Canny Plants
Welcome to our Canny Plants Nursery page
We grow pollinator-friendly perennials for sale.
Reasons to buy plants from us:
- All plants are grown using organic principles without synthetic pesticides or fungicides.
- Our staff and volunteers grow all the plants here at Scotswood Garden, giving them a low carbon footprint.
- We only use PEAT FREE compost.
- All plant pots are made from recycled plastic and can be returned to us for re-recycling!
- Any profit from plant sales is invested back into our work supporting our local community and promoting nature.
Our plants will be available to buy at the following events in 2025:
♦ Saturday 3rd May 2025, 10am- 1pm - Eco Fest at St Aidan's Church, Brunton Park, Gosforth, NE3 5NF
**Next sale** Sunday 25th May 2025, 13.00-16.00 - Blagdon Hall Gardens, Seaton Burn, Northumberland, NE13 6DE. £8 entry fee for adults, free for children. Please see here for more details: Blagdon - Seaton Burn | NGS Gardens
♦ Sunday 1st June 2025, 12.30-16.00 - Ferndene House, Ryton, Tyne And Wear, NE40 3PN. £6 entry fee for adults, free for children. Please see here for more details: Ferndene House - Ryton | NGS Gardens
♦ Saturday 7th June 2025, 11.00-15.00 - Shieldfield Art Works, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 1YH. £4 entry fee for adults, free for children. There's more information here: Shieldfield Art Works - Newcastle Upon Tyne | NGS Gardens
♦ Saturday 14th June 2025, 10am-3pm - Ushaw Specialist plant and garden fair, Ushaw Hall, Durham, DH7 7DW. £12 entry fee for adults and £7 for children, if booked in advance (more expensive on the door). See here for more information: https://ushaw.org/whatson/specialist-plant-and-garden-fair-25/
♦ Sunday 22nd June 2025, 12.00-16.00 - Longwitton Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 4JJ. £8 entry fee for adults, free for children. More information here: Longwitton Hall - Morpeth | NGS Gardens
♦ Saturday 28th June 2025, 10am-4pm - Land of Oak and Iron - more info to follow
♦ Saturday 12th July 2025, 1pm-4pm - Maggie's at the Freeman Hospital, NE7 7NU - Entry by donation. Please see more information here: Maggie’s - Newcastle Upon Tyne | NGS Gardens
♦ Saturday 12th July 2025, 11am-4pm - and also at Heaton Park, Heaton Park View, NE6 5JS, more info here: Heaton Park Market – Upmarket
♦ Saturday 26th July 2025, 11am-4pm - Gosforth Central Park, Moor Road North, NE3 1AB more info here: Gosforth Park Market – Upmarket
♦ Saturday 9th August 2025, 11am-4pm - Heaton Park, Heaton Park View, NE6 5JS, more info here: Heaton Park Market – Upmarket
♦ Saturday 30th August 2025, 11am-4pm - Gosforth Central Park, Moor Road North, NE3 1AB more info here: Gosforth Park Market – Upmarket
♦ Saturday 13th September 2025, 11am-4pm - Heaton Park, Heaton Park View, NE6 5JS, more info here: Heaton Park Market – Upmarket
♦ Saturday 27th September 2025, 11am-4pm - Gosforth Central Park, Moor Road North, NE3 1AB more info here: Gosforth Park Market – Upmarket
♦ Saturday 11th October 2025, 11am-4pm - Heaton Park, Heaton Park View, NE6 5JS, more info here: Heaton Park Market – Upmarket
♦ Saturday 25th October 2025, 11am-4pm - Gosforth Central Park, Moor Road North, NE3 1AB more info here: Gosforth Park Market – Upmarket
For more information please visit our social media (@scotswoodgarden), email our plants team: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone them on 07356148870.
For the experts among you, here's a list of all the plants our team plans to grow in 2025.*
*Please note: Only selection of these plants will be on sale at each of the events listed above.
Achillea millefolium 'Summer Berries'
Agastache auratiaca 'Navajo Sunset'
Agastache cana 'Heather Queen'
Agastache nepetoides
Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant'
Alchemilla mollis
Alchemilla mollis 'Robustica'
Anemone hupehensis var. Japonica 'Dark Pink Form'
Anemone japonica
Anemone rivularia
Aquilegia Vulgaris
Aquilegia vulgaris var stellata 'Black Barlow'
Arenaria montana
Armeria maritima Splendens
Artemisia 'Powis Castle'
Aruncus dioicus
Asphodeline ‘Yellow Candle’
Aster Alpinus
Aster amellus 'Rudolf Goethe'
Aster Twilight
Astilbe chinensis var taquetii 'Hybrids'
Astilbe ‘Pink’
Astilbe ‘Lilac’
Astrantia major
Astrantia Major ‘Rubra’
Astrantia ‘Venice’
Aubrieta 'Royal Blue'
Bergenia cordifolia ‘Red Beauty’
Bergenia cordifolia 'Shoeshine'
Calamagrostis brachytricha
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Overdam'
Calamintha nepeta 'Marvelette Blue & White'
Campanula lactiflora 'Prichard's Variety'
Campanula persicifolia 'Blue'
Catanache ‘Amor White’
"Catananche caerulea
`Cupids Dart`"
Centaurea 'Silver Feather'
Centaurea dealbata
Centaurea Macrocephala
Centaurea Montana
Cephalaria gigantea
Cirsium ‘Pink Beauty’
Coreopsis 'rosea'
Coreopsis ‘Sterntaler’
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Golden Globe'
"Coronaria `Pink Halo`"
Cortaderia ‘Pink Feather’
Cota tinctoria ` Kelwayi Yellow`
Crocosmia ‘Emily McKenzie’
Crocosmia ‘George Davidson’
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
Cyclamen hederefolium
Day lily (unknown)
Dierama pulcherrimum
Digitalis purpurea 'Sutton's Apricot'
Doronicum caucasium 'Magnificum'
Echinops 'Ritro'
Echinops 'Unknown'
Epimedium Sulphureum
Erigeron 'Azure Fairy'
Erodium pelargoniflorum
Eryngium 'Blue Glitter'
Eryngium 'Neptune's Gold'
Eryngium giganteum 'Miss Willmott's Ghost'
Eryngium planum
Eupatorium fistulosum var albidum 'Ivory Towers'
Eupatorium maculatum
Euphorbia myrsinites
Festuca amethystina
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
Filipendula, Meadow Rue native
Filipendula rubra
Francoa sonchifolia
Francoa sonchifolia 'Rogerson's Form'
Fuchsia 'Blacky'
Fuchsia magellanica 'Arauco'
Gaura 'Emmeline Pink Bouquet'
Geranium 'Cloud Nine'
Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’
Geranium macrorrhizum
Geranium magnificum ‘Rosemoor’
Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Westray'
Geranium ‘Splish Splash’
Geum 'Lady Stratheden'
Geum 'Mrs Bradshaw'
Geum 'Pink Petticoats'
Geum chiloense `Blazing Sunset`
Gypsophila repens 'Rosea'
Helenium autumnale 'Helena Mix'
Helianthus 'Lemon Queen'
Heliopsis scabra ‘Summer Sun’
Helleborus ‘Wedding Bells’’
Helleborus 'Double Black'
Helleborus ‘Harvington Triple Hybrids’
Helleborus 'Single Red' (Red Lady)
Helleborus 'Single Slate' (Blue Metallic Lady)
Hemerocallis 'Purple & Orange’
Hesperis matronalis ‘Purple’
Heuchera 'Melting Fire'
Heuchera 'Ruby Bells'
Heuchera sanguinea 'Firefly'
Hosta ‘Antioch’
Hosta Canadian Blue’
Hosta ‘Francee’
Hylotelephium spectabile
Hyssop
Inula orientalis
Iris sibirica
Jasione perennis 'Blue Light'
Knautia 'Melton Pastels'
Knautia macedonica
Kniphofia ‘Flamenco’
Kniphofia 'Royal Castle Hybrids'
Kniphofia 'Unknown'
Kniphofia tritoma 'New Hybrids Mixed'
Lavender ‘Hidcote’
Liatris floristan 'Violet'
Ligularia przewalskii
Limonium latifolium
Lychnis chalcedonica
Lychnis flos cuculi 'White Robin'
Lysimachia atropurpurea 'Beaujolais'
Lysimachia punctata
Lythrum 'Rosy Gem'
Monarda didyma 'Panorama Red'
Nepeta 'Blue Moon'
Nepeta faassenii 'Purrsian Blue'
Nepeta musinii
Nepeta nervosa
Nepeta x faassenii
Omphalodes Verna
Penstemon 'Burgundy'
Penstemon 'Garnet'
Penstemon 'King George'
Penstemon Volcano 'Fujiyama'
Perovskia 'Blue Steel'
Persicaria amplexicalis
Phlomis russeliana
Polemonium caeruleum
Polemonium caeruleum alba
Potentila Helen Jane
Potentilla 'Miss Willmott'
Potentilla atrosanguinea 'Scarlet Starlit'
Primula beesiana
Primula Belarina 'Lively Lilac'
Primula Belarina 'Pink Champagne'
Primula Belarina 'Rosalina'
Primula bulleyana
Primula chungensis
Primula denticulata ‘Blue’
Primula denticulata ‘Pink’
Primula japonica 'Apple Blossom'
Primula pulverulenta
Primula veris
Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign'
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Rehmannia angulata
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' 
Rudbeckia purpurea 'Purple Echinacea'
Rudbeckia triloba 'Blackjack Gold'
Salvia 'Blackberry Ripple'
Salvia 'Icing Sugar'
Salvia 'Joy'
Salvia 'Trewithen Cerise'
Salvia nem. 'Caradonna'
Salvia pratensis
"Salvia superba ‘Rose Queen’"
Salvia superba 'Blue Queen'
Sanguisorba Officianalis
Saponaria ocymoides
Scabiosa 'Magic'
Sisyrinchium 'E.K. Balls'
Stachys monieri 'Hummelo'
Stipa arundinacea Pheasant's tails
Stipa capillata ‘Bridal veil’
Stipa pennata
Succisa pratensis
Tellima grandiflora var purpurea
Teucrium hircanicum
Tiarella cordifolia
Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen'
Trollius europaeus
Trollius ledebourii 'Golden Queen'
Verbascum phoeniceum 'Hybrids'
Verbena officinalis var grandiflora 'Bampton'
Veronica longifolia 'Blue Shades'