Botanical Interests sent me these seeds to trial in the garden
Congratulations to Robbie, who won some free seeds from Botanical Interests at Carol’s giveaway! Those of you who didn’t win have another chance. The giveaway here is just a bit different. First go over to Botanical Interests and look over their offerings. Then list the six seed packets (excluding the large packets) you’d like to get in the comments of this post. The winner will be chosen using the random number generator. Comments will be accepted until Thursday, February 5th at 5pm EST. The winner will be announced on Friday, February 6th. Sorry, contest only open to residents of the USA.
I like that Botanical Interests is a family owned business. Roughly one-fourth of their seed offerings are certified organic. None were grown with pesticides, and none are genetically modified. They are cool enough to have a blog and a Twitter account. And, as you’ve already read on Carol’s blog, they have the most detailed seed packets in the business.
If you look over on the sidebar you’ll see I’ve got an ad there for them. I like Botanical Interests enough that I decided to register as an affiliate. That means if you click on that ad to go to their site and buy some seeds, I’ll get a little commission. No, I don’t expect to make a pile of money; it’s just my vote of confidence in the company.
So what are you waiting for? Visit their website, pick out your six favorites, list them in the comments and hope your number is picked!
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Sunflower Mammoth Russian Organic
Corn Sweet Sugar Pearl Organic
Cucumber Marketmore Organic
Eggplant Long Purple Seed
Spinach Bloomsdale Organic Seed
Tomato Bush Silvery Fir Tree Organic Seed
I love new seeds!
Great giveaway!!
Marigold French Favourite Blend
Pansy Swiss Giant Blend Seed
Snapdragon Magic Carpet Blend Seed
Sweet Pea Cupid Pink Seed
Sweet Pea Perfume Delight Seed
Rudbeckia Triloba Seed
1. Money Plant Seed
2. Moonflower Seed
3, Morning Glory Something Old Something New
4. Nasturtium Alaska Variegated Seed
5. Pansy Swiss Giant Blend Seed
6. Songbird Mix Seed
Thank you!
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
Twitter: @Vertie
This is tough. I hope if I win I might have a chance to revisit my choices:
Cucumber Japanese Burpless Organic Seed
Cucumber Lemon Organic Seed
Tomato Pole Cherokee Purple Organic Seed
Watermelon Moon & Stars Organic Seed
Radish French Breakfast Organic Seed
I must say I was completely taken by suprise when I clicked onto their website. The packages alone are worth looking at if not adding the empty packages to my gardening scrapbook! I would love to share some seeds to take to my community gardening group. Someone offered to supply a greenhouse to start seed. So I have collected seed for the project and the plants are donated to families who rely on community gardens to augment their food. I sure wish I knew about this site sooner. It will be on my to do list on my next time around to purchase seed!
I love the Blue lake pole bean, Carrot purple heart, Strawberry popcorn. Then for the red, white and blue garden – Blue flax, Blue salvia and Scarlet Flame Zinnia. Thanks for sponsoring this. Its so much fun! I will have to tell my friends. Cher
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1) Tomato Pole Cherokee Purple Organic Seed #3002
2) Tomato Pole Aunt Ruby’s Green Organic Seed #3003
3) Tomato Cherry Yellow Pear Seed #0104
4) Cardinal Climber Vine Seed #1155
5) Castor Bean Impala Seed #1181
6) Forget-Me-Not Spring and Summer Seed #1219
If you haven’t yet, you may want to check out a for her gorgeous seed packets that are just as informative as those Botanical Interests offers.
Butterfly Flower (tuberosa)
Bring Home the Butterflies
Cleome Fountain Seed Blend
Nasturtium Jewell Blend
Sunflower Florists Favorite
Zinia Persian Carpet
Came here via Dlyn’s blog. Love it!!
Too much fun!
Nasturtium Fiesta Blend #5500
Quinoa Brightest Rainbow #2013
Pansy Caramel Spice #1062
Poppy Peony Double Blend #1231
Calendula Zeolights #2009
Hoolyhock Chater’s Double #1099
I “heart” Botanical Interests! Their seed packets have tons of growing information – much, much more than the average seed packet and their stuff is top quality.
I also love them because my illustrator (Peggy Turchett who did all the artwork for my yearly Herb Calendar for 7 years) also does some of their artwork on the seed packets. I can always pick out her work. But all their artists are so talented.
Okay! Here is my list…Hoping I might win…I have my fingers crossed, legs crossed, eyes crossed…well, maybe not the eyes.
Carrot Carnival Blend #3115
Carrot Purple Haze #0188
Corn Sweet Sugarpeal #3018
Leek American Flag #0205
Onion Flat of Italy #0203
Pumpkin – Little October #0176
What a fun site. I would love to win:
bluebells desert
echinaea purple coneflower
flax blue
four o’clock marvel of peru
hyssop lavender
penstemon rocky mountain blue
I love gardening and I love sites that are willing to giveaway seeds. Botanical Interests, Inc. has beautiful packaging and many varieties.
Here are the six I picked:
Basil Greek Yevani Organic Seed (you can never have too much basil)
Basil Lemon ‘Mrs. Burns’ Seed (I love lemon basil)
Butterfly Flower (incarnata) Irresistible Blend Seed
Hummingbird Haven Seed
Sunflower Vanilla Ice Seed
Hyssop Lavender Seed
Alyssum Sweet Tiny Tim Seed
Bachelor Button Blue Boy Seed
Butterfly Flower (tuberosa) Organic Seed
Echinacea Prairie Coneflower Organic Seed
Poppy California Orange Seed
Rudbeckia Black Eyed Susan Seed
Thanks!
Kathy, what a great giveaway! Thanks for offering it. Here are my six choices:
Agastache Sunset Hyssop
Diascia Twinspur Pink Queen
Cleome Fountain Blend
Penstemon Rocky Mountain Blue
Scabiosa Isaac House Blend
Salvia Blue Victoria
What a great little lottery, thanks! My choices are:
-Flax Blue Lewisii
-Rose ‘Angel Wings’
-Sea Holly ‘Miss Wilmott’s Ghost’
-Cardinal Climber Vine
-Columbine ‘Yellow Spotlight’
-Love Lies Bleeding
I spent waaaaay too much time at that site but what fun it was! Here’s my list:
Carrot Asian New Kuroda Seed
Cucumber Spacemaster Seed
Pea Snap Sugar Snap Organic Seeds
Zinnia Scarlet Flame Seed
Black Eyed Susan Vine
Thanks for the great giveaway.
What a great giveaway! Just in time for spring! I have never tried Botanical Interests, but I am intrigued. If I won the giveaway, I’d hope to win the following:
Early Wonder Beets
Baby Little Finger Carrots
Strawberry Popcorn
Japanese Cucumber
Leek
Red Velvet Lettuce
Thanks so much!
This is making me want to garden! Oh blasted long winter!
I’d pick
Sunflower Evening Sun Organic Seed
Arugula Wild Organic Seed
Lettuce Mesclun Gourmet Baby Greens Organic Seed
Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant Organic Seed
Poppy Flanders American Legion Seed
Broomcorn Amish Rainbow Blend Organic Seed
I picked some of their newest choices. I’d really like one of everything they sell!
Lavender French Purple Ribbon Seed
Sunflower Elves Blend Organic Seed
Sweet Pea High Scent Seed
Poppy Lauren’s Grape Seed
Mesclun Asian Salad Mix
Basil Dolce Vita Blend Organic Seed
I just love Botanical Interests and have used their seeds many times. I have to agree, the info on packs is much more detailed than other well known seed packet companies! Here is my hopeful list.
Bells of Ireland
Coreopsis Plains Dwarf
Cypress Vine Blend
Nasturtium Alaska Variegated
Penstemon Rocky Mountain Blue
Verbena Brazilian Vervain
Thanks for running this give away!
Tessa
I so cannot wait for spring! Only 7 weeks to go!! Hope I win!
My six choices are:
Echinacea
Lettuce Leaf Black Seeded Simpson
Onion Flat of Italy Seed
Squash Summer Blk Beauty Zucchini Seed
Squash Summer Straightneck Organic Seed
Cilantro/Coriander Seed
Thanks for introducing me to another seed provider. I’m finally submitting my selections after mentioning your contest a couple days ago … how time flies. This was fun to see all the varieties. It was like shopping for candy!
- Nasturtium Mohogany
- Hollyhock The Watchman
- Poppy Lauren’s Grape
- Cosmos Sensation
- Sunflower Vanilla Ice
- Echinacea White Swan
Wow, it’s hard to pick only 6, I’m going all organic all edible choices.
1. Beet Early Wonder Organic Seed
2. Arugula Mediterranean Organic Seed
3. Endive Olesh Tres Fine Organic Seed
4. Squash Summer Blk Organic Zucchini Seed
5. Tomato Bush Italian Roma Organic Seed
6. Tomato Bush Silvery Fir Tree Organic Seed
I’ve been looking for silvery fir tomatoes, now I know where I can get them, thanks!
Kathy, thanks for sharing your experience with this company. A rep from Botanical Interests just commented on my “Selling Out Your Blog” post, and it was interesting to get his or her perspective on soliciting bloggers with giveaways, etc. I like the way you are up-front about your relationship (personal and monetary) with them.
my choices:
Echinacea angustifolia Organic Seed
Feverfew Organic Seed
Cabbage Copenhagen Market Seed
Leek Organic Seed
Shiso Perilla Aka Red Seed
Bok Choy Tatsoi Seed
Twitter: @dlynz
I should be practical, but I can’t do it. This then, is my list:
Morning Glory Something Old, Something New
Poppy Flanders
Rudbeckia Triloba
Cosmos Bright lights
Helenium Red & Gold
Rudbeckia Autumn Gloriosa
I like the following:
hollyhock indian spring
hyssop lavender
rose angel wing
english daisy
xeriscape extreme
rudbeckia irish eyes
— thanks for the opportunity.
Thank you for doing this giveaway! I’ve been looking at–and drooling over–this website since Carol first mentioned this company.
Here are my choices if I were the lucky winner:
–Butterfly Flower
–Echinacea prairie Coneflower
–Hummingbird Haven
–Hyssop Lavendar
–Zinnia Cut and Come Again
–Tomto Pole Cherokee Purple
These are my choices:
Carrot Baby Little Finger Organic Seed
Cucumber Armenian Seed
Tomato Pole Beefsteak Organic Seed
Tomato Pole Cherokee Purple Organic Seed
Squash Summer Straightneck Organic Seed
Squash Summer Blk Organic Zucchini Seed
Twitter: @HelenYoest
I’m paralyzed in making the decision. But, I just love the site – so informative and organized.
I’d love to have some of these seeds. Maybe I’ll be the one!
Ecinacea White Swan
Penstemon Rocky Mountain Blue
Bells of Ireland
Lavender Dwarf Hidcote
Lady’s Mantle Thriller
Bachelor Buttons Black Magic
Twitter: @jennahw
Poppy Flanders American Legion Seed #1215
Nasturtium Jewel Blend Seed #1028
Basil Italian Large Leaf Seed #0002
Oregano Common Organic Seed #3110
Lemon Balm Organic Seed #3078
Cosmos Candy Stripe Seed #1147
A bunch of herbs for my little herb garden, plus a couple favorite seeds in fun varieties. Hope I win!
Oooh fun! My picks:
Larkspur Rose Seed #1066
Jupiter’s Beard Centurion Seed #1245
Money Plant Seed #1180
Bachelor Button Blu Boy #1002
Canterburt Bells Blend #1004
Hollyhock Indian Spring Blend #1022
I’m more of a veggie gardener these days, so mine are all edible:
Swiss Chard Five Color Silverbeet Organic Seed
Pepper Sweet Cal Wonder Orange Organic Seed
Pea Snow Oregon Sugar Pod Organic Seed
Muskmelon Hearts of Gold Organic Seed
Carrot Scarlet Nantes Organic Seed
I am getting an extra community garden plot this year, to supplement my small yard, so I have some extra room to experiment.
Twitter: @amedame
English Daisy Pomponette Blend Seed
Stock Dwarf Ten Week Seed
Mint/Spearmint Seed
Impatiens Midnight Blend Seed
Tomato Pole Beefsteak Organic Seed
Rose Angel Wings Seed
That was fun, thanks!
It’s so hard to pick, but as much as I would like flowers, I have to be practical and pick the seeds that I really need. Those that will help feed my family. Therefore I chose: Sweet California Wonder Org. Pepper,#3032; Black Krim Pole Tomato, #3118; Italian Roma Bush Tomato,#3055; Cherry Sugar Sweetie Cheery Tomato,#3067; Hungarian Chile Pepper ,#3059; Luscious Bicolor Sweet Corn, #3019. Thanks for making this available.
Twitter: @ZanthanGardens
I was wondering what was behind these Botanical Interests giveaways. Thanks for the explanation.
I buy more seeds from Botanical Interests than any other company. I love their informative seed packets. But the main reason I buy their seeds is that they are carried in my local grocery store. Down south, it’s really hard to get a seed order in time to plant (usually in the fall) especially when seed catalogs tend to come out at Christmas. So I’m always making impulse purchases at the grocery store and I’m very happy my grocery carries Botanical Interests seeds.
I’m not going to register for the giveaway, though, because I’d rather that the seeds went to someone who has never tried them before or someone who has a tighter budget than mine.
I suppose I should become an affiliate given how many reviews I’ve done of plants I’ve grown from Botanical Interests seeds. But I don’t think the payback would be worth the bother. And would new readers understand that I like Botanical Interests seeds and that’s why I promote them? Or would they think the cart came before the horse?
I’ve known you and Carol and May Dreams Gardens for a long time. I trust your recommendations and advice. So I’d never think you were shilling for a company. But I hesitate to do the same because I wonder how gardeners new to the blogosphere look at these giveaways? Are they just happy for the chance to get free seeds? Or do the giveaways plant a seed of doubt about our recommendations?
Anyway, if I hadn’t already ordered my seeds, I’d be very tempted to participate. The winner is getting a good deal here.
No matter how you plan, there are always holes you forget, aren’t there? I’m glad BI is one of the brands stocked by my local nursery – It feels a bit more ethical than your standard seed sources. I will try to remember your affiliate link if I need varieties they don’t carry here.
Alyssum Sweet Tiny Tim
Cosmos Sea Shells Blend
Poppy Bread Seed
Poppy Oriental Blend
Basil Genovese Italian
Parsley Italian Dark Green Flat
Aren’t you sweet! And you’re right–BI is a great company. Here are my picks:
Butterfly Flower incarnata (1243)
Quinoa Brightest Brillian Rainbow (2013)
Money Plant (1180)
Organic Leeks (3057)
Sea Holly Miss Willmott’s Ghost (1212)
Mexican Sunflower-Torch (1118)
Good luck everyone!
Gourd Hard-Shelled Dipper Seed
Tomato Pole Cherokee Purple Organic Seed
Beet Gourmet Blend Seed
Carrot Carnival Blend Organic Seed
Cucumber Lemon Organic Seed
Gourd Ornamental Pear Bicolor Seed
Oh that was tough, so I decided to pick seeds that I would probably not buy due to practicality. All fun and different.
I’m in the middle of doing my seed order – and this would lessen the tarriff.
Red Sails lettuce; Buttercrunch lettuce; Gourmet Blend Beets; Asparagus yard long pole beans; Florists favorite yellow sunflowers; and High scent sweet peas. I am not familiar with this company, but the packages are lovely.
Okay, that was hard. Here are my picks.
1. Nasturtium Tall Single Blend #1029
2. Echinacea White Swan #1220
3. Marigold French #1247
4. Alyssum Sweet Oriental Night #1072
5. Sunflower Drop Dead Red #5010
6. Terrific Trailers #5004
I have a few stragglers that I have yet to acquire and would LOVE to win these packets! 1. Carrot Baby Little Finger Organic Seed, 2. Butterfly Flower(Asclepias), 3. Goldenrod Summer Showers, 4. Sunflower Flash Blend, 5. Sweet Pea Perfume Delight Seed, 6. Sweet Pea High Scent Seed.
bachelor button black magic
alyssum oriental nights
morning glory split personality
pansy got the blues
stock giant imperial
strawflower mixed
Thank you!
Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me! Here’s my six:
Amaranth Edible Red Leaf
Kale Chinese (Kailaan)
Sorrel, Common
Sunflower Evening Sun
Sunflower Moulin Rouge
Pepper Chile Pasilla Bajio
Thanks! This is fun.
Seeds — and packages pretty enough to frame! What more could you want? Here’s my six: Pansy Bewitched Blend, Nasturtium Mahogany, Bachelor Button Black Magic, and 3 Poppies: Bread Seed, Flander’s American Legion and Lauren’s Grape. Thanks for offering this!
Coleus – Rainbow blend
Goldenrod – Summer Showers
Morning Glory – Grandpa Otts
Portulaca – Double Mix (3 packets ’cause I really like Portulaca)