Perennials & Biennials

Echinacea purpurea - Beautiful and hardy perennial native to eastern and central North America. The large, purple, cone-shaped blossoms attract lot...

Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed is the better behaved cousin of Common Milkweed. They don’t spread through rhizomes the way Common Milkweed d...

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 - Delicate looking but very hardy perennial wildflower. Found in meadows and along the edges of pathways. Native all across th...

(Asclepias syriaca) Help feed hungry monarchs! Milkweeds are the only food source for Monarch butterfly caterpillars, which are in decline partly d...

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...

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

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

Rudbeckia hirta - Hardy native perennial. Grows to about 3 feet tall and thrives in poor dry rocky soils. Sunny yellow cone-shaped flowers bloom at...

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

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 ...

Lunaria annua - aka: Silver Dollar Plant, Honesty, Money Plant. This hardy flower is a cottage garden classic. Profuse purple blooms about 3’ tall,...

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

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 ...

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

Agastache rugosa f. albiflora - The white flowered cultivar of Korean hyssop. This hardy perennial grows to a hight of 4’, topped with large flower...

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

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

New for 2024 - Monarda fistulosum - Herbaceous perennial wildflower, native across the US and southern Canada (from New Brunswick to BC). 4' plants...

Isatis indigotica - A smaller plant compared to European (Dyer’s) Woad. By some accounts this species is pound for pound the better dye material. A...

New for 2024 - Polemonium caeruleum. - Shade loving herbaceous perennial. They form a mound of ferny green leaves with spires of delicate blue flow...

Eutrochium maculatum - Perennial wildflower native to Nova Scotia and across much of North America. 5-6' tall plants topped with pink-purple blosso...

Veronica longifolia - aka; Speedwell. A carefree and hardy perennial, with spikes of violet flowers. I met this beautiful plant a few years back w...

New for 2024 - Aquilegia canadensis - Beautiful perennial wildflower, native across eastern North America. In Canada; it’s range is from Manitoba t...