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Light Requirement
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Uses
Resistance
Amsonia illustris – Shining Blue Star
Popular, easy-to-grow Missouri native perennial.
Amsonia tabermontana – Willowleaf Blue Star
Top award-winning native with starry blue flowers.
Antennaria neglecta – Field Pussytoes
Grows anywhere--sun, shade, even dry shade.
Antennaria plantaginifolia – Pussytoes
Missouri and Illinois native with fun flowers shaped like a cat's paw.
Apios americana – Groundnut Vine
Missouri native vine for shade.
Aronia – Autumn Magic Chokeberry
Multi seasonal nativar perfect for most locations.
Aronia melanocarpa – Chokeberry
Showy Missouri native shrub. Tolerates wet soils.
Aruncus dioicus – Goat’s Beard
Top Missouri native perennial for shade.
Asclepias sullivantii – Prairie Milkweed
Important food source for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
Asimina – Shenandoah Peterson Pawpaw Tree
Abundant tasty fruit can be up to one pound in weight.
Asimina triloba – Pawpaw Tree
2022 Tree Of the Year, Missouri's Official State Fruit Tree
Baptisia alba – White Wild Indigo
A tough Missouri native perennial.
Baptisia bracteata – Cream Wild Indigo
Easy to grow Missouri native perennial.
Betula – Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch – Little King Dwarf River Birch Tree
Extremely showy peeling bark.
Bignonia capreolata – Cross Vine
2" trumpet shaped blossoms, Missouri and Illinois native vine.
Buxus – Green Mountain Boxwood
Great shape.
Buxus Green Tower, Boxwood
Ideal tall evergreen hedge for small spaces.
Callicarpa americana – American Beautyberry
Missouri and Illinois native shrub with showy purple berries.
Calycanthus – Aphrodite Carolina Allspice
Beautiful fragrant flowers.
Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice
Award winning Missouri native shrub with highly scented flowers.
Calycanthus Simply Scentsational – Carolina Allspice
Highly fragrant flowers with fruity fragrance.
Carex muskingumensis – Palm Sedge
Popular Missouri and Illinois native sedge.
Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge or Oak Sedge
Native Sedge ideal for shade to deep shade where nothing else will grow.
Carpinus betula Fastigiata, European Hornbeam
Award winning regal tree.
Carpinus caroliniana – American Hornbeam
Award-winning native tree for understory plantings.
Carya illinonensis, Pecan Tree
Large Missouri and Illinois native tree that produces delicious edible nuts.
Carya laciniosa – Shellbark Hickory
Showy bark, edible nuts on this pretty native tree.
Cercis – Forest Pansy Redbud
Glossy purple heart shaped leaves and vibrant flowers.
Cercis – Pink Pom Poms Redbud Tree
Fascinating flowers on mini tree.
Cercis – Ruby Falls Redbud
Weeping dwarf with elegant purple heart-shaped leaves and vibrant flowers.
Cercis canadensis – Eastern Redbud
Showy flowers on this easy native tree.
Chionanthus virginicus – Fringe Tree
Missouri native tree with elaborate blooms.