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Canadian Seed Catalogue Index

Looking for seeds?

This is a list of vegetable and fruit seeds that were sold in recent years by Canadian seed companies.

Click on a section in the list below to see the varieties available, and the companies that sold them. Visit these companies, buy their seeds, and enjoy a beautiful, diverse garden this summer!

Amaranth ()
Artichoke ()
Arugula (84)
Asparagus (36)
Asparagus Bean ()
Asparagus Pea ()
Barley (35)
Bean (1065)
Bean, Adzuki ()
Bean, Fava ()
Bean, Hyacinth ()
Bean, Lima ()
Bean, Mung ()
Bean, Runner ()
Bean, Soy ()
Bean, Tepary ()
Beet (293)
Broccoli (151)
Broccoli Raab (30)
Brussels Sprouts ()
Buckwheat (6)
Cabbage (225)
Carrot (400)
Cauliflower (90)
Celery/Celeriac ()
Chick Pea/Garbanzo ()
Citron ()
Collards ()
Corn (389)
Cowpea ()
Cress (75)
Cucumber (543)
Eggplant (180)
Endive/Escarole/Chicory/Radicchio ()
Fennel, Florence ()
Flax (8)
Garlic (2)
Garlic, Artichoke ()
Garlic, Asian ()
Garlic, Asiatic ()
Garlic, Creole ()
Garlic, Glazed Purple Stripe ()
Garlic, Marbled Purple Strip ()
Garlic, Marbled Purple Stripe ()
Garlic, Porcelain ()
Garlic, Purple Strip ()
Garlic, Purple Stripe ()
Garlic, Rocambole ()
Garlic, Silverskin ()
Garlic, Turban ()
Garlic, Weakly bolting ()
Garlic, unknown ()
Gourd (41)
Grass Pea/Chickling Pea (Lathyrus sativus) ()
Grass Pea/ChicklingPea (Lathyrus sativus) ()
Horseradish (4)
Jerusalem Artichoke ()
Kale (172)
Kamut ()
Kohlrabi ()
Leek (86)
Lentil (16)
Lettuce (898)
Millet ()
Muskmelon (281)
Mustard (166)
Oats (12)
Okra (36)
Onion (422)
Orach (26)
Oriental & Specialty Greens & Vegetables ()
Parsley, Root ()
Parsnip (52)
Pea (499)
Pepper (1042)
Potato (197)
Quinoa (20)
Radish (350)
Rhubarb (3)
Rye (4)
Salsify/Scorzonera ()
Spelt (3)
Spinach (133)
Spinach, Malabar ()
Spinach, New Zealand ()
Spinach, Red Aztec (Chenopodium nuttal)  ()
Spinach, Strawberry ()
Squash, Zucchini & Pumpkins ()
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) ()
Swiss chard (157)
Teff ()
Tomatillo/Ground Cherry/Husk Tomato ()
Tomato (4359)
Tomato, Currant ()
Tomato, Lichti ()
Tomato, Litchi ()
Triticale (4)
Turnip, Summer ()
Turnip, Winter (Rutabaga) ()
Watermelon (193)
Wheat (82)
Wheat Cross ()
Thank you to the donors who helped make this list possible:

Agrohaitai
Memoriam gifts in the name of Marnie McIntosh
Karyn Wright, Terra Edibles
Twin Meadows Organics
Greta's Organic Gardens
Harmonic Herbs
Jaraka Farm
 

Please note: Seeds of Diversity has no store, and no mail order seed sales. We collect back-up seed samples for conservation of endangered varieties, and recruit volunteers to help grow fresh seeds. This list is here to help you find commercial sources, and to help us set our conservation priorities.

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Oriental & Specialty Greens & Vegetables - Varieties Sold in Canada

Achocha-Cyclanthera pedata -Lady's Slipper
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Solana Seeds
Aka Shisho
Salt Spring Seeds
Arrowhead/Sagittaria latifolia
Norton Naturals
Bok Choi
Pumpkin Moon Farm
Bok Choi Ching Chiang
Eagle Ridge Seeds,  Eternal Seed,  Full Circle Seeds,  Sunshine Farm,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm
Bok Choi Prize Choi
Hope Seeds and Perennials
Bok Choi, Joi Choi
T & T Seeds Ltd.
Bok Choi, Shanghai Green
Florabunda Seeds,  La ferme coopérative Tourne-Sol,  Sugar Shack Seeds
Breadseed Poppy, Sokol
Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds
Buckhorn Plantain/Erba Stella, Barba di Cappuccino
Richters Herbs
Buckhorn Plantain/Erba Stella, Minutea
Full Circle Seeds
Burnet Saxifraga
Eagle Ridge Seeds
Camas
Norton Naturals
Cee Gwa, Chinese Okra Ridged
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Cee Gwa, Chinese Okra Smooth
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Celtuce
Eternal Seed
Chinese Artichoke/Crosne/Cross of Japan
La Societe des plantes,  Mapple Farm,  Norton Naturals,  Potager d'Antan
Chinese Broccoli, Gai Lan Green Pearl
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Broccoli, Gai Lan Midwater
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Bao Tah
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Beijing Yellow
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Bilko
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  William Dam Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Blues, Nappa
Stokes Seeds Ltd,  William Dam Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, China Express
McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, China Gold, Nappa
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Chinese Cabbage, Ching Chiang
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Choho
William Dam Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Choy Sum, Elite 70 Days
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Choy Sum, Green 70 Days
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Choy Sum, Green 80 Days
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Choy Sum, Late Green
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Choy Sum, Moulin Rouge
William Dam Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Choy Sum, New 80 Days
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Choy Sum, Welcome
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Emiko
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Gai Lohn
A'bunadh Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Hilton
Halifax Seed Company Inc.
Chinese Cabbage, Improved Qingza #3
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Jazz, Nappa
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Chinese Cabbage, Kaboko
Sage Garden Herbs
Chinese Cabbage, Mei Qing Choi
William Dam Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Michihli
Berton Seeds,  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Henry Field's Seed & Nursery,  Incredible Seed Company,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Richters Herbs,  Solana Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Michihli, Greenwich
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Chinese Cabbage, Michihli, Mini Spring
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Michihli, Qinmeng Spring
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Michihli, Spring Choice
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Michihli, Spring Taste
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Ming Choi
William Dam Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Monument
William Dam Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choi, Cantong White
McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy
Alberta Nurseries & Seeds Ltd.,  Berton Seeds,  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Ecogenesis Inc.,  Green Space Design,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds,  Le Jardin de Julie,  Les Jardins de Nathalie,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Salt Spring Seeds,  Solana Seeds,  Terra Edibles,  Yuko's Open-Pollinated Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Yunu
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Baby
Aimer's Organics,  Urban Harvest
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Big Choy
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Bonsai
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Ching Chang
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Chun Yu
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Dwarf Bok Choi
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  Eagle Ridge Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Dynasty
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Hua Kwan
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Joi Choi
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Luxiu
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Mei Qing
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Prize
Ferme Fleur de Laurier
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Qingdao Express
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Rubi
Halifax Seed Company Inc.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Shanghai Chiang
Ferme Fleur de Laurier,  Solana Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Shanhai Green
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Shiro
Halifax Seed Company Inc.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Taiwan
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Toy Green
AgroHaitai Ltd.,  Stokes Seeds Ltd
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, Tsing
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, White Stemmed
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Eternal Seed,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Richters Herbs,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, White Stemmed, Canton Bok
AgroHaitai Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, White Stemmed, Ho Tau Bok
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, White Stemmed, Nabai Queen
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, White Stemmed, New Nabai
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choy, White Stemmed, White Bok
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Qing Summer #1
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Spring
Alberta Nurseries & Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Tah Tsai
Greta's Organic Gardens,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Tenderheart
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Chinese Cabbage, Toy Choy
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Tsa Tsai, North Round
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Vitamin-Na
Yuko's Open-Pollinated Seeds
Chinese Cabbage, Win Win
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Chinese Cabbage, Yuki, Nappa
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Chinese Celery, Kun Choy, Boly
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Celery, Kun Choy, White Stem
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chinese Dacong
McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd
Chinese Lettuce, Yu Mai Tsa, Sword Choy
AgroHaitai Ltd.,  Solana Seeds
Chinese Salad Mallow
Annapolis Seeds,  Salt Spring Seeds
Chinese Toon, North Red
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Chop Suey Greens
Halifax Seed Company Inc.
Corn Salad/Mache
Annapolis Seeds,  Berton Seeds,  Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Eagle Ridge Seeds,  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Full Circle Seeds,  Green Space Design,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Incredible Seed Company,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Salt Spring Seeds,  Seeds of Victoria,  Stellar Seeds,  Terra Edibles,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Corn Salad/Mache, Accent
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Corn Salad/Mache, Broadleaf Dutch
Richters Herbs
Corn Salad/Mache, Granon
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Corn Salad/Mache, Large Leaf Round
Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  William Dam Seeds
Corn Salad/Mache, Medallion
William Dam Seeds
Corn Salad/Mache, Valgro's Broad Leaf
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Corn Salad/Mache, Vilmorins
Sunshine Farm
Corn Salad/Mache, Vit
Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Metchosin Farm Seeds,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Curly Mallow
Greta's Organic Gardens
Dai Gail Choi, Bau-Sin
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Dandelion, French, Thick leaved
Richters Herbs
Doukhobor
Mountain Seed Company
Dwarf Ching Chiang
Ferme Fleur de Laurier
Epazote Glossy
Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds
Feng Qing Choi
Stokes Seeds Ltd,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Foo Gwa, Bitter Gourd
OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company)
Foo Gwa, Black Pearl Bitter Melon
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Foo Gwa, Canton Green Bitter Melon
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Foo Gwa, Dah Ding Bitter Melon
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Foo Gwa, Delica Thorn Bitter Melon
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Foo Gwa, Long Green Bitter Melon
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Foo Gwa, Long White Bitter Melon
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Foo Gwa, Medium Spindle Bitter Melon
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Foo Gwa, Okinawa, Bitter Melon
Yuko's Open-Pollinated Seeds
Garland Round Leaf
OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company)
Gobo Takinogawa /Long Burdock
Greta's Organic Gardens,  Richters Herbs
Gobo, Edible Burdock
Full Circle Seeds
Gobo, Japanese Burdock
Salt Spring Seeds,  Seeds of Victoria
Gobo, Shosaku, Japanese Burdock
Mapple Farm
Gobo, Watanabe Early
La Societe des plantes
Good King Henry
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Seeds of Victoria
Groundnut/Apios americana
Norton Naturals
Guy Lon (Chinese Kale)
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Guy Lon (Chinese Kale), Green Island
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Guy Lon (Chinese Kale), Green Lance+G6988
OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company)
Guy Lon (Chinese Kale), Noble Jade
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Guy Lon (Chinese Kale), Ryokuho (Green Jade)
AgroHaitai Ltd.
He Shi Ko Bunching Onion
Solana Seeds
Hog Peanut/Amphicarpa bracteata
Norton Naturals
Hon Tsai Tai
Ferme Fleur de Laurier,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Sage Garden Herbs
Hong Vit
Omega Blue Farms
Huazontle
Full Circle Seeds
Italian Dandelion
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Italian Dandelion, Cicoria Catalogna
OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company)
Jade Dragon Bitter Melon
T & T Seeds Ltd.
Jicama, Yam Bean
Richters Herbs,  Solana Seeds
Kansai Mitsuba
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Komi
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Lambsquarter, Magenta Sprean (Chenopodium giganteum)
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Eternal Seed,  Full Circle Seeds,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  La Societe des plantes,  Omega Blue Farms,  Salt Spring Seeds,  Seeds of Victoria
Mai Tsai (lettuce), Sword Choy
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Malva Crispa (Malva verticillata)
Sunshine Farm
Mao Gua (Hairy Gourd), Chiang Shin improved
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Mao Gua (Hairy Gourd), Fuzzy Star
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Mao Gua (Hairy Gourd), Seven Star
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Mei Qing Choi
McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Stokes Seeds Ltd
Minuet Cabbage
T & T Seeds Ltd.
Mitsuba
A'bunadh Seeds,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  Yuko's Open-Pollinated Seeds
Nippon Sanjaku Kiuri
Sage Garden Herbs
Perilla Red
OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Stokes Seeds Ltd
Perilla, Bai Su (green)
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Perilla, Qing Su (green)
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Perilla, Zi Su (purple)
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Pickling Melon (Yue Gua), White Strips
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Purslane, Golden
Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm
Purslane/Miner's Lettuce/Claytonia
Full Circle Seeds,  Green Space Design,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Pumpkin Moon Farm,  Richters Herbs,  Stellar Seeds,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds,  William Dam Seeds
Purslane/Miner's Lettuce/Claytonia, Golden
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Full Circle Seeds,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Les Jardins de l'Écoumène,  Richters Herbs,  Stellar Seeds,  Sunshine Farm,  William Dam Seeds
Purslane/Miner's Lettuce/Claytonia, Tall Green
La Societe des plantes,  Les Jardins de l'Écoumène,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Purslane/Miner's Lettuce/Claytonia, Winter
La Societe des plantes
Quillquina
Sunshine Farm
Showy Bitter Melon
T & T Seeds Ltd.
Shungiku
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Full Circle Seeds,  Green Space Design,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Hope Seeds and Perennials,  Mountain Seed Company,  Solana Seeds,  Stellar Seeds,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Shungiku, Broad Leaf
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Shungiku, Large Leaf Tong Ho
Edible Earth Seeds
Shungiku, Oasis Q
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Shungiku, Tong Ho Large Leaf
Salt Spring Seeds,  Solana Seeds
Skirret
La Societe des plantes
Sorrel
Annapolis Seeds,  Green Space Design,  Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds,  La ferme coopérative Tourne-Sol,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Ravenhill Herb Seeds,  Richters Herbs,  Sage Garden Herbs
Sorrel, Belleville
La Societe des plantes
Sorrel, French
Richters Herbs,  Salt Spring Seeds,  Seeds of Victoria
Sorrel, Large Leaf
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Sorrel, Lemon
Incredible Seed Company
Sorrel, Profusion
Richters Herbs
Sorrel, Red Veined
Sunshine Farm
Sorrel, Sheep
Richters Herbs
Spring Beauty/Claytonia virginica
Norton Naturals
Sun Jewel Melon
T & T Seeds Ltd.
Tah Tsai, Non Heading Chinese Cabbage
Stokes Seeds Ltd,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Takinogawa Gobo
Greta's Organic Gardens
Tatsoi
A'bunadh Seeds,  Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Eagle Ridge Seeds,  Ecogenesis Inc.,  Eternal Seed,  Ferme Fleur de Laurier,  Full Circle Seeds,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds,  Hope Seeds and Perennials,  Incredible Seed Company,  La ferme coopérative Tourne-Sol,  Les Jardins de Nathalie,  Les Jardins du Grand-Portage,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Richters Herbs,  Sage Garden Herbs,  Solana Seeds,  Stellar Seeds,  T & T Seeds Ltd.,  Terra Edibles,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm,  Urban Harvest,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Tatsoi, Green Coin
William Dam Seeds
Tsoi-Sim
OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  William Dam Seeds
Tsoi-Sim, Green
McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd
Wa Wa Gaichoi
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Wa Wa Sai Sui Choi
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Water Convolvulus, Bamboo White
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Water Convolvulus, HK White
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Water Convolvulus, South Green
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Wo Ju (Celtuce), Spring Tower Summer
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Wo Ju (Celtuce), Summer
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Yu Tsai Sum
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Yu Tsai Sum, Jade Spring
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Yukina Savoy
La ferme coopérative Tourne-Sol