Perennials & Biennials

Arnica chamissonis - Hardy low growing plants with sunny yellow flowers. Native to North America, ranging from the Canadian boreal forest to the Si...

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...

Eryngium planum - 3-4' tall plants with countless small frilly orb shaped flowers. Some plants are more silvery and some or more blue. Beautiful cu...

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

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

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

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

Lobelia siphilitica - aka Blue Cardinal Flower - Brilliant blue flower spikes, with a blooming period from July into September. Flowers feed many s...

Monarda punctata - aka Horsemint. Striking and graceful perennial. Quite different in appearance to other monarda species, their creamy pink bracts...

Symphyotrichum cordifolium - aka Heartleaf Aster - Native perennial fall-blooming aster. Nova Scotia has an array of native aster species (I'm a pl...

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

Sanguisorba minor - Beautiful edible perennial. Clumping plants with small serrated compound leaves, on stems around 1' tall. They develop into 4' ...

New for 2026 - Baptisia australis - Native perennial. Their native range includes southern Ontario, southern Quebec and much of the eastern US. Bea...

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...

Reseda lueola - aka Dyer's Rocket, Dyer's Weed - Source of bright yellow dye. Weld was the primary source of yellow dye from ancient times right up...

New for 2026 - Bunias orientalis - Perennial vegetable that deserves to be better known. Very hardy, they thrive even in poor soil and their deep t...

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

New for 2026 - Rudbeckia triloba - aka Brown-eyed Susan, Three-leaved Coneflower. Tall and incredibly floriferous! Native perennial, their native r...

New for 2026 - Lobelia cardinalis - Native perennial with showy scarlet red flowers. Their native range includes NB, Quebec, Ontario and the easter...

New for 2026 - Allium carinatum - aka Keeled Garlic. Showy purple and white flowers, they look like little firework bursts. 2-3' tall stems topped ...

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

New for 2026 - Allium cernuum - Beautiful and edible native allium. Nodding onions can be found wild in a large swath of our continent, from BC to ...

New for 2026 - Callirhoe involucrata - aka Purple Poppy-Mallow, Buffalo Rose. Hardy and drought tolerant perennial. Low trailing branching growth, ...