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Prunus x cistena – Purple Leaf Sand Cherry
Red and purple foliage. Deer resistant.
Ptelea trifoliata – Hop Tree
Host plant for Giant Swallowtail Butterfly.
Quercus – Regal Prince Narrow Oak
Award-winning Narrow Oak Tree.
Quercus bicolor – Swamp White Oak Tree
Bring the gift of nature home with this beauty, MO and IL native.
Quercus coccinea – Scarlet Oak
Vibrant red leaves in fall.
Quercus lyrata – Overcup Oak
Award-winning Missouri native tree.
Quercus macrocarpa – Bur Oak
Showy acorns and leaves on a statuesque tree.
Quercus rubra – Red Oak Tree
Statuesque MO and IL native tree.
Ratibida columnifera – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Ratibida pinnata – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Fun Missouri native perennial.
Rhus aromatica – Fragrant Sumac
Rugged native Missouri and Illinois ground cover shrub for tough spots.
Rhus glabra – Smooth Sumac
A Missouri native shrub with fascinating foliage and flowers.
Rhus Gro Low Fragrant Sumac
Rugged ground cover shrub with beautiful leaves. Perfect for fixing erosion issues.
Rudbeckia – Goldquelle Cutleaf Coneflower
3" yellow pompoms appear mid-summer into fall.
Rudbeckia fulgida – Shining Black-Eyed Susan
Birds love this Illinois and Missouri native's seeds.
Rudbeckia laciniata – Cutleaf Coneflower
A Missouri native and Monarch magnet!
Rudbeckia missouriensis – Missouri Black-Eyed Susan
An important food source for butterflies and hummingbirds, Mo native.
Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Coneflower
Armloads of cut flowers with the Missouri native sun perennial.
Ruellia hymilis – Wild Petunia
Pretty lilac-blue flowers attract beautiful flying guests, native perennial.
Salvia – Color Spires Azure Snow Sage
Bicolored flowers unlike any other.
Salvia azurea – Blue Sage
Azure blue flowers midsummer through fall. MO and IL native.
Sambucus canadensis Bob Gordon – Elderberry
Showy lace cap flowers on this easy native shrub.
Sambucus canadensis Elderberry
Showy lace cap flowers on this easy native shrub.
Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem Grass
2022 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of the Year
Mo native with slender green leaves highlighted with blue.
Schizachyrium Standing Ovation – Little Bluestem Grass
2022 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of the Year. A superior selection of our native grass.