Annual Flowers

Selected in Maine by Will Bonsall for large edible seeds. This is the one you want for eating! These plants are a consistent size at around 5-6 fee...

Both beautiful and edible! This is a poppy selected for eating, with huge seed heads that hold their seeds without shattering. The large (relativel...

Monarda citriodora - (aka; Lemon Mint) Annual. The young leaves make a lovely tea. Tall tiered spikes of lavender-pink are incredibly aromatic and ...

Cosmos sulphureus - Planted in a row, the bushy plants grew into a 4-5' hedge covered in countless orange blossoms. Starts blooming in early summer...

(Calendula officinalis) - This sunny annual is among the very easiest to grow. The flowers can be used in herbal teas or the petals added to salads...

Artemesia annua - aka; Sweet Wormwood. I first encountered this magically scented herb at the Common Ground Fair in Maine. Sweet Annie headdresses ...

Xerochrysum bracteatum - Mixed colours (white, pink, yellow, red, purple) on 3-4' tall plants. Beautiful blossoms with unique papery petals, they h...

I'm happy to have discovered sesame these past few years. Beautiful and easy to care for plants, growing up to 3-4' tall in ideal conditions. By A...

These giant sunflowers live up to their name! Huge single heads on top of mammoth stalks, the biggest specimens in our sunflower forest were 12 fee...

Very easy to grow, and a beautiful addition to the garden. Golden Flax reaches about 24” tall by early summer, and blooms with the most delicate of...

Papaver somniferum - Huge multi-hued flowers are a sight to behold, and the bees think so too. Followed by equally large seed heads, full of edible...

Papaver rhoeas - Soft and subtle shades of pink, lilac, orange, lavender, grey and white. Grown en-masse they have an ethereal presence to them. Lo...

Although a native North American crop, much work has been done in eastern Europe and Russia to breed black oilseed sunflowers for an alternativ...

A vibrant mix of yellow, red, orange and multi-coloured flowers. The plants are branching and medium sized, growing from 4 to 7 feet with lots of s...

A mixture of pinks, reds, whites and multi-colours... no two plants are quite the same shade. Plants grow to 5 feet tall with beautiful ferny folia...

New for 2023 - Papaver rhoeas - Flowers are a soft palette of grey, lavender and lilac. Unique and eye catching, every visitor to the farm was stru...

Zinnia elegans - Large dark red blossoms on vigorous 3' plants. Excellent variety for cut flowers. Favourite of bees and butterflies. 30+ seeds-Gro...

Zinnia haageana - Stunning flowers, with combinations of gold, red, brown, yellow and white. Bushy and compact plants, about 24” tall. 40+ seeds  G...

An ornamental amaranth, with huge knobby trunk-like seed heads filled with black seeds. They started more conversations than just about any other p...

(Nicotiana tobacum) This is the type typically grown in the Appalachian piedmont. If you’re growing it to smoke, planting in less fertile soil prod...

Papaver somniferum - Pink-purple annual poppy. Big showy heads of frilly petals. Several hundred seeds -Grown by Annapolis Seeds

(Nicotiana rustica) - The story that came with these seeds, is that they were discovered in pottery sealed with pitch at a burial site near the Gre...

Papaver rhoeas - Red, pink and white flowers (and all shades in between). As a cultivated form of the wild field poppy (P. rhoeas), they self-sow q...

Eschscholzia californica - Native to our continent's west coast. An easy growing annual that thrives in many places. Golden flowers reach about 1 f...

Papaver somniferum - Long and frilly petals of deep dark purple. Almost peony-like in appearance. 100+ seeds  Grown by Annapolis Seeds

We all fell in love with seashells cosmos last year. Tubular petals that come in soft shades of pink and white. 4-5' tall bushy plants. 70+ seeds ...

Centaurea cyanus - aka; Corn Flower. Easy to grow annual, with blue, pink, white and mauve blossoms produced on 2-3' plants. An excellent nectar so...

Bupleurum rotundifolium - Bright green flowers and lush foliage. Beautiful addition to flower beds, and the long stems are perfect for cut arrangem...

Beautiful, striking plants with long leaves. By the end of summer, their flower stalks grow to 5-7 feet, topped with pink blossoms. The tiny seeds ...

New for 2023 - Celosia is most often grown as an ornamental in North America (I can see why; they’re stunning plants), but in west Africa they’re a...

Viola tricolor - aka; Wild Viola, Johnny-jump-up. Annual wildflower native to Europe. This much loved flower has the habit of popping up in odd cor...

Zinnia peruviana - Wildflower native to South America. The bronze-red flowers are smaller and more subtle than common zinnia, with their own elegan...

New for 2023 - These seeds were originally found near an old school in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and shared by Seed Savers Exchange in 1999. Deep red fl...

Papaver rhoeas - (aka; Field Poppy, Corn Poppy) The classic single petaled red poppy. This species grows wild across Europe, springing up in farm f...

Centaurea cyanus - Silvery foliage and an abundance of dark and lacy purple-black flowers. Edible flowers, cut-flower or as a dye plant for foods o...

Tagates erecta - Large and lush double blooms, in shades of orange and yellow. Tall bushy plants, reaching about 3’. 40+ seeds Grown by Annapolis S...

New for 2023 - Zinnia elegans - Among the highlights of our 2022 growing season. Nearly everyone who visited the farm had to stop and admire the zi...

Emelia coccinea - Clusters of small pompon flowers perched atop wiry stems. I thought the rich-orange of the blossoms contrast nicely with the gree...

Gypsophila elegans - Fast growing annual, with masses of airy white blossoms. Despite it’s delicate appearance, Baby’s Breath is a tough plant, ha...

Tall annual marigold, with an abundance of ruffled orange/yellow blossoms. An excellent companion plant. Great for attracting beneficial insects, e...

Datura inoxia - aka Devil’s Trumpet. This alluring shrub-like annual caught the eye of nearly everyone who visited the gardens last year. The whit...

Zinnia elegans - A multitude of blooms, from summer until frost. Pink, orange, deep-red, purple and yellow. 30+ seedsGrown by Twisted Brook

Orlaya grandiflora - White lacy umbel flowers, which bloom above ferny foliage. A great addition to summer bouquets. Grows into a compact 2-3 foot ...

Zinnia elegans - Large cream-white blossoms, appearing mid-summer and going until frost. Bushy plants reach a height of 3-4'. 30+ seeds-Grown by An...

New for 2023 - Nigella sativa - Not a true cumin, but a close relative to Love in the Mist. Beautiful flowers are followed by pods of aromatic blac...

Celosia argentea - Cockscomb type Celosia. Brilliant red flowers, resembling undersea coral. Long lasting as a fresh cut flower, they also dry easi...

Calling these plants showy seems like an understatement; they grew to 6 feet and came to dominate their entire corner of the garden, with wave aft...

Scabiosa stellata - aka; Pincushion Flower. Annual, with soft-purple blossoms followed by geometric papery seed heads. A beautiful addition to drie...