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  • Home
  • About
    • About the Farm
    • About the Friends
      • Board of Directors and Staff
      • Board Minutes, Financials and By-Laws
    • Our Impact
    • Newsletters
    • Links of Interest
    • FAQs
  • Visit
    • Plan Your Visit
    • Collections
    • Attractions
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Event Categories
      • FCEF Annual Events
      • 2025 Speakers Series
      • Arboretum Tree Tours
      • Ornamental Garden Tours
  • Join/Donate
    • Membership
    • Donations
    • CelebriTree
    • Non-dinner Fundraiser
  • Volunteer
    • Adult Volunteers
    • Youth Volunteers
  • Boutique
    • Pathways to the Trees at the Central Experimental Farm
    • Blooms: An Illustrated History
    • Building Canada’s Farm
    • Ottawa’s Farm
    • Our Farm in the City (Hardcover)
    • Our Farm in the City (Softcover)
    • Notre Ferme en pleine Ville (souple)
    • The Four Seasons Greeting Cards – Set of 24
    • Winter Greeting Cards
    • Spring Greeting Cards
    • Summer Greeting Cards
    • Fall Greeting Cards

Perennials – English

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Allium
Alyssum
Amaranthus
Amsonia, bluestar
Anemone, Japanese
Aster
Balloon flower
Beauty-berry
Bee balm
Bergenia
Black-eyed Susan

Catmint
Columbine
Coneflower, purple
Coralbells
Coreopsis
Daffodil
Day lily
Delphinium
False indigo
Fennel
Foxglove
Gasplant
Gaura
Geranium, cranesbill
Giant groundsel
Globe thistle
Goatsbeard
Goldenrod
Hollyhock
Iris (bearded)
Iris (Siberian)
Knautia
Lady’s mantle
Lamb’s ears
Lupin
Meadowsweet
Meadow rue
Mullein
Narcissus
Nicotiana
Obedient plant
Peony
Phlox
Oriental poppy
Rose campion
Rose mallow (hibiscus)
Salvia
Scotch thistle
Sea kale
Sedum
Sedum-stonecrop
Shasta daisy
Spurge
Star of Bethlehem
Tulip
Verbena
Verbena (blue vervain)
Yarrow
Yucca

 

 

 

 

 

Grasses
Big Bluestem Grass
Blue Oat Grass
Feather Reed Grass
Malepartis Maiden Grass
New Zealand Hair Sedge
Panic Grass
Porcupine Grass
Northern Sea Oats
Tuber Oat Grass
Variegated Reed Grass

About Us

The Friends of the Central Experimental Farm is dedicated to fostering public enjoyment and appreciation of Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm and its value as a National Historic Site.  The Friends maintains and enhances the Dominion Arboretum, the Ornamental Gardens, and the Merivale Shelterbelt, in partnership with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and raises public awareness and knowledge about the Farm’s history and its tree and plant collections.

Charity# 11891 3565 RR 0001

National Historic Site

In 1998 the entire Central Experimental Farm was declared a National Historic Site, a place ‘of profound importance to Canada.' These sites 'bear witness to this nation's defining moments.'

Please note that our physical address is different from our mailing address. We are located on the south side of the NCC Scenic Driveway, west of the Prince of Wales roundabout. Our building #75 is between the Museum (dairy barn) and the Ornamental Gardens.

Our office hours are Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., 9:30am-2:30pm

Contact Us

Friends of the Farm

Bldg. 75, 2nd floor, Ornamental Gardens, Central Experimental Farm Ottawa ON K1A 0C6 Canada

(613) 230-3276

info@friendsofthefarm.ca

Mailing address:

Friends of the Farm, Bldg. 75, Central Experimental Farm, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa ON K1A 0C6

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