack includes brussels sprouts, carrots, cayenne pepper, romaine lettuce, cucumber, kale, pea, sweet pepper, radish, and tomato. There are over 1,000 seeds altogether, and they’re supplied in waterproof pouches to keep them fresh.

Best winter selection

Mopet Marketplace premium winter vegetables

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Mopet Marketplace premium winter vegetables

Eat heartily

You’ll find much-loved veggies broccoli, beets, carrots, cauliflower, green beans, kale, peas, and radish in this vegetable seed collection. All the seeds are certified organic, and planting instructions are included on every pack. All the seeds are produced in the USA.

Best gift

BEYONDROOTS certified organic vegetable seeds

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BEYONDROOTS certified organic vegetable seeds

Tasty treats

Packaged in a pretty box, these vegetable seeds are ideal to present to someone for a birthday or other special occasion. There are nine different seed varieties, including onion purplette, sugar snap peas, arugula, and tomato white cherry, to create colorful and healthy meals. The ten wooden plant markers in the set will keep plants identifiable as they grow.  

Best instructions

Sustainable Sprout heirloom vegetable seeds kit

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Sustainable Sprout heirloom vegetable seeds kit

Healthy plate

If you’re new to growing your own veggies, you’ll love the clear planting and harvesting directions on these vegetable seeds. You’ll find 13 vegetables in the kit with favorites such as zucchini, broccoli, beets, kale, and carrot. Like many of our other picks, these seeds are all from the USA.

Best eco choice

Rebel Gardens Store organic vegetable seeds

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Rebel Gardens Store organic vegetable seeds

Over 950 seeds

Choose these organic seeds, and you’ll receive them in packets made from 100-percent recycled material. The bag they come in and the label on it are both fully compostable as well. There are 13 veggie varieties in the selection, so you can feast on squash, bok choy, spinach, and two tomato varieties, among others. 

Our verdict 

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Experience the flavor and health benefits of just-harvested veggies by nurturing them from seed. Our number one pick is Black Duck Brand vegetable and herb seeds. There are 43 varieties in the set altogether so you can enjoy different types of tomatoes, and lettuces, as well as a wide range of other vegetables.

Give a great gardening gift with BEYONDROOTS certified organic vegetable seeds, which feature nine seed varieties and wooden plant markers in an attractive box. Veggie-growing newbies will love Sustainable Sprout heirloom vegetable seeds kit, which has full, easy-to-follow instructions.

Sarah Warwick
Freelance writer

Sarah is a freelance journalist and editor writing for websites, national newspapers, and magazines. She’s spent most of her journalistic career specialising in homes and gardens and loves investigating the benefits, costs and practicalities of home improvement. It's no big surprise that she likes to put what she writes about into practice, and is a serial house revamper.