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Perennials & Biennials

While vegetables are food for the body, flowers are food for the soul. And for beneficial insects too! I've come to love growing flowers in among my food crops. Their presence not only brightens the garden but feeds a myriad of pollinators. From wild bees and butterflies to hover flies and ladybugs (fun fact: ladybugs rely on pollen and nectar during periods of few aphids)
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    Helenium autumnale - aka Autumn Sneezeweed, Helen’s Flower. Tall growing perennial, native across most of North America (although not here in Nova ...

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  • Soulmate Swamp Milkweed

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

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  • Blue Scullcap

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

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  • Black Barlow Columbine

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    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...

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

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  • Blue and Silver Glitter Sea Holly

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    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...

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  • Blue Wood Aster

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

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  • Madder

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    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' ...

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  • Purple Mullein

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

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  • Pushkarmool

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    Inula racemosa - aka: Indian Elecampane. This perennial herb is a more showy relative of Elecampane. The plants reach a height of 4-6’ with dense b...

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  • Carpesium macrocephalum - Da-hua-jin-wa-er

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    Carpesium macrocephalum - Da-hua-jin-wa-er - Unique and delightfully weird perennial member of the sunflower family (Asterceae). Large soft green l...

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  • Soapwort

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    Saponaria officinalis - aka: Bouncing Bet, Wild Sweet William. Sturdy and long-lived perennial, perfect for cottage garden style plantings. White-p...

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  • Oxeye Sunflower

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    Heliopsis helianthoides - Perennial wildflower native to woodland meadows and tallgrass prairies across central/eastern North America. Within Canad...

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  • Moth Mullein

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    Verbascum blattaria - Biennial native to Euasia, naturalized across much of North America. Showy white flowers on 3-4’ stalks. The flowers resemble...

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  • Dyer's Weld

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    New for 2025 - Reseda lueola - aka Dyer's Rocket, Dyer's Weed - Source of bright yellow dye. Weld was the primary source of yellow dye from ancient...

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  • Pennyroyal

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    Mentha pulegium - This perennial stunner is a hotbed for pollinators. Richly aromatic greenery about 2' in height with 1-2" lavender-purple whorls ...

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  • Spotted Beebalm - Monarda punctata

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

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  • Globe Centaurea

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    Centaurea macrocephala - aka; Great Golden Knapweed, Armenian Basket Flower. Hardy perennial, with flowers that resemble big golden-yellow thistles...

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  • Great Blue Lobelia

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    New for 2025 - Lobelia siphilitica - aka Blue Cardinal Flower - Brilliant blue flower spikes, with a blooming period from July into September. Flow...

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  • Clematis virginiana - Virgin's Bower

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    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...

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  • Common Vervain - Verbena officinalis

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    New for 2025 - Verbena officinalis - aka European Vervain, Herb of the Cross. Low growing bushy perennial herb, 2-3' tall. Fine leaves and stems, e...

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  • Giant Yellow Hyssop

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    New for 2025 - Agastache nepetoides - Tall hardy perennial, larger than their better known relative Anise Hyssop. Countless yellow/green flower spi...

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  • Whorled Rosinweed

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    Silphium trifoliatum - Hardy perennial wildflower, native to meadows and prairies across the eastern US. About 5’ tall, topped with yellow flowers ...

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  • Rue

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    New for 2025 - Ruta graveolens - aka Common Rue, Herb-of-Grace. Hardy and drought tolerant woody perennial native to the mediterranean. 3' tall. It...

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