Rainbow Perennials

Perennial and Shrub Nursery. Top products: Perennials, Flowering Shrubs, Ornamental Grasses, Native Plants, Ferns. Rainbow Perennials is a family-owned, independent nursery located in Carlisle, Massachusetts, with a history dating back to 1985. The business operates as a traditional, hands-on production nursery where the owners, Mark and Kathy, personally propagate and grow every plant sold on their four-acre farm. Their cultivation process is rigorous, often keeping plants for up to three years and overwintering them outdoors to ensure hardiness, maturity, and robust health. Unlike retail outlets that source stock from wholesale distributors, Rainbow Perennials maintains total control over the plant lifecycle. Their extensive inventory focuses on a wide variety of perennials, flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses, and an expanding selection of native species, including grasses and shrubs adapted to the New England climate. The nursery features an organized, two-acre outdoor shopping layout designed for easy customer navigation. Target customers include local homeowners and gardeners seeking high-quality, long-lived plantings rather than juvenile, mass-market nursery stock. The business operates on a seasonal schedule from May through October, emphasizing education through onsite signage and direct interaction with the owners, who provide specific care advice based on their decades of production experience.