Grand Wormwood , or Artemisia absinthium , reveals itself with its delicately silvery foliage and slender stems. An emblematic plant of temperate climates, it releases an intense fragrance, both fresh and bitter, essential for lovers of medicinal and culinary herbs. Prized for its traditional uses, it enriches both wildflower gardens and dried bouquets with smoky and mysterious accents.

L’Achillée ‘Noblessa’ se distingue par sa floraison blanche, dense et lumineuse, portée par des tiges droites et bien structurées. Ses fleurs doubles, finement imbriquées, forment des ombelles élégantes qui évoquent une version raffinée et contemporaine des achillées traditionnelles.

Au jardin, Noblessa développe un port vigoureux et équilibré, soutenu par un feuillage finement découpé, vert grisâtre, caractéristique du genre Achillea. Elle s’intègre aussi bien dans les plates-bandes vivaces, les jardins naturalistes que dans les jardins de coupe, où sa floraison abondante et régulière est particulièrement recherchée.

Résistante et peu exigeante, cette achillée supporte bien la chaleur, les sols pauvres et les périodes plus sèches une fois établie.

À l’écoumène, Noblessa est perçue comme une plante de stabilité et de constance, offrant une floraison fiable qui structure le jardin autant qu’elle nourrit les compositions florales.

Summer Pastels yarrow unveils a soft array of pastel hues—pink, peach, apricot, and ivory—bringing a luminous freshness to your gardens and floral arrangements. This compact and robust variety, with its bushy habit, is prized for its ability to bloom profusely throughout the summer, offering a dense display of charming, flat, small umbels. Ideal for fresh or dried bouquets, it captivates with its delicate beauty and remarkable vase life.

White agastache, an enchanting member of the Lamiaceae family, captivates with its pure white, delicately fragrant flower spikes. This slender perennial offers an airy display, blending grace and lightness. Highly prized for its elegance in flowerbeds, it also naturally attracts butterflies and bees.

With its slender silhouette and refined tubular flowers, white agastache releases a sweet and fresh fragrance, a true invitation to summer reverie. It subtly adorns summer gardens and lends a fluid and elegant texture to your bouquets, while enhancing their natural charm.

L’Agastache de Corée (Agastache rugosa) est une vivace aromatique et florifère, reconnaissable à son port dressé, son feuillage vert franc aux notes anisées et ses épis floraux violets qui se déploient en abondance durant l’été. À la fois robuste et élégante, elle structure naturellement les plates-bandes par sa verticalité et sa floraison prolongée.

Au jardin, elle se montre facile d’adaptation, appréciant les sols bien drainés et les expositions ensoleillées à légèrement ombragées. Sa floraison attire une grande diversité de pollinisateurs, faisant d’elle une plante précieuse pour les jardins vivants et les potagers en quête d’équilibre écologique.

Fennel Agastache is an elegant, aromatic perennial with long, upright stems bearing spikes of vibrant purple flowers. Its fragrant foliage releases a delicate scent reminiscent of fennel and anise, delighting both gardeners and cooks. This nectar-rich plant attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators throughout the summer, contributing to a lively and fragrant garden. Easy to grow, it thrives in full sun in well-drained soil, bringing lightness, color, and unparalleled freshness to flowerbeds and bouquets.

Duganski garlic is an old variety of autumn garlic with purplish skin, prized for its hardiness and ability to withstand cold winters. Like all cultivated garlic, it descends from Allium sativum , which has long been used in traditional methods of preserving and growing vegetables in kitchen gardens.

In the garden, Duganski produces brightly colored heads, enveloped in white and purple husks. Planted in the autumn in welcoming, well-drained soil, it remains dormant throughout the cold season before emerging in spring with upright leaves. Its regular presence throughout the seasons makes it a reliable plant in a harmonious garden, easy to integrate into a respectful and diverse gardening approach.

L’amarante Golden Giant impressionne par sa stature et sa présence. Dès les premières semaines de croissance, elle affirme un port droit et vigoureux, puis développe de longues inflorescences dorées qui captent la lumière et structurent l’espace. C’est une plante qui marque le jardin, autant par sa hauteur que par son caractère nourricier.

Issue des amarantes cultivées depuis des siècles en Amérique centrale, Golden Giant est appréciée pour sa polyvalence. Elle est cultivée à la fois pour ses jeunes feuilles comestibles et pour ses graines, riches et abondantes. Au jardin, elle incarne cette frontière féconde entre plante alimentaire et plante ornementale.

En conditions chaudes et bien ensoleillées, elle croît rapidement et atteint facilement des dimensions imposantes. Son système racinaire profond lui confère une bonne tolérance à la sécheresse une fois établie. En sol vivant et bien drainé, elle exprime pleinement son potentiel, offrant une biomasse généreuse et une structure verticale remarquable.

Hopi Red Dye amaranth is a remarkable traditional variety, known for its intense red color, which makes it particularly prized in natural dyeing. Cultivated for centuries by the Hopi people, this ornamental and dye plant is distinguished by its red pigment-rich grains and slender growth habit. In addition to its value for eco-friendly textile dyeing, Hopi Red Dye amaranth offers an elegant silhouette and attractive texture for ornamental gardens.

Amaranth Opopeo is a sumptuous ornamental and vegetable plant, particularly prized for its magnificent, bright red flower heads that bring a warm and vibrant touch to any garden. Its decorative foliage and vigorous growth make it an ideal variety for planting in beds or borders. Besides its striking appearance, amaranth is a nutritious plant, often cultivated for its protein-rich seeds, as well as being used as a leafy vegetable in several traditional cultures.

L’ancolie William Guiness est une vivace rare et élégante, héritée des jardins anciens. Sa floraison à deux tons,  un violet profond aux reflets noirs, souligné d’un cœur blanc ivoire, évoque un contraste raffiné, presque théâtral, sous la lumière tamisée du sous-bois. Elle forme de gracieuses touffes légères, au feuillage découpé vert-bleuté, qui s’épanouissent à mi-ombre dans une atmosphère fraîche et tranquille.

Elle aime les coins paisibles du jardin, là où les rayons du soleil filtrent doucement entre les branches. À partir de la deuxième année, elle offre une floraison généreuse et graphique, très prisée des colibris et des papillons, qui viennent y puiser nectar et repos. C’est une plante complice des jardins naturels, apportant verticalité et mystère aux massifs ombragés.

L’aneth de jardin est une plante aromatique délicate et expressive, reconnaissable à son feuillage finement découpé et à son parfum anisé caractéristique. Dès son apparition, il apporte une légèreté visuelle et sensorielle au jardin, oscillant doucement au vent sur ses tiges souples.

Cultivé depuis l’Antiquité, Anethum graveolens est apprécié autant pour ses feuilles que pour ses graines. Au jardin, il se comporte comme une annuelle de saison chaude, à croissance rapide mais relativement courte. Il aime les emplacements lumineux et les sols bien drainés, où il peut exprimer pleinement son arôme.

L’aneth s’intègre facilement aux potagers et aux plates-bandes mixtes. Il accompagne bien les cultures de concombres, de laitues ou de choux, tout en attirant une diversité d’insectes utiles lorsqu’il monte en fleurs. Sa floraison en ombelles jaunes apporte une touche graphique et soutient la biodiversité.

Native to the wetlands of North America, Apios americana , often called string bead or tuberous wisteria, weaves its supple stems through the vegetation, as if recalling the ancient bonds between people and their food plants. Its tubers form along underground stolons, in more or less spaced strings, and constitute a valuable energy reserve for burrowing fauna and, where it is known, for curious gardeners.

This climbing perennial from the Fabaceae family thrives in moist to wet soils and in sunny to partially shaded locations. Its reddish-brown to purple flowers, arranged in dense clusters, bring a discreet yet distinctive presence to the heart of the living garden. Far removed from rushed cultivation, Apios establishes itself deeply and requires time: it readily integrates into a perennial, nourishing space, where the slow development of its tubers can be observed over the seasons.

A member of the Asteraceae family, this large annual herbaceous plant native to Asia has long been used in traditional medicine, particularly to reduce fever. It is also recognized for its antibacterial properties. It gained prominence in 2015 when Chinese researcher Tu Youyou received the Nobel Prize for her work on malaria: she highlighted the effectiveness of an extract from this plant, artemisinin, capable of slowing the progression of the disease or mitigating its effects. Despite these uses, it remains essential to consult a certified naturopath before any medicinal use.

In the garden, its early-season foliage, light as lace, immediately catches the eye. As it matures, it develops into slender branches reminiscent of conifers. It is prized for its size, rapid growth, good drought tolerance, and airy foliage that creates an elegant backdrop. It is also an excellent companion plant thanks to its insect-repellent properties. Its sweet fragrance, reminiscent of bubble gum to some, is released at the slightest touch. It is easily sown directly in the ground and often self-seeds readily.

Finally, as its foliage repels moths, dense wreaths of annual mugwort can be woven to protect clothes, without having to endure the smell of traditional mothballs.

In the clear light of open spaces and edges of gardens, American arnica establishes itself with understated elegance. This North American perennial, still relatively unknown in urban gardens, nevertheless finds its natural place in a harmonious garden, at the heart of a nourishing space where companion plants are also cultivated for everyday care.

Its low to slightly upright habit, simple foliage, and daisy-like yellow flower heads give it a tranquil, wild appearance. In welcoming, well-drained soil, it gradually forms discreet but faithful clumps, offering its benevolent presence season after season when its rhythm and needs are respected.

American arnica, a medicinal plant primarily known for its external use, evokes an age-old practice of care, to be handled with care and discernment. Planted in a quiet corner of the garden, sheltered from trampling, it contributes to a deeply rooted approach: observing the plant, understanding its cycle, and harvesting sparingly to preserve the population and the role of this species in the ecosystem.

Aurora-Mix orach is a contemporary variety that impresses with its palette of multicolored leaves, ranging from deep red to soft green, bringing a vibrant touch to vegetable gardens. Originating from traditional orach varieties, it is part of the wealth of edible leafy greens highly valued in organic vegetable farming.

In the garden, Aurora-Mix plays a valuable role, not only for its exceptional ornamental beauty but also for its production of tender, nutrient-rich leaves. This robust and generous plant supports gardeners throughout the seasons, proving easy to grow and contributing to plant diversity.

Originating from the Mediterranean region, the Tavor artichoke is a traditional globe artichoke variety, renowned for its hardiness and ability to produce large, flavorful heads. This variety has stood the test of time, remaining a staple in gourmet vegetable gardens, where it contributes its elegant shape and characteristic silvery foliage.

In the garden, Tavor stands out for its slender form and abundant flower heads, which are best harvested before the flowers open. A long-season plant, it is a valuable companion, both decorative and productive, promoting organic gardening through its hardiness and contribution to crop rotation.

Traditionally used in Mediterranean cuisine, the Tavor artichoke invites you to taste its young buds, tender and delicate, perfect for summer meals.

Native to North America, Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) embodies the charm of wild gardens. Its upright clumps and star-shaped clusters of pink to mauve flowers, emerging in summer, generously nourish monarch butterflies and other pollinating insects. Prized for its hardiness and vigorous growth, this plant plays a key role in the biodiversity of green spaces.

In the garden, it proves a faithful companion thanks to its climbing or spreading habit, which adorns hedges and borders. Its presence provides fertile refuge for wildlife while enhancing the atmosphere with its delicate and fragrant flowers. Common Milkweed thus embodies the vitality of a nourishing, vibrant, and ecological garden.