Canny Plants Nursery

Welcome to our Canny Plants Nursery page

We grow pollinator-friendly perennials for sale and offer training in horticulture.
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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. 
     

 

Plant Sales 2026

We will be selling plants at the following events in 2026:

Blagdon - Sunday 24th May 2026
https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/11166/blagdon
 
Stagshaw House - Saturday 30th May 2026
https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/49190/stagshaw-house
 
Ferndene House - Sunday 31st May 2026
https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/30535/ferndene-house
 
Ushaw House - Specialist Plant and Garden Fair - Saturday 13th June 2026 
Specialist Plant and Garden Fair - Ushaw: Historic House, Chapels & Gardens
 
And the Garden and Allotment show - date TBC. 
 
Please check the links for admission prices to these events. 

 

Plant List 2026

Here's a list of all the plants we'll be growing in 2026 along with when we expect them to be available. 
 
Acanthus spinosus,Summer
Agastache 'Astello Indigo',Spring/Summer
Agastache 'Rose Mint',Summer
Agastache anisata,Spring/Summer
Agastache 'Blue Boa',Spring
Agastache foeniculum,Summer
Agastache nepetoides,Summer
Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant',Now*
Aquilegia vulgaris,Spring/Summer
Artemisia 'Powis Castle',Now*
Asphodeline lutea 'Yellow Candle',Now*
Astilbe 'Visions in Purple',Summer
Astilbe (lilac),Now
Astilbe (pink),Now
Astrantia 'Hadspen's Blood',Summer
Astrantia 'Venice',Now*
Astrantia major rubra,Now*
 
Bergenia cordifolia 'Red Beauty',Now*
Bergenia cordifolia 'Shoeshine',Summer
Bistorta officianalis,Spring
 
Calamagrostis brachytricha,Summer
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Overdam',Now
Calamintha nepeta 'Marvelette Blue & White',Now*
Campanula Persicifolia,Now
Centaurea montana,Summer
Centaurea montana 'Alba',Spring/Summer
Cirsium 'Pink Beauty',Summer
Coreopsis 'Sterntaler',Summer
Coronaria 'Pink Halo',Summer
Cortaderia 'Pampas Plume White',Summer
Crocosmia,Now*
Cytisus boskoopii 'Ruby',Summer
 
Day lily (Mixed),Now
Delphinium Highlander 'Sweet Sensation',Summer
Deschampsia cespitosa,Summer
Doronicum caucasicum,Now
 
Echinops ritro,Summer
Ecinacea purpurea,Now
Eragrostis elliotii,Now
Eryngium 'Neptune's Gold',Now*
Eryngium planum,Spring/Summer
 
Festuca amethystina,Summer
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue',Now*
 
Geranium 'Birch Double',Summer
Geranium 'Johnson's Blue',Spring
Geranium 'Splish Splash',Spring
Geranium Ann Folkard,Spring
Geranium macrorrhizum,Now
Geranium pratense 'Black Beauty',Summer
Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Westray',Now
Geum 'Cocktail Mixed',Summer
Geum 'Pink Petticoats',Summer
Geum chiloense 'Blazing Sunset',Summer
Gypsophilia repens 'Rosea',Spring
 
Helenium 'Chelsey',Spring/Summer
Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer',Spring
Helenium autumnale 'Helena Red Shades',Summer
Helenium autumnale 'Red and Gold',Summer
Helenium hoopesii,Summer
Helleborus 'Double Black',Now
Helleborus 'Single Red' (Red Lady),Now
Helleborus 'Single Slate' (Blue Metallic Lady),Now
Hemerocallis 'Mixed',Now
Hepatica nobilis,Summer
 
Iris Sibirica,Now
Iris sibirica 'Caesar's Brother',Now
 
Knautia 'Melton Pastels',Summer
Knautia macedonica,Summer
Kniphofia Alcazar,Summer
Kniphofia tritoma 'New Hybrids Mixed',Summer
 
Lavender 'Elegence Purple or Scent Early Blue',Summer
Ligularia przewalskii,Now/Summer
Lychnis-flos-cuculi,Spring/Summer
Lysimachia atropurpurea 'Beaujolais',Summer
Lythrum 'Rosy Gem',Spring
 
Miscanthus sinensis,Now*/Summer
 
Nepeta racemosa Faassonii,Spring/Summer
 
Omphalodes Verna,Now
 
Penstemon 'Burgundy',Spring*
Penstemon 'Garnet',Spring*
Penstemon 'King George',Spring*
Penstemon Volcano 'Fujiyama',Spring*
Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Steel',Spring/Summer
Persicaria amplexicalis,Spring
Persicaria bistort,Spring
Philidelphus 'Golden Leaves',Now*
Phlomis russeliana,Spring
Phlomis tuberosa,Summer
Physostegia virginiana Grand Rose,Now*
Potentilla 'Miss Willmott',Spring/Summer
Potentilla 'Monarch's Velvet',Summer
Primula beesiana,Spring/Summer
Primula bulleyana,Spring/Summer
Primula chungensis,Spring/Summer
Primula Denticulata (blue),Now
Primula Denticulata (pink),Now
Primula japonica 'Apple Blossom',Spring/Summer
Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign',Spring
Pulmonaria 'Pink Dawn',Summer
Pulsatilla vulgaris,Now
 
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldstrum',Spring/Summer
Rudbeckia triloba 'Prairie Glow',Summer
 
Salvia 'Amethyst Lips',Spring/Summer
Salvia 'Nachtvalinder',Spring/Summer*
Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna',Now*/Summer
Salvia superba 'Blue Queen',Now
Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Beaujolais Bonnets',Spring/Summer
Scutellaria incara,Spring/Summer
Sisyrinchium 'E.K. Balls',Now*
Stachys monieri 'Hummelo',Now
Stipa brachytricha,Summer
 
Thalictrum aquilegifolium,Spring/Summer
Thalictrum dipterocarpum (delavayi),Spring/Summer
Tricyrtis hirta,Spring/Summer
Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen',Now*
 
Verbascum phoeniceum 'Hybrids',Now
Verbena bonariensis,Summer
 
*Low stock

 

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