This is the current list of seeds that I have. They are made available on a gift economy or dana economy basis: there are no prices but if you request some I ask you to either swap, donate or pay it forward. Please send requests to dalancarter@yahoo.co.uk. Please quote any code that goes with the name (e.g. 18m) as it makes it easier for me to find them!
UPDATE Unfortunately I cannot send seeds abroad as this now requires a phytosanitary certificate which costs tens or even hundreds of pounds depending on the species. I have also had to remove broad beans, leaf beet and potato seed from my list as these require very expensive testing to move even within the UK and it is not feasible for a few packets of each, and I have had to pause sending plants and plant parts.
Seed list – Alan Carter 02/02/26
Notes:
The number (e.g. 19, 20) in the code refers to the year of harvest. I’ll send either the most recent seed or a mix of years (to increase diversity). If a month is mentioned in the listing, this is the month in which fresh seed is usually available. If a line is crossed out, I am out of that seed for now.
‘AB’ refers to an Aberdeen landrace – a line of deliberately varied origins which I have been saving for a number of years.
STRAT means that the seed needs or benefits from stratification (cold treatment). Full germination details can be found on the Plants for a Future listing for the species.
Most seeds are from my own garden. Where they are surplus from a supplier, the supplier’s name is given in brackets.
Allium altissimum ‘Goliath’ 25m – Persian garlic – Sep – STRAT – details
Allium ampeloprasum 25m – perennial leek seed – STRAT
Allium ampeloprasum 25l – wild leek ‘Babington’ (bulbils)
Allium ampeloprasum 24l – wild leek ‘Chesil Beach’ (bulbils)
NEW Allium ampeloprasum var sectivum ‘Minogue Onion’ – pearl onion (offsets)Allium fistulosum 24m – welsh onion – details – Jul – STRAT
Allium schoenoprasum 21m – chives – STRATAllium sensecens20m, 19m, 18s – broadleaf chive– STRAT
Allium triquetrum 24m – snowbell, three cornered leek
Allium ursinum 24m, 23m, 21m – wild garlic – Jul – STRAT
Allium vineale 25m – crow garlic (bulbils) – AugAmphicarpaea bracteata 23m, 22m – earth beans
Anethum graveolens 21m – dill – Sep
Angelica archangelica 25xl, 24xl – garden angelica, lots, Jul – STRAT
Apium graveolens 25m, 24m, 21xl, 20l – celery AB, lots – STRAT – details
Aralia cordata 25m – udo – STRAT – details
Aralia continentalis 25m – Manchurian spikenard – STRAT- details
Arctium lappa and minus 24l, 23l – Japanese and native burdock mix, lots – details
Asphodeline lutea 25m – king’s spear – details
Aster scaber – see Doellingeria
Barbarea verna 24m, 21m, 20m, 19m –land cress, early wintercress
Barbarea vulgaris 23l – common bittercressvariegated form
Beta vulgaris – see beet – not available – see details
Blitum bonus-henricus 25l – good henry – Jul – STRAT
Brassica carinata 21m – Texsel greens
Brassica juncaea 25m, 24m, 20m – mustard leaf
Brassica oleracea ‘Flowering Daubenton’s’ 23m, 22m, 21m, 20m – perennial kale, Sep – detailsBrassica oleracea Nero di Toscana x PKT 24m, 23m, 22m, 21m –perennial kale, Sep – details
Brassica oleracea ‘Pentland Brig’ 24l, 20m – kale, OP, Scottish variety, some perenniality crossed in, Sep – details
Brassica oleracea ‘Purple Kale Tree’ 25m – perennial kale, details – Sep
Brassica oleracea ‘Ragged Jack’ 23m – kale
NEW Brassica oleracea ‘Sutherland kale’ 24m – kale
Brassica oleracea ‘Variegated Perennial’ 25m, 24l, 22m – perennial kale – details
Bunias orientalis 25l –Turkish rocket, Sep – detail
Calendula officinalis 22m – pot marigold, Sep – detailsCamassia leichtlinii 23m – large camas
Campanula latifolia 25m, 23m – giant bellflower, Sep
Campanula persicifolia 25m, 24m, 23m – peach-leaved bellflower, Sep – details
Campanula rapunculoides 25m, 24m, 23m – creeping bellflower
Carum carvi 25m, 24m, 23m – caraway – Jul – STRAT
Centranthus ruber white 23m – red valerian seeds
Chaenomeles cathayensis 22m, 21m – Chinese quince
Chaerophyllum bulbosum 24l, 23m, 22m –turnip-rooted chervil, Sep – STRAT – details
Chenopodium bonus-henricus – see BlitumChicorium intybus ‘Radicchio’ 23m – chicory
Claytonia perfoliata 23m – miners’ lettuce – details
Conopodium majus 23m – pignut – details – Jul
Coriandrum sativum 22m – coriander – Sep
Crambe cordifolia 22m – colewort – Sep
Cryptotaenia canadensis 22m, 21m – honewort – STRATCryptotaenia japonica‘ Atropurpurea’ 22m, 21m, 20m – purple mitsuba – STRAT
Dioscorea polystachya 24l – cinnamon vine / yam (indoor plant, tubercules)
Diplotaxis tenuifolia 25m – perennial wall rocket – details
Dipsacus fullonum 22m, 20m – teasel (wild flower, not edible)
Doellingeria scabra 23l, 20l – aster scaber, gomchwi
Dystaenia takesimana 25m, 24l, 23m – Ulleung island celery
Erodium cicutarium 23m – common storksbill, Jul
Eruca vesicaria 20m, 19m, 18m – rocket
Erythronium dens-canis – dog’s tooth violet (bulbs, July-November only) – detailsErythronium ‘Pagoda’ – fawn lily (bulbs, July-November only) – details
Fragaria x ananassa ‘Frau Mietze Schindler’ – garden strawberry, ‘strasberry’
Fragaria x ananassa ‘less running’ – garden strawberry
Fragaria vesca 24m, 23m, 21m, 20m, 18m – alpine strawberry – details
Fragaria vesca ‘Fiesta’ 25m – alpine strawberry – details
Fragaria vesca ‘Victory’ 25m – alpine strawberry – details
Fragaria vesca ‘larger fruited’ 25m – alpine strawberry – details
Fragaria vesca ‘Blanc Amelioré’ – white, runnering alpine strawberry (bare root plant, Sep-Feb only)
Hablitzia tamnoides 25m – spinach vine – Aug – detailsNEW Hemerocallis middendorffii var.esculenta 22m – zenteika daylily, Aug – details
Heracleum sphondylium 24m, 21m – hogweed – details
Lathyrus linifolius 24m – Aug – cairmeal, bitter vetch, small amount – detailsLathyrus tuberosus 23m – aardaker – details
Lepidium latifolium 24a – dittander (roots) – details
Levisticum officinale 23xl, 22l – lovage – details
Ligusticum scoticum 25m, 24m, 23m – Scots lovage – details
Lilium lancifolium ‘Splendens’ 24m – tiger lily bulbils – details Lilium martagon 20m, 18s – Turk’s cap lily – STRAT
Lupinus sp 25m – lupins, N-fixers, not edible
Malva moschata 25l – musk mallow – white flowered – detailsMalva sylvestris 20m – common or wood mallow – detailsMalva verticillata 22m – Chinese mallow – details
Meum athamanticum 25m – spignel
Myrrhis odorata 25m – sweet cicely (hairless form) – Jun – STRAT – details
Ocimum basilicum 24m – basil (indoor herb)
Oenothera biennis 23l, 22l, 19m – evening primroseOxalis tuberosa 20l – oca, pink/orange variety, tubers
Papaver somniferum 25x, 24m – poppy – details
Pastinaca sativa 24xl, 22xl – parsnip AB, lots – STRAT – details
Potentilla anserina – silverweed (roots, Oct-Mar only) – detailsPotentilla anserina 21m – silverweed seed – details
Prunus tomentosa 22m
Rubus idaeus – autumn fruiting mix 23m – autumn raspberry – STRAT – details
Rubus idaeus – long, thin fruits 25m – raspberry – Aug – STRAT – details
Rubus idaeus ‘Sunset’ 25m – yellow raspberry – Aug – STRAT – details
Rubus leucodermis 25m – blackcap / black raspberry – Aug – STRAT
Rubus occidentalis 25m – western black raspberry – Aug – STRAT
Rubus parviflorus 25m – thimbleberry – July – STRAT
Rubus phoenicolasius 25m – Japanese wineberry – Aug – STRAT – details
Rumex patientia 24xl, 23m, 22xl, 21xl –herb patience, lots
Rumex sanguineus 22m – bloody dock – details
Rumex scutatus 25m – buckler-leaved sorrel – details
Salvia officinalis 21m – sage, AugSanguisorba minor 24m, 22m, 21m – salad burnet, Aug
Scorzonera hispanica 24m, 23m –scorzonera
Sium sisarum 25m, 24x – skirret seed AB – details
Sium sisarum – skirret crown, Nov-Feb only – details
Smyrnium olusatrum 24l, 23l – alexanders – STRAT
Sonchus oleraceus 23m, 22m, 21m – sow thistle, Jul
Tanacetum balsamita 23s – costmary, medical herb, from a swapTragopogon porrifolius 24l – salsify AB, Jul – detailsTropaeolum majus 22m – nasturtium – details
Urtica dioica subsp. galeopsifolia – fen nettle, rhizome cutting (Oct-Feb only)
Viola riviniana purple variety – wood violet (cutting, Oct-Feb only)
Viola tricolor 24m, 23m – wild pansy, heartsease
I can guarantee that all seed is from my own garden (unless otherwise noted) and was picked in the year indicated. The rest is up to you. Many forest garden seeds need stratification or other special treatments. Sometimes this is noted in the appropriate article on this website. Alternatively the Plants for a Future database has propagation notes for almost everything on the list. Sometimes I have quite small amounts of a seed: the amount you receive will depend on how much there is to go round.
All seeds are offered on an Open Source Seed basis. You are free to grow and breed from the seeds and to market any new varieties that you produce, but you may not patent or otherwise restrict others from growing or breeding from any varieties that you produce. All seeds are open pollinated (OP) and are not stabilised varieties, so offspring may show considerable variation.
If you can’t find something here, here is a list of other seed and plant suppliers.
