Historic Seeds

Bring historic seeds from Monticello’s Center for Historic Plants to your yard and garden. Our Monticello seed collection offers a wide selection of vegetable and herb seeds, annual flower seeds, and seeds for perennial and biennial flowers. Many are unusual and hard to find like Purple Calabash Tomato seeds, Blackberry Lily seeds, and Hyacinth Bean seeds.  All our heirloom seeds are non-GMO, open-pollinated varieties, or straight species. The seeds of open-pollinated vegetables, herbs and flowers can be saved to replant from year to year.  Seeds will typically remain viable for several years when stored in a cold, dry environment, such as an airtight container in your refrigerator.