Vegetables are a must for you garden. Some vegetables varieties do better than others in Texas. Below, we’ve collected a few recommended varieties of various vegetables for Texas. Remember to check the links from our section on regional gardening in Texas for tips on what vegetables grow best in your area.
| COMMON NAME |
RECOMMENDED VARIETY FOR TEXAS GARDENS |
| Asparagus | Jersey King |
| Lima Beans | Henderson Bush |
| Jackson Wonder | |
| Florida Speckled (Pole Bean) | |
| Snap Beans | Oval Pod Topcrop |
| Blue Lake Pole | |
| Improved Golden Wax | |
| Beet | Detroit Dark Red |
| Broccoli | Packman |
| Premium Crop | |
| Cabbage | Bravo |
| Chinese Cabbage | Jade Pagoda |
| Michili | |
| Cantaloupes | Ambrosia |
| Israeli | |
| Magnum 45 | |
| Carrots | Imperator 58 |
| Cauliflower | Snow Crown |
| Sweet Corn | Kandy Korn |
| Merit | |
| Cucumbers | Calypso (pickling cucumber) |
| Burpless | |
| Eggplants | Black Beauty |
| Ichiban | |
| Lettuce | Buttercrunch |
| Red Sails | |
| Paris Island | |
| Okra | Clemson Spineless |
| Onions | Red Burgundy |
| White Granex | |
| Granex | |
| Scallions | Evergreen Bunching |
| Peas | Sugar Snap |
| Little Marvel | |
| Chile Peppers | Serrano |
| Cayenne | |
| Anaheim | |
| Big Jim | |
| Habanero | |
| Jalapeno | |
| Bell Peppers | Bell Tower |
| Big Bertha | |
| Jupiter | |
| Sweet Banana | |
| Pumpkins | Big Max or Big Mac |
| Connecticut Field | |
| Jack O’Lantern | |
| Jack-B-Little | |
| Spirit Hybrid | |
| Radishes | Champion |
| White Icicle | |
| Peas | Texas Pinkeye |
| Spinach | Samish |
| Malabar | |
| Summer Squash | Black Magic |
| Patty Pan | |
| Sunburst | |
| Dixie | |
| Gold Rush | |
| Winter Squash | Butternut |
| Ace | |
| King | |
| Vegetable Spaghetti | |
| Waltham Butternut | |
| Tomatoes | Bingo |
| Carnival | |
| Florida 47 | |
| Porter | |
| Roma | |
| Cherry & Grape | |
| Red Cherry | |
| Yellow Pear | |
| Tomatillo | |
| Watermelons | Allsweet |
| Black Diamond | |
| Charleston Gray | |
| Crimson Sweet |
Texas A&M has a complete list of recommended vegetable varieties for Texas gardens at this website.
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This has been a long hot dry summer in San Antonio. However, a friend and I would like to try a fall/winter vegetable garden. She would also like to try an herb garden. What vegetables would be good and when is a good time to start planting. We are going to do a raised bed garden to ease the work. I am also planning on doing companion gardening.