Winning plants

Here are some top performers in the Minnesota master gardener seed trials:

Vegetables

Paste tomatoes: Viva Italia

Romaine lettuce: Dazzle

Kale: Winterbor

Lettuce: Midnight Ruffles

English peas: Frosty

Flat pole beans: Smeraldo

Beets: Merlin

Cucumbers: Chicago Pickling

Radishes: Pink Beauty

Cilantro: Santo

Green beans: Derby

Mini pumpkin/squash: Hooligan

Asian vegetables: Edamame Envy

flowers

Purple gomphrena: Buddy Purple

Pink cosmos: Candy Stripe

Cream, yellow or orange calendula: Strawberry Blonde

Ageratum: Blue Mink

Tall zinnia: Uproar Rose

Morning glory: Grandpa Ott

Sunflower: Moulin Rouge

Red, pink or coral salvia: Lighthouse

Rudbeckia: Cappuccino

Dianthus: Parfait Raspberry

Mary Jane Smetanka