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Agastache – Morello Hummingbird Mint
Dense bright raspberry pink flowers bloom spring through fall on this annual or short-lived perennial.
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Betula – Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch – Little King Dwarf River Birch Tree
Extremely showy peeling bark.
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Buddleia – Lilac Cascade Butterfly Bush
2022 Shrub Of The Year. Ginormous weeping flowers. It's a tie, both Violet and Lilac Cascade are Shrub of the Year.
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Buddleia – Violet Cascade Butterfly Bush
2022 Shrub Of The Year. Ginormous weeping flowers. It's a tie, both Violet and Lilac Cascade are Shrub of the Year.
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Chionanthus virginicus – Fringe Tree
Missouri native tree with elaborate blooms.
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Hypericum prolificum – Shrubby St. John’s Wort
A popular native shrub with sunny yellow puff balls of blossoms.
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Magnolia Bracken’s Brown Beauty Southern Magnolia
Gorgeous tree with glossy evergreen foliage and showy flowers.
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Paeonia – Morning Lilac Itoh Peony
Expect at least 50 flowers on one mature plant. Bloom period can last up to 6 weeks!
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Salvia – Rose Marvel Sage
Brilliant blossoms. Has the largest flowers in its class.
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Heliopsis – Bleeding Hearts Oxeye Sunflower
Parents are the Missouri native perennials.
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Lonicera sempervirens Coral Honeysuckle
Easy to grow Missouri native vine.
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Quercus bicolor – Swamp White Oak Tree
Bring the gift of nature home with this beauty.
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Rudbeckia – American Gold Rush Black-Eyed Susan
Top award winner, fantastic improvement over older varieties.
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Rudbeckia – Rodeo Black-Eyed Susan
A never before seen color and form for a Black Eyed Susan.
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Rudbeckia maxima – Cabbage Leaf Coneflower
Majestic flowers and powder blue foliage.
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Salvia – Violet Profusion Sage
Its prolific blossoms just keep coming and coming all summer.
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Asimina triloba, Pawpaw Tree
2022 Tree Of the Year, Missouri's Official State Fruit Tree
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Heliopsis – Sunstruck Perennial Sunflower
Striking foliage and flowers.
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Syringa – New Age Lavender Lilac
Highly fragrant flowers on a small sized shrub.
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Syringa – New Age White Lilac
Highly fragrant flowers on a small sized shrub.
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Achillea – Terracotta Yarrow
Warm shades of yellow, peach, and orange all at the same time.
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Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye
Large showy hard to find shrub.
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Aesculus pavia, Red Buckeye
Bright red flowers attract hummingbirds.
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Agastache – Rosie Posie Hummingbird Mint
Hummingbirds find it irresistible.
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Amsonia tabermontana – Blue Star
Award winning native with starry blue flowers.
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Antennaria neglecta – Field Pussytoes
Grows anywhere--sun, shade, even dry shade.
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Antennaria plantaginifolia – Pussytoes
Missouri native with fun flowers in the shape of a cat's paw.
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Aronia melanocarpa Chokeberry
Showy Missouri native shrub. Tolerates wet soils.
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Asclepias incarnata – Cinderella Swamp Milkweed
A beautiful selection of our Missouri native.
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Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Missouri native with clouds of pink blossoms.
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Asclepias purpurascens – Purple Milkweed
Highly coveted, difficult to find, limited availability.
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Asclepias sullivantii – Prairie Milkweed
Important food source for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
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Asclepias syrica – Common Milkweed
Essential host plant for Monarch caterpillars. Mo Bot Garden's Plant of Merit winner.
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Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Milkweed
#1 best selling Missouri native perennial.
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Asclepias verticillata – Whorled Milkweed
Important food source for Monarch butterflies.
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Asclepias vir[dis – Green Milkweed
Missouri native perennial.
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Asimina Shenandoah Peterson Pawpaw Tree
Abundant tasty fruit can be up to one pound in weight.
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Asimina Susquehanna Peterson Pawpaw Tree
Exceptional Pawpaw tree with large tasty fruit and few seeds.
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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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Baptisia australis – Blue Indigo
A Missouri native adored for its indigo blossoms.
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Buddleia – Grand Cascade Butterfly Bush
Ginormous flowers panicles slightly weep.
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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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