Annual Flowers

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

Papaver somniferum - Brilliant frilly blossoms in a gradient of red-purple-magenta. The flowers open each morning and are promptly descended upon b...

New for 2025 - Calendula officinalis - Large double blooms with multi-hued apricot and maroon petals. The way they glow backlit from the evening li...

Coreopsis tinctoria - 2 foot tall bushy annual plants utterly covered in dark red blooms. Great for containers and small spaces. The dried flowers ...

New for 2025 - Zinnia elegans - Shades of limey orange, lime yellow, green and pink-lime. Flowers are mostly doubles, lots of stacked cupcake bloss...

Zinnia elegans - Tall plants with abundant blooms. All the versions of pink your tender heart desires. 30 seeds Grown by Twisted Brook

Callistephus chinensis - Carefree bright and stunning  pastel fireworks that hold their own. Incredibly photogenic loose and tangled blooms. Annual...

Tithonia rotundiflora - aka Mexican Sunflower. A beautiful addition to any garden, tithonia attracts butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinator...

New for 2025 - Enormous seeds, the biggest we've ever grown for snacking! Big single yellow flowers, atop sturdy 6-8' stalks. I noticed the mature ...

New for 2025 - Cosmos bipinnatus - Pearly white blossoms, with mesmerizing layers of petals. Long sturdy stems with lots of branches, they become b...

Cleome hassleriana - aka Spider Flower. Stunning annual, blooming with tall spikes of pink, purple and white flowers, each with long spider-like st...

Salpiglossis sinuata - Dark blue trumpet blossoms on 2’ tall plants. Salpiglossis is an easy to grow annual in the nightshade (solanacea) family. 1...

Celosia argentea spicata - Bushy branching annual, reaching 3' tall. Blooms from mid-summer until frost, the magenta flowers are perfect for bouque...

Papaver commutatum - Deep red petals with black spots, like floral ladybirds! An annual species native to the Caucasus Mountains. The slender stems...

Cynoglossum amabile - Clusters of brilliant indigo flowers atop sturdy stems. Easy to grow annual, the bushy plants reach 18-24" height. Great cut ...

New for 2025 - Cosmos sulphureus - Compact bushy plants reach about 24" in height and width. I never know a cosmos plant could be this small, multi...

Cerinthe major - Lush blue-grey foliage, with delicate purple flowers (a particular favourite of bumblebees). The leaves are almost waxy in texture...

Ammobium alatum - Like a sweet and small pearl-white strawflower with a golden yellow centre. Different to the wild Pearly Everlasting. Perfect for...

This heirloom petunia dates back to 1925. Small plants covered with vivid, rosey blooms starting in summer and lasting into the fall. Perfect for h...

Xerochrysum bracteatum - Deep dark wine-red flowers. 3-4' tall annual. Ideal for dried arrangements which can last for years. For the best dried fl...

Papaver rupifragum - Golden tangerine flowers atop 24” wiry stems. Native to the mountains of Morocco and Spain. Very drought tolerant. Perennial, ...

Talinum paniculatum - Succulent lime-green leaves topped with a tall branching explosion of tiny pink flowers, which turn to small red berries. Har...

Papaver somniferum - One of the most unusual poppies I’ve ever met. Large pink flowers adorned with splashes of purple. As the seed pods develop, t...

Helianthus argophyllus - This hardy and prolific annual is a wild relative of the common sunflower, native to the gulf coast region of the southeas...

Zinnia elegans - Wildly colourful population, selected by the late great vegetable breeder Jim Bagget of Oregon State University. Zinnias were his ...

New for 2025 - Verbena bonariensis - aka Purpletop Vervain, Tall Verbena, Argentinian Vervain. Brilliant purple flower clusters atop tall airy squa...

Lepidium spp. - Hardy and fast growing, the peppery leaves are great chopped in salads or cooked into stews and curries. This variety is extra larg...

New for 2025 - Callistephus chinensis - Each blossom is a world unto itself; many layered petals in shades of rosy pink. Easy going annual. The pla...

Agrostemma githago - Annual flower native to Europe. In the 1800s it was a common sight among European grain fields, in past decades they’ve become...

New for 2025 - Eschscholzia californica - Fuschia pink blossoms open each day atop ferny foliage. Like the wild golden form of California Poppy, th...

Mirabilis jalapa - Trumpeting tropical blooms are truly otherworldly. Bushy succulent-looking plants bloom from mid-summer through to frost. Tender...

Matthiola incana - Fragrant blooms in shades of pink, orange, deep red and yellow. Starts flowering early, and goes until frost. Pollinator favouri...

New for 2025 - Fagopyrum esculentum - Stunning ruby blossomed buckwheat, a cultivar of Common Buckwheat. Fast growing up to 4' tall. All types of b...

New for 2025 - Lablab purpurpeus - Every part of this vine is stunning purple. The tall spikes of blossoms are reminiscent of their namesake hyacin...

Scabiosa atropurpurea - Annual flower and dye plant. Dark purple (nearly black) flowers, followed by curiously geometric round seed heads. Blooms s...

Zinnia elegans - Big oriole-red blooms on tall sturdy plants. Mostly single-type flowers. 30+ seeds Grown by Twisted Brook  

Impatiens balsamina - Extremely showy tropical looking plants, with flowers in pastel shades of peach, lavender, pink, white, purple and lots in be...

Centaurea americana - Annual wildflower native to the prairies of south/central US. Long pink petals emerge from geometrically woven ‘baskets’. 3-4...

Celosia spicata - Feathery plume flowers in shades of silver to pink. The papery blooms are perfect for fresh or dried arrangements. About 3' tall ...

New for 2025 - Nicotiana sylvestris - These beautiful beings stole the show in our 2024 gardens. Otherworldly pendulous ghost-white flowers atop 5-...

Both single and multi heads on sturdy stalks ranging from 4 to 8 feet in height. Probably best described as a landrace, with seeds varying from bla...

New for 2025 - Cosmos sulphureus - Vigourous and bushy 4' plants. Yellow blooms continue throughout late summer and into fall, and feed multitudes ...

Compact bush plants with striking star-shaped flowers. They bloom in a range of white, pink, lavender and purple. Grown by Twisted Brook

Anoda cristata - They stole the show in last season’s flower garden. Elegant and airy white flowers, which develop in progression all over the bran...

Gilia capitata - Soft ferny foliage topped by round lavender-blue flowers. Hardy fast growing annual, reaching about 24" tall. Native to western No...

New for 2025 - Papaver somniferum - Tall plants, with frilly fringed crimson red petals. Like most P. somnifera poppies, this one develops large an...

Back again - Malva sylvestris - Beautiful annual relative of hollyhocks. Plants grow 3-4 feet tall with a central stem and smaller side branches. M...

New for 2025 - Proboscidea parviflora - One of the weirdest plants I've grown (among a farm full of weird plants!). This annual grow into a stocky ...