Annual Flowers

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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 ...

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...

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

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