Late Summer
Ligularia – The Rocket Ragwort
Yellow blossoms on almost black stems, shade lover.
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Lonicera sempervirens Coral Honeysuckle
Easy to grow Missouri native vine.
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Thalictrum rochebrunianum – Meadow Rue
Top shade perennial highly recommended.
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Aralia Sun King
2020 Perennial Plant Of The Year.
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Aster cordifolius – Blue Wood Aster
Shade loving Missouri native with clouds of rich blue flowers.
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Aster laevis – Smooth Aster
Billowing panicles of soft blue flowers in autumn.
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Aster oblongifolium – Aromatic Aster
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
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Astilbe – Pumila False Spirea
Makes a fantastic ground cover for shade.
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Buddleia – Prince Charming, Butterfly Bush
A flower color rarely seen.
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Buddleia – Pugster Blue Butterfly Bush
Plump full-sized flowers on dwarf shrubs.
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Buddleia – Pugster Periwinkle Butterfly Bush
Showy pinky-purple flowers on dwarf shrubs.
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Buddleia – Pugster Pink Butterfly Bush
Large pink flowers on dwarf shrubs.
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Buddleia – Pugster White Butterfly Bush
Large white flowers on dwarf shrubs.
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Buddleia – Queen of Hearts Butterfly Bush
A royal beauty.
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Buddleia – Ruby Chip Butterfly Bush
Ruby pink flowers on petite sized shrubs. Adored by butterflies.
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Caryopteris – Beyond Midnight Bluebeard
Popular variety.
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Caryopteris – Dark Knight Bluebeard
Showy blue flowers are pollinator magnets.
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Caryopteris – Pavillion Blue Bluebeard Shrub
Lilac blue flowers late summer into fall.
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Caryopteris – Pavillion Pink Bluebeard Shrub
Cinderella Pink flowers late summer into fall.
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Caryopteris – Sunshine Blue II Bluebeard Shrub
Sapphire flowers on golden foliage.
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Chelone obliqua – Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
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Dianthus – Oscar Salmon and White Carnation
So versatile it can be used in mixed containers, perennial gardens, as a houseplant or fragrant gift plant.
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Eupatorium – Euphoria Ruby Joe Pye Weed
A superior selection of the beloved Joe Pye Weed.
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Eupatorium purpureum – Joe-Pye Weed
One of the largest Missouri native perennials.
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Helianthus occidentalis – Western Sunflower
Large bold Missouri native for the sun garden.
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Hibiscus lasiocarpus – Rose Mallow
Big showy plant with huge flowers.
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Liatris aspera – Rough Blazing Star
An important food source for pollinators.
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Liatris ligulistylis – Meadow Blazing Star
#1 favorite nectar plant for Monarch butterflies, Mo native.
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Liatris mucronata – Narrow-Leaf Blazing Star
A Missouri native that delights humans and critters alike.
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Liatris pycnostachya – Eureka Prairie Blazing Star
Huge purple spikes.
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Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
A favorite of humans and other critters.
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Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
Choice Missouri native perennial.
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Lobelia siphilitica – Blue Cardinal Flower
Majestic Missouri native perennial.
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Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
An important Missouri native pollinator food source.
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Nepeta – Cat’s Pajamas Catmint
A purr-fect perennial it brings loads of dark indigo blue flowers.
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Phlox paniculata – Garden Phlox
Missouri native with fragrant flowers for months.
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Pycnanthemum tenuifolium – Slender Mountain Mint
2020 Native of the Year.
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Rudbeckia fulgida – Black-Eyed Susan
Birds love this Missouri native's seeds.
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Rudbeckia hirta – Black-Eyed Susan
An easy to grow Missouri native.
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Rudbeckia missouriensis – Missouri Black-Eyed Susan
An important food source for butterflies and hummingbirds.
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Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Coneflower
Armloads of cut flowers.
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Salvia azurea – Blue Sage
Azure blue flowers midsummer through fall. Mo native.
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Silphium laciniatum – Compass Plant
A bold Missouri native.
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Silphium terebinthinaceum – Prairie Dock
A Missouri native perennial that looks like a tropical.
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Solidago flexicaulis Zig-zag Goldenrod
An important pollinator food source.
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Solidago speciosa – Showy Goldenrod
Important Mo. native pollinator plant.
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Vernonia arkansana – Curlytop Ironweed
Featured plant of the Missouri Prairie Foundation Grow Native Pollinator Buffet program.
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Zizia aptera – Golden Alexander
A top choice for pollinators.
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