Perennials and Biennials

Echinacea purpurea - A beautiful and hardy perennial native to Eastern North America. The large, purple, cone-shaped blossoms attract lots of bees ...

Swamp Milkweed is the better behaved cousin of Common Milkweed; They don’t spread through rhizomes the way Common Milkweed does. Both species are ...

Althaea officinalis - Perennial herb, with tall stalks of white/pink flowers reaching 5-8'. A valued medicinal, especially the root. It's slippery/...

Achillea millefolium - A delicate looking but very hardy perennial wildflower. Found in meadows and along the edges of pathways. Native all across ...

(Asclepias syriaca) Help feed hungry monarchs! Milkweed is the only food source for Monarch butterfly caterpillars, which are in decline partially ...

Seeds from the lupins that grow wild around our farm. Harvested from a mix of purple, pink, white and multi-coloured flowers. Although lupins have ...

Isatis tinctoria - Biennial herb with a long history of use as a blue dye. At one point woad was the major source of blue dye in Europe, but was mo...

Rudbeckia hirta - Hardy, native perennial, grows to about 3 feet tall and can thrive is the poorest soils. Sunny yellow cone-shaped flowers bloom a...

Digitalis purpurea – A majestic biennial, with tall spikes of purple bell-shaped blossoms it their second year. Perfect in borders and wild cottage...

Anthemis sancti-johannis - Also known as Marguerite Daisy. A vigourous perennial with loads of golden-orange flowers. Despite it’s chamomile name, ...

Cota tinctoria - (aka; Golden Marguerite) Bright yellow flowers, which are used to make an equally bright yellow dye. Plants reach 2-3' high, with ...

(Oenothera biennis) - A beautiful and useful native biennial, all parts of Evening Primrose are edible and the young leaves and shoots are especial...

(Agastache rugosa F. albiflora) - The white flowered cultivar of Giant Hyssop. This hardy perennial grows to a hight of 3’, topped with large flowe...

Dianthus barbatus - Biennial, with attractive low growing foliage the first year, followed by clusters of multi-coloured blooms in year two. Shades...

Myrrhis odorata – Grows up to 3' with aromatic fern-like leaves and white flowers. The roots are sweet and can be used as a vegetable. Flowers and ...

New for 2023 - Lunaria annua - aka: Silver Dollar Plant, Honesty, Money Plant. This hardy flower is a cottage garden classic. Profuse purple blooms...

Old fashioned biennial. Large rosettes in the first year followed by 6-7' tall stalks covered in jet-black single and double blooms. Goth gardener ...

New for 2023 - Fragaria vesca - Delicate small white strawberries on bushy perennial plants that do not tend to vine at all. The fruits are soft an...

Agastache foeniculum – Almost identical to anise hyssop, but with snow white flowers and slightly less sweet and more minty in flavour. Perennial. ...

Liatris spicata – aka Dense Blazing Star. Showy, feathery purple flower spikes, beloved by butterflies. About 3' in height. Blooms long into the su...

New for 2023 - Isatis indigotica - A much smaller plant compared to European (Dyer’s) Woad. By some accounts this species is pound for pound the be...

Veronica longifolia - aka; Speedwell. A carefree and hardy perennial, with spikes of violet flowers. I discovered this beautiful plant while visit...

New for 2023 - Eutrochium maculatum - Perennial wildflower native to Nova Scotia and across much of North America. 6' tall plants topped with pink-...

New for 2023 - Helenium autumnale - aka Autumn Sneezeweed, Helen’s Flower. Tall growing perennial, native across most of North America (although no...