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! Milkweed is the only food source for Monarch butterfly caterpillars, which are in decline partly due...

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 can thrive in poor dry rocky soils. Sunny yellow cone-shaped flowers bloo...

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, ...

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 ...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

New for 2024 - Eupatorium perfoliatum - Native perennial. Boneset grows wild across eastern North America including here in Nova Scotia. 3-4’ tall ...

New for 2024 - Pulsatilla vulgaris - aka: Meadow Anemone, Windflower. Perennial wildflower native to the grasslands of Eurasia. Here on the farm th...

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...

New for 2024 - Echinacea purpurea - The white-flowered form of Purple Coneflower. Perennial, although they often flower in their first year. A bit ...

New for 2024 - Asclepias incarnata - Extra showy and floriferous cultivar of the beloved native wildflower. Just like native Swamp Milkweed, their...

Angelica archangelica - Edible, medicinal and a striking ornamental too. Biennial, with large white umbel flowers atop 5-6' stems the second year. ...

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

New for 2024 - Carpesium macrocephalum - Da-hua-jin-wa-er - Unique and delightfully weird perennial member of the sunflower family (Asterceae). Lar...

New for 2024 - Mentha pulegium - This perennial stunner is a hotbed for pollinators. Richly aromatic greenery about 2' in height with 1-2" lavender...

New for 2024 - Verbascum blattaria - Biennial native to Euasia, naturalized across much of North America. Showy white flowers on 3-4’ stalks. The f...

New for 2024 - Heliopsis helianthoides - Perennial wildflower native to woodland meadows and tallgrass prairies across central/eastern North Americ...

New for 2024 - Chamaemelum nobile - This is the perennial type of chamomile, as opposed to German Chamomile which is annual. Low bushy plants with ...

New for 2024 - Saponaria officinalis - aka: Bouncing Bet, Wild Sweet William. Sturdy and long-lived perennial, perfect for cottage garden style pla...

New for 2024 - Silphium trifoliatum - Hardy perennial wildflower, native to meadows and prairies across the eastern US. About 5’ tall, topped with ...