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
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