Best Spring Fruit Seeds in 2026

Ornamental pepper care is easy, and you can expect fruit from mid spring until fall.

The fruit comes in shades of red, purple, yellow, orange, black or white, and the peppers change colors as they ripen, so you may see several different colors on the same plant.

Growing ornamental peppers in containers lets you enjoy the colorful fruit up close. Keep the potting soil evenly moist and use a liquid houseplant fertilizer or a slow-release houseplant fertilizer as directed.

Sea Buckthorn plants will grow in a variety of soil types. They even grow in low-nutrient soils and in drought conditions.

Grow Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8

Germination Procedure: If not planting in the fall for overwintering, the seeds require a 1-3 month cold/moist stratification before sowing to simulate winter conditions. Scarify the seeds by soaking them in water for 2 days in order to soften the seed coating. Sow seeds overtop moist soil and keep the near the top soil-line (the seeds need sunlight to germinate).

The luffa sponge gourd (luffa actangula) (also referred to as Poor Man's dish rag) is a tropical vine that thrives under heat and humidity.

First harvest is typically in 55 to 60 days. Average water needs. Water regularly, but don't over water.

Vigorous, rapidly growing vines from which fruit can be harvested over a long period of time.

Ground cherry, (genus Physalis ), also spelled groundcherry

Days to maturity: 70-80days

Planting Depth-1/8" These must be kept at approximately 70-75 degrees Fahrenheit during the entire duration of their germination. Cool temps will stop germination.

Easy to grow any where under the sun area. Need to climb.

Healthy diet. Good for salad and stir-fried

It's a must have plant if you love Asian food.

This showy, dense, dwarf shrub displays attractive orange-red single flowers at an early age, followed by bright orange-red ornamental fruit.

Excellent for containers or for use in the garden.

Seeds will germinate at normal room temperature between 30-40 days, but using a heated propagator mat at 80 degrees can cut that time in half.

Pitaya Pitahaya Hylocereus undatus

Easy to sprout and grow

It is the most distinct cacti plant that produces large edible fruit called dragon fruit or pitaya.

This showy, dense, dwarf shrub displays attractive orange-red single flowers at an early age, followed by bright orange-red ornamental fruit.

Excellent for containers or for use in the garden.

Seeds will germinate at normal room temperature between 30-40 days, but using a heated propagator mat at 80 degrees can cut that time in half.

Passiflora edulis, commonly called purple passion fruit, is a shallow-rooted, tendril-climbing, evergreen vine that typically grows to 10-15’ long and to 3-5’ wide

Winter hardy to USDA Zones 10-12 where plants are best grown in moist, fertile, well-drained, sandy loams in full sun.

Purple passion fruit may be grown indoors year round as a houseplant in a sunroom or in a sunny south-facing window.

Luffa is a genus of tropical and subtropical vines in the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae).

The vigorous plant has a heavy fruit set of ridged, flowered green skin, club-shaped fruits that are best harvested when young, about 10-12 inches long and 3-3.5 inches in diameter.

First harvest is typically in 55 to 60 days.

Jubilee watermelons are medium-sized and have a dark green rind with dark stripes.

These seeds are easy to grow and are perfect for both novice and experienced gardeners.

With a typical grow time of 80-90 days, you can enjoy the delicious taste of Jubilee watermelon in no time.

Snake Gourd is a serpent-like dark green and white striped narrow, twisted, elongated fruit with soft flesh similar to that of the luffa and the calabash.

Snake gourds range from small to very large in size and are elongated, slender, curved, or straight.

Seeds are fresh, 10-21 days to germination.

A pitaya or pitahaya is the fruit of several different cactus species indigenous to the Americas.

Dragon fruit needs full sun, so choose a sunny area in your garden or a sunny windowsill that gets at least six hours of sunlight a day.

Easy to sprout and grow