Open Table Plant Sale Fundraiser 2026

Great size makes picking easy. Flavor is packed with sweetness and juiciness. Very disease resistant, so you’ll have cherries all season long. 

Super sweet and fruity. Vigorous grower - expect a very plentiful harvest. Skin can split but it won’t affect the delicious flavor. A very popular cherry tomato you won’t find in the store!

Sometimes called a salad or saladette tomato, Red Cocktail tomatoes are small firm round red tomatoes that are larger than a Cherry tomato and with a thinner skin, but smaller than a Roma/Plum tomato. They grow on a vine and weigh from 2 to 4 ounces.  

Also known as Clementine or Tangerine tomatoes, these are two to four ounces and round. They are grown on a vine that bears fruit continually. Sweet/tart flavor is very good in salads and sauces.  Great for adding a pop of color to any summer dish.

Hybrid, indeterminate. Eager to beat out the others, these round, red tomatoes about the size of the tennis ball ripen about fifty days after planting and continue to fruit until frost.  

A low acid tomato, classic red slicers. Produces LOTS of tomatoes. A best-selling variety that many market farmers grow due to its reliability.

Heirloom.  Meaty, flavorful, classic heirloom tomato. Smooth, deep pink skin. A productive, no fuss plant.

Heirloom.  Tangy, zingy and even a bit sour! You’ll know it’s ripe when it gets a yellowish tint and the green stripes darken. Larger than a cherry tomato, but not quite the size of a traditional tomato. Perfect for salads.

Able to tolerate cool & wet conditions. This big red beefsteak variety produces attractive 8-16 ounce slicers with good flavor.

Heirloom, medium sized beefsteak tomato from the Crimean/Ukrainian peninsula with a deep brown-to-red color. (Krim is Russian for Crimea). This tomato grows to about eight ounces, with a flattened globe. It is dark reddish brown/purple to black with green/brown shoulders. Bold, smoky flavor.  Pick early to avoid cracking. 

Heirloom.  Meaty, with an almost smoky flavor. The vibrant color of the inside flesh is almost electrifying.

Heirloom.  Juicy and fruity with excellent texture. The color is bright shades of red, yellow and orange. Flavor is reminiscent of a mango or a pineapple (it’s that sweet!).

Heirloom.  Large, yellow-orange beefsteak type tomatoes that can weigh up to 2 pounds! Super delicious in flavor with an excellent balance between acidic and sweet.

Famous Italian cooking tomato. These are absolutely perfect for making sauce, super sweet and flavorful when cooked. They have a thick wall, next-to-no seeds (which makes them perfect for making sauces). Heavy producer, excellent disease resistance.  

The brilliant purple fruit is fun to grow and makes a beautiful and unusually colored salsa for chips or enchiladas.  Slightly smaller fruits than the green tomatillos. 

The source of all those delicious green salsas!  Tomatillos have a papery skin that usually bursts when it is nearing ripeness.  The interior skin often yellows a bit as it sweetens - the hard part is catching them before they hit the ground!  

Ace variety.  A great choice for an early maturing, red sweet pepper. Reliable yields of thick-walled fruits that ripen from green to red. Loves the sun and heat.

Excellent flavor with very high yields. Ripensfrom green to orange.

Beautiful thick-walled sweet yellow peppers.  Early-maturing and cold tolerant.  Also delicious as a green pepper earlier on.  

Color can be red, yellow, or orange.  Mini-sized sweet peppers are great for snacks, veggie trays and lunch boxes. Also good for cooking and stuffing/frying. (Can’t guarantee color - can be any one of the 3.)

Jimmy Nardello variety. They look spicy but are sweet enough to take a bite as you pick them. Thin-walled sweet peppers add a splash of color to salads, soups, and stir-fry.  

Relatively mild for hot peppers, excellent roasted or stuffed. Dried, they are called ancho peppers. More flavor than a jalapeño but less heat.

This high yielding variety is easy to grow, even in containers. Great making your own hot salsa, pickling, or even eating fresh.

Hotter than a jalapeño but more consistent.  Serrano peppers have great flavor and a bit more heat. This variety is a very heavy producer.

Bigger fruits than the standard Habañero. Great yield, gorgeous color and awesome flavor. Much, much hotter than a Serrano or jalapeño.

Annual.  Best all around basil, produces good yields of large leaves, perfect for fresh cooking, drying, or making pesto. Pinch off the top two sets of leaves once the basil plant reaches reasonable height for higher quality plant.

Annual.  Similar in flavor and use to sweet basil, but the dark purple color gives a beautiful decorative pop to your garden bed.  

Annual. Smaller leaves and purple stems and flowers differentiate Thai basil from its sweet cousin. Flavor has a hint of licorice or anise.

Perennial. Flowers and shoots are both edible. Pollinators love the flowers too. Once they reach 1 foot tall they are ready to be used. It is safe to cut as much as half of the shoots without harming the plant. 

Annual, self-seeder.  Salsa, sauces, eggs, tacos, salads and so much more! High in vitamins, great at fighting inflammation, supports your digestive system and helps to control blood sugar.  Bee & butterfly attractor.

Annual, self-seeder. Frond-like leaves can be used as an herb, bulb may be cooked as a vegetable.  

Munstead variety. Early blue-purple flowers are fragrant. Gray foliage, Robust plant. Perennial in zones 4-9

Lemon-flavored herb, common in Southeast Asian cooking.  Thick, fleshy green stems can also be steeped as a tea or tisane.  Perennial in warm climates; annual in IL unless brought inside.  

Perennial. Tastes like a peppermint patty! Grows just like regular mint so give it some room to spread. Fun for kids.

Perennial.  Use it fresh or dried. No pasta dish or pizza is complete without this delicious herb.

Annual.  Strong producer, good flavor.  Heaped with leaves, it sometimes survives over the winter and can be harvested for a month in the spring before it flowers.  

Annual. A favorite for Black Swallowtail Butterfly larvae. Be sure to loosen soil deep into ground for health parsley plants. Space plants 6-8” apart. Try protecting your parsley over the winter and it may reseed itself.

Quick grower, aromatic, great for culinary use as well as medicinal use. Gorgeous blue flowers. Bring inside over the winter. Likes full sun and well drained soil. Works well in a container too.

Perennial.  Use fresh or dried. Sage plants prefer full sun and do best in well drained soils as they prefer to not have their roots remain wet. Harvesting biggest leaves first and pruning the top leaves early will entice a fuller, better producing plant.

Perennial.  Use fresh or dried.  Great in soups, sauces, sprinkled over roasted veggies, infused in olive oils or vinegars! 

Bay Meadows variety.  Can tolerate hotter spells of late spring without bolting. Delicious, medium sized heads.

Early-maturing brussel sprouts with firm, uniform sprouts. Don’t panic when not much happens with them until later in the summer. The best time to harvest these is after the first frost. 

A rare heirloom from 1924. Stores well once harvested. Easy to grow and maintain. A great variety for sauerkraut too!

Medium sized heads, uniform shape. Great disease resistance. Easy to grow and maintain.

Looks as good as it tastes! Harvest the outside stalks and more come back.  They look great planted amongst your flowers too.

Marketmore variety.  Smooth, dark skin. Great yields, excellent disease resistance, and great flavor.

Heirloom A&C variety.  Extremely productive heirloom variety produces 8-10” fruits that hold their dark color. Great tasting and reliable. 

Black Beauty variety. Great producer with gorgeous shine. Reliable yields with a traditional eggplant flavor. Very hardy plants.

Also known as bok choy, pak choi, or Chinese celery cabbage, this green leafy vegetable has a unique flavor between between cabbage and chard.  Upright, compact habit.  Use baby or whole plant for salad or use larger leaves for stir-fries.

Great tasting kale, packed with vitamins and nutrients. Easy to grow, will grow pretty tall if you keep harvesting the bottom leaves. Hardy until deep freeze.

Heirloom. Also known as dinosaur kale, this Italian heirloom is the most nutritious variety out there. Dark, long leaves are very tender. Great for soups, stews or salads. Like all the kales, will keep going until early winter.

Nancy variety.  Thick, crisp heads with tender leaves and a sweet, delicate flavor. Variety known to be more resistant to fungus and disease.

Red Cross variety.  Large, fancy, bright heads make a stunning presentation and taste super sweet in the spring. Soft and tender leaves.

Salvius variety.  A bright green romaine with great flavor and crunch. Tolerant to bolting during the warmer spring days.

Sedona variety. Classic yellow, storage onion. Thick skin increases the storability. Onions come in sets of 5; separate and plant 3-4" apart in your garden.  

Excellent disease and pest resistance. Plenty of fruits (or blossoms!) to share with neighbors.

Excellent disease and pest resistance.  Both blossoms and fruit are edible.  Check them often after flowering to pick before they get too big!

Annual, self-seeds easily.  Bee & butterfly attractor.  Edible blue flowers taste like cucumbers. Repels tomato hornworms and cabbage worms and attracts beneficial bees and wasps. Borage also adds trace elements to the soil. 

Annual. Flashback variety. Edible flowers are both beneficial to the garden and produce very nice flowers for the vase. Similar to marigolds, Calendula is known to deter cabbage maggots, Mexican bean beetles, aphids and many other pests, as well as tomato horn worms.

Perennial.  Flowers have a sweet flavor, used fresh or dried for tea. Known to aid in digestion and mildsleep inducer. Honeybees love it & also attracts hoverflies (they feed on the pests!).

Perennial. Proper name Rudbeckia.  Commonly called coneflower or black-eyed susan, this native flower will eventually grow into clumps that resemble a small bush.  Dead-heading will keep them blooming all season.

Annual, self-seeder.  Daisy-shaped flowers grow on stems about 2' tall.

Annual.  Sunny yellow color.  Surround your garden with marigolds to deter rabbits and other pests.

Annual.  Gorgeous for long lasting bouquets. This variety has tall stems and very large flower heads. Easy to grow, great companion to veggie gardens. Likes sun.

Annual. Kaleidoscope mix yields gorgeous multi-colored petals. Flowers are edible and delicious, as are the spicy leaves. Plants attract many beneficial insects. Nasturtiums grown near squash are said to repel squash bugs. 

Perennial. Proper name Scabiosa.  These button-shaped flowers on straight stems can be used in arrangements fresh or dried.  Good for pollinators.

Annual. Excellent source of food for bees. Also makes an excellent cut flower with its branching habits.

Annual. Excellent source of food for bees. Taller than the Sonja variety, larger heads.

Annual. A single stem, fully-double sunflower.  Bright golden, pollenless flower matures early with 4-5" blooms.  Good for use as a cut flower.

Annual in our zone. Great for attracting pollinators, including migrating monarch butterflies.  Can grow up to 12' tall. 

Perennial, long-lasting.  This native has 2-4" flowers on 24" stems.  Drought tolerant once established.

Annual.  Bee and butterfly attractor. They’re a garden classic and look great in a vase. Flowerswill continue to bloom all summer and into fall.

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