Perennials & Biennials

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/...

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...

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

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 soils. Sunny yellow cone-shaped flowers bloom atop bri...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Monarda fistulosa - Herbaceous perennial wildflower, native across the US and southern Canada (from New Brunswick to BC). 4' plants topped with pal...

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

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...

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. Carefree and hardy perennial, with spikes of violet flowers. I met this beautiful plant a few years back whi...

New for 2025 - Asclepias tuberosa - aka: Pluerisy Root. Among the most showy members of the milkweed family. 1-2 foot tall plants topped with vibra...

New for 2025 - Ratibida columnifera - Fast growing and drought tolerant perennial wildflower. They often bloom their first year. Native to the prai...

New for 2025 - Scutellaria lateriflora - Valued medicinal and native wildflower. The leaves and flowers are Can be found in the wild in moist meado...

Eupatorium perfoliatum - Native perennial. Boneset grows wild across eastern North America including here in Nova Scotia. 3-4’ tall plants are topp...

New for 2025 - Rubia tinctorum - aka Dyer's Madder. Source of brilliant red dye. Tough and long lived perennial in the same family as cleavers. 3' ...