Flowers are important not only for aesthetics, but to provide a diverse smorgasbord that encourages pollinators in your garden! It is somewhat arbitrary to divide flowers into annuals and perennials as many which are perennials in their native habitats are annuals here as they will not survive our cold winters. We have put biennials with perennials. Many flowers also have edible parts (flowers, leaves, seeds) and others are considered traditional medicinal plants.
Peony Poppies have very double flowers, are 2’-3’ tall, have grey-green leaves, stiff stems, and large seed-capsules suitable for drying. This is a red flowered variety.
Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersPeony Poppies have very double flowers, are 2’-3’ tall, have grey-green leaves, stiff stems, and large seed-capsules suitable for drying. This is a white flowered variety.
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Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersCorn Poppy is an annual single (four petals) European wildflower, commonly known as the Flander’s poppy. The typical colour of the wildflower is red, each petal with a dark blotch where it is attached to the plant. We are offering a mixture with flower colours ranging from pink to red, all with dark centres.
Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersThis variety has mauve flowers and grey-blue seeds.
Other Seed Crops / Poppy/Papaver / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersMary’s Poppy has predominately mauve flowers with a few pinks. Seed capsules are elongated in shape. The valves remain closed when mature.
Other Seed Crops / Poppy/Papaver / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersThis is a bread seed poppy that originates from Ziar, Slovakia. It has very light lavender flowers and large, round, seed pods with closed vents so the seed doesn’t fall out like other poppies, limiting the prolific self-seeding capabilities.
Other Seed Crops / Poppy/Papaver / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersThe Persian (White-Flowered) poppy has white seeds and they are used just like the grey seeds in poppy seed cake or on rolls.
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Other Seed Crops / Poppy/Papaver / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersKentucky Old Fashioned is an early example of petunia breeding work. It has been grown by a Kentucky family for over 100 years. It self seeds here but you will get earlier flowers if you start as a bedding plant. Mixture of purple, pink, and white fragrant flowers, including bi-colours, on sprawling plants blooming until frost.
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Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersAlderman has deep violet-blue or purple flowers which are sweetly scented. A compact annual growing 1’-2’ tall.
Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersWild Heliotrope, a native of the western USA, grows 18″ — 24″ tall, has lavender-blue flowers and blooms freely throughout the summer and fall. Very attractive to bees and also used as a green manure crop.
Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersSalpiglossis is a 1′ — 2′ native of Chile and a member of the Solanum family. The Paisley Flower Mix (C) we are offering has large funnel-shaped flowers that may be yellow, violet, red or bluish, which are strikingly veined with purple. Blooms all summer and fall.
Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersSalpiglossis is a 1′ — 2′ native of Chile and a member of the Solanum family. Chilean Black is a mixture of burgundy and dark purple flowers with dark veins. Blooms all summer and fall.
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Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersTexas Sage (C) grows 2’-3’ tall and is a perennial in its native southern US and Mexico. Has tall spikes of brilliant red blossoms which are very attractive to hummingbirds.
Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersSt. Mary’s Milk Thistle has striking rosettes of large glossy, dark green, spiny leaves streaked and marbled with white, followed by 2” wide rose-purple faintly scented flower heads on 4-6’ stalks. Very attractive to bees and birds who love the seeds. Seed is both edible and has medicinal properties. Direct Seed.
Herbs / Medicinal / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersToothache plant is a sprawling plant growing about a foot tall with red and yellow petalless flowers. Leaves may be put in salads in small quantities and are often used to numb toothaches (by biting on some leaves or a flower).
Leaf Crops / Other Leaf Crops / Herbs / Culinary / Medicinal / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersSignet Marigold produces a low mound of lacy foliage covered by hundreds of small single flowers. Lemon Gem has lemon-yellow flowers and the whole plant is lemon scented. The flowers are a lovely addition to salads. Blooms from early summer to frost. Direct seed or start as bedding plants.
Leaf Crops / Edible Flowers / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersSignet Marigolds produce a low mound of lacy foliage covered by hundreds of small single flowers. The whole plant is scented and the flowers are a lovely addition to salads. Blooms from early summer to frost. Direct seed or start as bedding plants. Gem Mix includes flowers in a wide range of yellows and browns.
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Leaf Crops / Edible Flowers / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersNasturtium, a Peruvian native, has been grown in gardens for a very long time. The shield-shaped leaves have a tangy, cress-like flavour and are used in salads. Flowers are also eaten and buds and seeds can be pickled. The original nasturtiums were long trailing plants but we are offering two compact varieties. Alaska Mix has variegated foliage marked with creamy white and flowers in a range of reds, oranges, and yellows.
Leaf Crops / Edible Flowers / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersNasturtium, a Peruvian native, has been grown in gardens for a very long time. The shield-shaped leaves have a tangy, cress-like flavour and are used in salads. Flowers are also eaten and buds and seeds can be pickled. The original nasturtiums were long trailing plants but we are offering two compact varieties. Empress of India has dark bluish-green foliage with flowers of an intense crimson-scarlet and dates back to the late 1800’s.
Leaf Crops / Edible Flowers / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersJohnny-Jump-Up is a very small flowered semi-wild pansy. It is an annual or short lived perennial that self-seeds easily. Its cheerful purple, yellow, and white flowers are among the first to appear in the spring and may bloom off and on until frost.
Leaf Crops / Edible Flowers / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersAztec Sunset is under 1′ tall with double flowers in a wide range of colours from yellow and orange to pink and coffee-brown with many bi-colours.
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Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual FlowersDragon’s Claw Millet or Finger Millet is a 2’-3’ annual with heads resembling a dragon’s foot. Very decorative but mostly grown as a food crop (millet), especially in Africa and Asia.
Grains/Cereals / Millet / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual GrassesTeff is the basic cereal grain of Ethiopia. The tiny seeds are produced in very loose panicles on slender grass-like plants. Somewhat late maturing here. We are just beginning to grow Teff so have limited information on the two varieties we offer but apparently the brown seeded is the earlier of the two. The colour refers to the seeds.
Grains/Cereals / Other Grains/Cereals / Other Seed Crops / Other / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual GrassesTeff is the basic cereal grain of Ethiopia. The tiny seeds are produced in very loose panicles on slender grass-like plants. Somewhat late maturing here. We are just beginning to grow Teff so have limited information on the two varieties we offer but apparently the brown seeded is the earlier of the two. The colour refers to the seeds.
Grains/Cereals / Other Grains/Cereals / Other Seed Crops / Other / Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual GrassesPurple Millet has deep purple foliage looking like a small corn plant (to about 4’). There are three or more dense purple seed spikes, up to 1’ long, per plant. Young plants are green and full sun develops the best colour.
Flowers and Decorative Plants / Annual Grasses