Vegetables
Montana’s growing season is short, so the variety matters as much as the start. We grow vegetable starts chosen to ripen in our cool, quick summers — short- season tomatoes, peppers, greens, and more — so you’re not racing the first fall frost for a harvest. Set the frost-tender ones out after our last hard frost, usually late May, and ask us which varieties do best for your garden. (Not sure on timing? See our guide on when to plant in the Flathead Valley.)
Buttercrunch Lettuce
Butterhead lettuce
A tender, slow-to-bolt butterhead that thrives in our cool spring and fall.
- Sunlight: part shade
- Water: moderate
- Season: Plant early spring and again late summer; cool-season
Early Girl Tomato
Indeterminate slicing tomato
A dependable early slicer that beats Montana's short season with full-size fruit in about 50–60 days.
- Sunlight: full sun
- Water: moderate
- Season: Plant out late May; harvest mid-to-late summer
King of the North Bell Pepper
Bell pepper
A short-season bell pepper that actually ripens to red in our cool summers.
- Sunlight: full sun
- Water: moderate
- Season: Plant out early June; harvest late summer
Sub-Arctic Plenty Tomato
Determinate tomato
One of the earliest, most cold-tolerant tomatoes there is — bred for exactly our kind of summer.
- Sunlight: full sun
- Water: moderate
- Season: Plant out late May; very early harvest
Nothing matches those filters — try clearing one, or come walk the greenhouse and we'll point you to it.