Perennials & Biennials

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

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

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...

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. ...

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...

Aquilegia canadensis - Beautiful perennial wildflower, native across eastern North America. In Canada; it’s range is from Manitoba to Quebec (they ...

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...

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 - 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' ...

New for 2025 - Symphyotrichum cordifolium - aka Heartleaf Aster - Native perennial fall-blooming aster. Nova Scotia has an array of native aster sp...

New for 2025 - Aquilegia vulgaris - Dark velvety flowers, atop 3-4' stalks. So dark purple they're almost black. Shade tolerant perennial, a good c...

New for 2025 - Eryngium planum - 3-4' tall plants with lots of small orb shaped flowers. Some plants are more silvery and some or more blue. Beauti...

Asclepias incarnata - Extra showy and floriferous cultivar of the beloved native wildflower. Just like native Swamp Milkweed, their leaves are foo...

New for 2025 - Monarda punctata - aka Horsemint. Striking and graceful perennial. Quite different in appearance to other monarda species, their cre...

New for 2025 - Arnica chamissonis - Hardy low growing plants with sunny yellow flowers. Native to North America, ranging from the Canadian boreal f...

Helenium autumnale - aka Autumn Sneezeweed, Helen’s Flower. Tall growing perennial, native across most of North America (although not here in Nova ...

Pulsatilla vulgaris - aka: Meadow Anemone, Windflower. Perennial wildflower native to the grasslands of Eurasia. Here on the farm their fuzzy leave...

New for 2025 - Clematis virginiana - Our native clematis vine. They go by many whimsical common names, including Old Man's Beard, Devil's Darning N...

Verbascum phoeniceum - This ornamental type is quite diminutive compared to other mullein species. Rosettes of broad leaves and short spires of del...