Flowers

(Amaranthus caudatus) Amaranths have long been among our favorite ornamental and edible plants in the garden, their plumed earth-toned seed-heads are the embodiment of the harvest season. Coral Fountains is an earthy, coral pink-colored version of our longtime favorite “Love Lies Bleeding”. You may be tempted to think of it...

The joke around here is that if the trailing burgundy amaranth is called “Love Lies Bleeding”, this one should be known as “Love Stands Erect”! Beautiful stately plants bloom in dense, towering, *ahem*… and erect burgundy spires. Dramatic when combined with sunflowers en masse in larger arrangements, or perfect for...

(Amaranthus cruentus)You will be delighted by this gorgeous and graceful amaranth! Its warm, golden copper plumes stand upright and approximately 4’ tall. Like all amaranths, it is highly productive with branching stems allowing for multiple cuttings from one plant. Lasts very well (minus foliage) in a vase and almost forever...

(A. caudatus) Love Lies Bleeding is a truly lovely and unique plant both in the garden and vase. 4-5’ tall with cascading cherry-red blooms that flowers until frost and are just as beautiful dried. Also known as Inca Wheat and dating back to before the 16th century. A dramatic name...

(A. hybridus) An amazing backdrop to your flower or vegetable garden, Opopeo continues growing taller and taller (5-6’) with an abundance of deep rich burgundy flower spikes. An incredible and generous cut flower with one or more larger main heads and many side shoots. Long-lasting (minus foliage) and dramatic in...

(Agastache foeniculum) This fragrant bushy 2-3’ plant is divine! Smelling sweetly of licorice and mint it greets the gardener/farmer, bee, butterfly, and hummingbird with long-standing dense blooms of deep violet 8-10” flower spikes. Long ago nicknamed, 'The Wonder Honey Plant, the beneficial insects, and pollinators it will introduce to your...

(Callistephus chinensis) The best way to experience fireworks. Sow seeds, add lots of patience and kind words, transplant late Spring/early Summer into fertile soil that receives lots of sun, shower seedlings with loving care, and wait. Boom! 2.5' open, branching plants with 4-6" spidery periwinkle purple blooms. 100-120 days. MP Packet: 50 seeds...

(Callistephus chinensis)  Get your hot pants on! These cheeky needle/quill type (think, sea anemone) asters begin discreetly and slowly unfurl into a sensational deep pink. A flipping delight! Flowers from 3.5-4.5” on branching, open 3’ plants. Long vase and garden life. Annual. 110-120 Days. UO Packet: 50 seeds  [split] Growing...

(Callistephus chinensis) Breathtaking. I used to really dislike pink, especially light pink, and the crafty habit it had of sneaking into and overtaking all corners of life. Usually involving glitter and maybe even a unicorn or two. With age comes perspective and I now see the error of my ways....

(Callistephus chinensis) These puffy little numbers know no end! Peony type, lilac tipped white blooms are long lasting and seriously prolific. Elegant and assertive at 3’. Excellent cut. Small percentage of solid color off types. 110-120 Days. MP Packet: 50 seeds  [split] Growing Info SOWING: Sow indoors 6-8 weeks before...

(Centaurea cyanus) It’s probably not the norm for most people to delve into the nomenclature of their flowers but we think it’s pretty darn cool. Because guess what? Those Latin names, they all mean something! But first things first... these 2-3' brilliant icy blue double-flowered beauties brought to America in...

(Ocimum sanctum aka O. tenuiflorum) Considered India’s “Queen of Herbs” and cultivated for over 5,000 years for both religious and medicinal purposes. It is used in Aryuvedic medicine for its classification as an adaptogenic herb (tonic herb) that supports one's natural immune system while simultaneously relieving stress and bringing balance. An...

(Centaurea Americana) What an astonishing surprise this one was! Growing absurdly tall to 7’, they really piqued our curiosity when the buds began to form. Incredible latticework buds like botanical filigree followed by creamy white blossoms opening into large (5-6” across) fluffy blooms. Think bachelors buttons, which they share a...

(Borago officinalis) Besides being extremely easy to grow, very hardy and edible, this flower, like Lime Green Nicotiana, virtually glows. Reminiscent of a shooting star in shape and a mild cucumber in taste, borage will produce continuous flower clusters that we and the bees both adore. The flowers, which are...

(Bupleurum rotundifolium) Sometimes it takes a long time to do things right. But when it happens, it happens! Now this may be a small right thing, but at about 30”, we’re going to go ahead and call it big enough to count, considering how many years it took us to...

(Calendula officinalis) It’s difficult to be grumpy in a patch of calendula. These plants are like old friends you can always come back to for good cheer and an unabashedly sunny outlook on life. Our mix spans oranges, yellows, whites, and flashback types (with red backs to the petals) all...

(C. officinalis) We love our cheery mix of yellow, orange and pale petal calendula varieties (above) but if we had to pick our favorite single strain this would be it. Selected out of the “flashback” line of calendulas that have maroon on the undersides of the petals, Zeolights has huge...

(Celosia argentea spicata) Goodness gracious how I love names. Now we all know what a parfait is, or do we…?! I, for instance, was unaware until this very moment that a parfait in the UK can also refer to a meat paste made from duck or chicken livers and flavored...

A stunning array of mostly fans, with a handful of cockscombs, spikes, and "Celway" variety types all mixed up in it! It is anyone's guess what may appear but surprises are mostly nice, right?! In this case, you can bet on some lovely mixes in a rainbow of colors and...

(Cerinthe major - AKA "Honeywort") Purple tipped green leaves, cascading bracts of dark and then light purple flowers rimmed in white, waxy and almost succulent stems...humans, bees and hummingbirds are all smitten! Perfect planted among succulents, in a border, a flower box, a bouquet… blooms from mid-summer on to medium...

(Coriandrum sativum) When we first started selling Pokey Joe, it had fallen off the commercial map and was a rescue job. The variety was brought to our attention by Scott Chichester of Nash’s Farm in Sequim, WA, who had continued to grow it and save their own seed. The quality...

(C. hasslerana) Yet another flower that will beckon both bees and hummingbirds to your garden but watch out for the thorny stems! Also known as Spider flower, a name most likely given due to the long stamens (4-6”!) that protrude from each whorl of purple flowers resembling spider legs. Grows...

(Aquilegia vulgaris) Like the Bordeaux version of the same “Barlow” series, “Black Barlow” brings a dark, moody elegance to the spring cutting garden with its doubled deep purple/black blooms atop long stems. Breathtaking! Throws an occasional single bloom. Hardy Perennial, blooms the second year and thereafter. UO Packet: 100 seeds...

(Aquilegia vulgaris) We love aquilegias for their ability to fill the gap between the fading bulbs of spring and the main season flowering annuals and perennials in the garden, and few do it as elegantly as the “Barlow” series. Flowering in mid-May for us, Bordeaux features lovely claret-red nodding blooms...

(Aquilegia longissima) Golden blooms with the longest tails in the Aquilegia business flit around like shooting stars in airy displays held high above beautiful rosettes of foliage. This rare and beautiful columbine is native to moist canyon territory from Arizona and west Texas though Northern Mexico and gets its name...

(Verbascum thapsus) Mullein is one of those plants we see all the time on the sides of roads and in overgrown urban lots, but we don’t even notice it until it is in the context of a flower or herb garden. I can’t tell you how many people have exclaimed, “What...

(Coreopsis tinctoria) This carefree dazzling plant lends itself to natural wildflower gardenscapes and mass plantings. 3’ tall open plants with sprays of mahogany red semi-doubled blooms, partly rolled petals and contrasting yellow color. This 2009 Fleuroselect Gold medal winner is beautiful as an airy cut flower filler in bouquets. Drought...

(Cosmos astrosanguineus) Compact rosettes of beautiful foliage give way to airy sprays of delicate wine red to purple-y black blooms to 30". Petals display a variety of shapes from elegant and slender to full and broad, but all with the distinctively sumptuous and irresistible scent of chocolate.Highly anticipated and a...

(Cosmos bipinnatus) We've admired the cupcake series of cosmos for many years, and adding it to our catalog of flowers has been on our to-do list for quite a while now. We love cosmos as cutflowers... they add such a wild and untamed elegance to bouquets and arrangements. Cupcake blooms are...

(Cosmos sulphureus) A different species than the more common cosmos, Diablo showcases bright scarlet/orange, semi-double blooms atop graceful 4-5’ tall and 2-3' wide plants. Easy to grow and will brighten any corner of your garden. Long-lasting and blooming cut/garden flowers bloom early summer through late fall. Drought tolerant and carefree,...

(Cosmos bipinnatus) Spectacular 3-4’ tall and wide plants covered with a dense carpet of semi-double to double white flowers. The more you cut them the more flowers they will make from spring through late fall! Like all cosmos, so easy to grow, so rewarding and so, so many flowers. One...

(Cosmos bipinnatus) These last few years the birds have Loved our cosmos seed but we finally smartened up before total seed loss, netted the patch, and voila, seed! Always happy to feed the birds and bees and always happy to have some left to share with all of you. These...

(Cosmos bipinnatus) Dusty pink to deep raspberry blooms with a distinctive iridescent salmon shimmer make these cosmos altogether extraordinary and a fast farm favorite. Early, long-blooming, and an exceptional addition for anyone who needs some enduring summer-through-fall magic. A lovely week-long cut flower. More petite at 2’ tall/wide. Annual. 75-90...

(Craspedia globosa) One of our favorite new flowers on the farm in 2019, Craspedia is an exercise in minimalist modern design. Dense 1-1.5” golden flower-orbs float and sway weightlessly on wiry stems 30” above their slender, silvery rosettes of foliage. Commonly known as drumsticks, billy buttons, and woolly heads, they...

(Lepidium sativum) One of Frank Morton’s most successful original varieties ever. A cross between ‘Persian’ and ‘curly’ cress, the result is a blistered, wrinkled lobed leaf that is held up high (to 3') for easy cutting on a relatively long stem. It's one of the spicier greens in our salad...

(Datura wrightii) Night-blooming and night-scented plants sweeten the air and brightly reflect the light of the moon. None do this more effectively than our Sacred Datura, with thick, purple stems and silver-green foliage that gracefully branches to fill a 4' space. A handsome plant in the daytime, the real show...

(Delphinium chinensis) Loose, airy plants covered in delicate, pale pink-rose blooms accented with a green dot on the back of each petal. Quite different in shape and habit than other delphiniums, forming sprays of long-lasting cuts and long-blooming flowers from June-late September. A short lived perennial most often grown as...

(Dianthus barbatus) A long time favorite of ours, “Sooty” has been thriving in our home garden for almost a decade! Each year we swore would be the one to grow at the farm and share seed and at long last...here it is.  Some grow these as an annual but if...

(Trachymene caerulea) A distinctly sweet-scented sky blue umbel showcasing a profusion of delicate, lavender-blue, tiny star-shaped flowers. Graceful 24-36” tall, branching plants are ideal for cutting, lasting at least a week in a vase and blooming June through Sept (October if it has not frosted yet) in the field. Do...

(Anethum graveolens) Goldkrone is a vigorous slow-to-bolt variety that is excellent for both fresh leaf and (later) seed head production. Fresh dill is indispensable in our summer and fall kraut making, while seed umbels find their way into our various pickling projects. A lovely architectural plant in the garden, Goldkrone...

(Echinacea purpurea) Native to the North American plains, Echinacea has become a household name and the ambassador of herbal medicine for its use in stimulating the immune system. Purpurea is the easiest of the Echinacea family to grow, requiring no prior cold treatment for germination. A visually stunning perennial reaching...

Nothing gussies up a dish presentation quite like a sprinkling of colorful edible flower petals. Our mix is roughly equal parts borage, calendula, “Black Ball” bachelor's button, and “Trailing Mix” nasturtium. All are fairly large-seeded, easy to grow, and well suited to direct seeding. Thin to desired spacing (being sure...

(Eryngium planum) Often known by their common name, sea holly, Eryngiums are dazzling perennials with a “Don’t-mess-with-me” vibe. Basal rosettes of leathery, deep green leaves stretch skyward with branching stems of prickly, thistle-like foliage and blooms. As they mature, both the flowers and stems that support them turn a fantastic...

(Linum usitatissimum) Multi-branching, slender 2-3’ stems with masses of small sky blue flowers. Downright cheerful and rather dashing as they sway in the wind. Plant in blocks for a charming effect and easy reseeding the next season. Golden colored large flax seeds high in Omega 3 Fatty Acids, fiber, and...

(Cynoglossum amabile) In a quest to offer more lovely and unique filler flowers, we stumbled upon these breathtaking, smoky pale pink beauties. Instant love of endless branches adorned with airy flower clusters that hold their blooms with remarkable tenacity from June through September. Beautiful in architecture (sturdy with no need...

(Mirabilis jalapa) Lane Selman of the Culinary Breeding Network has a strangely obsessive habbit of pinching seeds from roadside four o'clocks on her travels through Italy, and she has found in us an equally strange collaborator to obsessively multiply and spread their joy through the world. If you have weird...

(Mirabilis longiflora) Our love for Four O'clocks is well-documented at this point. So named because their flowers open in the afternoon and grace the evening garden with their intoxicating scent before closing the following morning, they are also known as Bella di Notte ("beautiful in the night") in Itay where...

(Mirabilis jalapa) An essential addition to your Moon Garden, Four O'Clocks are the perfect package for night pollinators and midnight garden parties: moonlight-reflecting white flowers and an alluring, sweet scent reminiscent of jasmine. Plant under your bedroom window and outside your breakfast nook to enjoy the nighttime and early morning...