The following are an alphabetical listing of all of the perennial flowers that may be available at Plant Sale, along with growing tips and other relevant information. Note that not all varieties are available every year. For a full listing of available varieties and to see what’s in stock, visit our farm store.

FLOWERS, PERENNIAL

Anise Hyssop – Agastache foeniculum
Description: Bushy, Midwestern native, foliage and flowers permeate the air with sweet licorice fragrance. Used to make tea and known to attract beneficial insects. Tender perennial grown as an annual.
Growing Tips: Likes well-drained soil.
Spacing:12-18 inches
Height: 3 feet
Light: Full sun

Bee Balm (aka Wild Bergamot) - Monarda didyma
Description: Edible blooms are popular in perennial gardens. Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. Used in infusions to improve digestion. Native to eastern US.
Growing Tips: In shade its bloom time is lengthened.
Spacing: 8-12 inches
Height: 36-48 inches
Light: Full sun to part shade

Black Eyed Susan – Rudbeckia triloba
Description: Excellent and reliable cut flower that attracts pollinators to its showy blooms and birds to its ripe seedheads. Perennial.
Growing Tips: Tolerates average soil, drought once established
Spacing: 18-24”
Height: 18-24”
Light: Full sun to part shade

Butterfly Weed – Asclepias tuberosa
Description: A native milkweed species that serves as a food source for monarch and queen butterflies. Showy orange flowers produce copious amounts of nectar, attracting many pollinators to the garden.
Growing Tips: Tolerant of arid, poor soils once established.
Spacing: 12-24”
Height: 24-36”
Light: Full sun to part shade

Echinacea, Purple Coneflower – Echinacea purpurea
Description: An easy to grow coneflower with large, purple flowers and medicinal roots. Perennial, native.
Growing Tips: Roots reach harvestable size in 3-4 years.
Spacing: 12-24”
Height: 24-48"
Light: Full sun, will tolerate partial shade

Echinacea, Coneflower, “Cheyenne Spirit” – Echinacea hybrida
Description: Award-winning perennial displays a vibrant color range, blooming late summer into fall. Deer resistant.
Growing Tips: Once established, water occasionally, more in extreme heat or containers.
Spacing: 8-12 inches
Height: 24-40 inches
Light: Full sun

Joe Pye Weed - Eutrochium purpureum
Late-blooming wildflower. Grows in upright clumps that reach several feet tall. Its thick stems have lance-shaped, serrated dark green leaves, and in midsummer tiny mauve flowers bloom in large clusters atop the stems. Flowers have a sweet vanilla scent and are especially attractive to butterflies and other pollinators.
Growing Tips: Transplant to garden in late spring, when threat of frost has passed
Spacing: 2-3 ft
Height: 5-7 ft"

Milkweed, Common - Asclepias syriaca
Description: A tall and conspicuous species that sometimes forms large clones. The umbels bear large balls of pink to purplish flowers that have an attractive odor.
Growing Tips: Needs ample sunlight. Save the dried seedpods in winter to sow and expand your milkweed plot in late spring
Spacing: 12-24"

New York Aster - Aster novi-belgii
Description: Along with the goldenrods and native grasses, asters are the quintessential herbaceous fall color plants of North America. The flower heads consist of a ring of 20 or more purple or pink or occasionally white ray florets that surround a central cluster of yellow disc florets.
Growing Tips: Culture is easy in sunny sites with moist well drained soil. Plants may die out in the center if not decided periodically.
Height: 3-4 ft
Spacing: 2-3 ft

New York Ironweed - Vernonia noveboracensis
Description: New York ironweed is a tall, clump-forming perennial. Small flower heads occur in large, loosely branched, flat-topped, terminal clusters. Flowers are all of the disk type and deep reddish-purple in color.
Growing Tips: As a tall, narrow plant, it is suited for the back of the border or tight spaces. The flowers attract butterflies and seed heads attract birds.
Light: full sun
Height: 4-6 ft
Spacing: 3 ft

Phlox, “Art Shades” – Phlox drummondii
Description: A reliable and fast-growing accent or border flower. Branched stems produce a multitude of multi-colored flowers.
Growing Tips: Plants may require support when flowering.
Spacing: 8-12”
Height: 20-26”
Light: Full sun

Rudbeckia, “Chim Chiminee” - Rudbeckia spp.
Description: Lots of genetic diversity in this mix of quilled rudbekia, with each ray flower rolled into a tube. Many hues of gold and cinnamon in a large variety of petal arrangements.
Growing Tips: Drought and heat tolerant. Deadhead for prolonged blooming
Spacing: 12-18”
Height: 24-30”
Light: Full Sun

Sunflower, Woodland – Helianthus strumosus
Description: Perennial wild sunflower native to the North East. Blooms are yellow and 2-4in across. Branching
Growing Tips: Suitable for perennial garden. Does well in shade.
Spacing: 12-18”
Height: 2-5 feet
Light: Shade/Part Shade/Sun

Yarrow, “Summer Berries Mix” - Achillea millefolium
Description: Flat-topped flower heads in shades of red, rust, beige, rose, yellow, apricot, and white. When dried, the color is retained.
Growing Tips: Low-maintenance.
Spacing: 12-24 inches
Height: 24 inches
Light: Full sun