公司概况
Select Seeds（selectseeds.com）是一家位于美国康涅狄格州的家族经营花卉与香草种子公司，创立于 1987 年，至 2025 年已持续经营 38 年。创始人最初以一份薄薄的黑白传单目录起家，里面收录了老式多年生花卉种子，第一年仅凭一份园艺杂志分类广告就接到约 50 份订单。如今，Select Seeds 已成为专注”传家宝”（heirloom）与”同类最佳”（best in class）花卉与香草种子的精选品牌，以切花品种、花境花卉与一年生芳香花卉见长，并同时销售盆栽植物。公司在康涅狄格州设有温室，植物苗每年春季按季节发货，种子则全年通过美国邮政寄送至美国与加拿大。
产品与服务
Select Seeds 的产品分为三大主线：一年生花卉种子（Annual Seeds）、多年生花卉种子（Perennial Seeds）与盆栽植物（Plants）。一年生系列覆盖 Ageratum（藿香蓟）、Ammi（雪珠花）、Calendula（金盏花）、Cleome（醉蝶花）、Coreopsis（金鸡菊）、Cosmos（波斯菊）、Marigold（万寿菊）、Petunia（矮牵牛）、Salvia（鼠尾草）、Snapdragon（金鱼草）、Sunflower（向日葵）、Sweet Pea（香豌豆）、Zinnia（百日草）等 50 多个属；多年生系列则包含耐寒且能自播繁衍的品种。盆栽植物方面，公司精选了 Coleus（彩叶草）、Evolvulus（蓝星花）、Sweet Scabious（香蝇翼草）等适合花境与容器栽培的优秀品种，承诺所售植物全程使用有机投入物栽培，并保证对蜜蜂友好。选购上分有”Online Exclusives”独家系列与”全店购物”两个入口，方便园艺爱好者按需挑选。
技术与研发
Select Seeds 在种子技术层面建立了从播种指南到自然冷层化处理的完整方法论。官方”Seed Sowing Guide”详细讲解了室内播种所需的无土播种介质、容器选择、LED 人工补光、不同粒径种子的播种深度，以及 Delphinium（飞燕草）等需要完全遮光才能发芽的特殊品种的处理方式；”Winter Sowing Guide”则介绍了利用晚冬至早春自然冷层化打破种胚休眠的低成本技术，使种植者无需冰箱即可培育大量耐寒一年生与本土野花。所有种子均经过发芽率检测，标准严于联邦最低要求，确保家庭园艺爱好者能够获得稳定的出苗率。公司还在官网发布”Fall Sowing Hardy Annuals”与”Pollinator Gardens”等专题文章，把科研成果与社区园艺教育紧密结合。
家族传承与社会责任
Select Seeds 是 Safe Seed Pledge（安全种子承诺）的签署方，承诺所售种子均未经任何化学药剂包衣处理，从源头保障家庭园艺的食品安全与生态友好。38 年来，公司始终以纸质目录作为与老客户沟通的核心载体，并在 Instagram、Pinterest 等社交平台持续运营内容社区，传播传家宝花卉保护与传粉者栖息地恢复的理念。其种子与植物产品线不仅为园丁提供切花、花境与盆栽的选择，更通过耐寒一年生与本土野花系列，鼓励城市与郊区居民重建本土植物群落、吸引蝴蝶、蜂鸟与益虫回归庭院。
官网：https://www.selectseeds.com
Company Overview
Select Seeds (selectseeds.com) is a family-run flower and herb seed company based in Connecticut, USA, founded in 1987 and now in its 38th year of operation. The founder began with a thin black-and-white leaflet catalog of antique perennial varieties and received about 50 orders in the first year from a small classified ad in the back of a gardening magazine. Today, Select Seeds is a curated brand focused on heirloom and “best in class” flower and herb seeds, with a particular emphasis on cut-flower varieties, garden-border annuals, and fragrant flowers, while also selling potted plants. The company operates a greenhouse in Connecticut; plants ship seasonally in spring, while seeds ship year-round via USPS to the U.S. and Canada.
Products and Services
Select Seeds organizes its catalog into three main lines: Annual Seeds, Perennial Seeds, and Plants. The annual line covers more than 50 genera, including Ageratum, Ammi, Calendula, Cleome, Coreopsis, Cosmos, Marigold, Petunia, Salvia, Snapdragon, Sunflower, Sweet Pea, and Zinnia. The perennial line offers hardy, often self-sowing varieties for long-lived garden plantings. The Plants collection features carefully chosen container and border performers such as Coleus, Evolvulus, and Sweet Scabious, all grown with organic inputs and certified bee-friendly. Shoppers can browse the “Online Exclusives” series or “Shop All” for the full range.
Research and Technology
Select Seeds has built a complete methodology from sowing guides to natural cold stratification. The official “Seed Sowing Guide” details soil-less germination media, container selection, LED supplemental lighting, sowing depth for different seed sizes, and special handling for dark-germinating varieties such as Delphinium. The “Winter Sowing Guide” documents a low-cost technique that uses late-winter to early-spring weather to break seed dormancy naturally, eliminating the need for refrigerator stratification. All seeds are germination-tested to standards stricter than the federal minimum, giving home gardeners consistent emergence. Companion articles such as “Fall Sowing Hardy Annuals” and “Pollinator Gardens” connect research findings directly to community gardening education.
Heritage and Community
Select Seeds is a signatory of the Safe Seed Pledge, guaranteeing that none of its seeds are treated with chemical coatings, thereby safeguarding food safety and ecological integrity in home gardens. For 38 years the company has maintained a print catalog as its central touchpoint with longtime customers, while also publishing regularly on Instagram and Pinterest to share heirloom-flower conservation and pollinator-habitat restoration ideas. Through its hardy annuals and native wildflower lines, Select Seeds encourages urban and suburban gardeners to rebuild local plant communities and welcome back butterflies, hummingbirds, and beneficial insects.
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