Cool-Season Vegetable Varieties Listed

Cool-season vegetable varieties are legion. Check with neighbors and friends to see which varieties they’ve had success with. After a season or two, you will find personal favorites.

Here are several varieties for autumn, winter, and spring planting. If you are growing in a cold frame, you can get any of these started between late autumn and early spring.

Cool-season vegetables Varieties Planting Dates  Artichoke Green Globe, Imperial Star  Dec-Apr (crown or plants)  Asparagus Mary Washington, UC 157, UC 72 (seed or crown)  Sept-Feb (crowns)  Beet Albina Vereduna, Chioggia, Cylindra, Detroit Dark Red, Golden  Feb-Aug (seed)  Broccoli Arcadia, De Cicco, Emperor, Green Comet, Green Goliath, Minaret, Packman, Premium Crop, Waltham29  Feb-Mar, Jul-Aug (seed) Aug-Sept (transplants)  Brussels   sprouts Jade Cross  Feb or July (seed)  Cabbage Copenhagen Market, Earliana, Early Jersey Wakefield, Golden Acre, Red Rookie, Ruby Hall Hybrid, Savoy King  Feb-Apr, Jul-Aug (seed), Sept (transplant)  Carrots Chantenay, Danvers, Little Finger, Minicor, Nantes, Paris Market, Thumbelina  Apr-May, Sept (seed)  Cauliflower Cheddar, Early Snowball, Graffiti, Panther, Romanesco, Snow Crown  Feb-Mar, Jul-Aug (seed), Sept (transplant)  Chard Argentata, Bright Lights, Fordhook Giant, French White, Italian Silver Rib, Rhubarb Chard  Year-round (seed or transplants)  Collards Blue Max, Georgia, Vates  Mar, Sept-Oct  Garlic Burgundy, California Early, CaliforniaLate, Georgia Crystal, Inchelium Red, Rosewood, Susanville  Oct-Nov (cloves)  Kale Curled, Dwarf Blue, Vates  Feb, Sept-Oct  Kohlrabi Early Purple Vienna, Grand Duke, Kohlibri, White Vienna  Feb-Apr, Aug-Sept (seed)  Lettuce Black-seeded Simpson, Brune d’Hiver, Canasta, Capitaine, Esmeralda, Jericho, Loma, Marvel of Four Seasons, Merlot, Nancy, Nevada, Oakleaf, Prizehead, Red Ridinghood, Salad Bowl, Sangria, Red Sails, Sierra  Feb-Mar, Aug-Sept (seed), Oct (transplant)  Mache D’Etampes, Vit Oct (seed)  Mustard Florida Broadleaf, Mizuna, Red Giant, Savannah, Southern Giant Curled, Tender Green  Feb-Mar, Aug-Sept (seed), Sept-Oct (transplant)  Onion Early Yellow Globe, Fiesta, Granex types, Grano, Southport White Glove, Stockton Red, Sweet Sandwich, White Sweet Spanish, Yellow Sweet Spanish  Sept, Jan-Feb (seed)  Onion,   Green   Bunching Southport White Globe, WhiteLisbon, White Sweet Spanish  Mar-Apr (sets)  Peas English peas: Green Arrow, Little Marvel, Wanda; Shelling: Little Marvel, Maestro, Tall Telephone; Sugar Snap: Sugar Daddy, Sugar Mel, Super Sugar Snap  Jul-Sept  Potato Bintje, Caribe, Cobbler, Kennebec, Red Pontiac, Rose Finn Apple, YukonGold  Jan-Mar (seed potatoes)  Spinach America, Bloomsdale Longstanding, Giant Nobel, Melody, Oriental Giant, Tyee F1, Viroflay, New Zealand (summer substitute)  Sept-Apr (seed)  Turnip   Greens All Top, Seven Top  Aug-Sept, Feb-Apr (seed)  Turnip     Roots Amber Globe, De Milan, Purple Top, Scarlet Queen, Tokyo Hybrid, White Globe, White Lady  Aug-Sept, Feb-Apr (seed)