# Sugar Creek Gardens: Plant Nursery and Garden Center in St Louis Missouri

> Discover the top perennials, shrubs, trees, Missouri native plants, annuals, and houseplants at Sugar Creek Gardens in St\. Louis, Missouri\.

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- [Monarch Butterflies' Favorites](https://sugarcreekgardens.com/monarch-butterflies-favorites/)
- [How To Plant And Care For Trees And Shrubs](https://sugarcreekgardens.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-trees-and-shrubs-in-st-louis/)
- [Replace Turfgrass with Flowering Beauty \- Lawn Alternatives](https://sugarcreekgardens.com/replace-turfgrass-with-flowering-beauty-lawn-alternatives/)
- [Create A Continually Blooming Sun Native Garden](https://sugarcreekgardens.com/create-a-continually-blooming-sun-native-garden/)
- [How to Care for Houseplants In Winter](https://sugarcreekgardens.com/how-to-care-for-houseplants-in-winter/)

## Products
- [Lobelia cardinalis \- Cardinal Flower](https://sugarcreekgardens.com/product/lobelia-cardinalis-cardinal-flower/): \<p\>A top favorite Missouri and Illinois native perennial, Cardinal Flower, \<em\>Lobelia cardinalis\</em\>, produces many brilliant cardinal red star\-shaped flowers\. The blossoms appear in late summer and fall on tall, erect stems\. A favorite with the pollinators, expect to see swarms of butterflies and hummingbirds\. Deer and rabbit resistant\.\</p\>
\<p\>\<img class="size\-full wp\-image\-39661 alignright" src="https://sugarcreekgardens\.com/wp\-content/uploads/2024/02/Missouri\-plant\-merit\.jpg" alt="Missouri botanical garden plant merit" width="146" height="92" /\>Cardinal Flower easily grows in rich, moist soils in full sun to part shade\. It makes a good choice for rain gardens and wet spots\. It prefers consistently moist soil\. It appreciates a break from the hot afternoon sun\. It makes an ideal choice for hummingbird, butterfly, and pollinator gardens\. \</p\>
\<p\>\<strong\>\<span style="color: \#008080;"\>Designated a Missouri Botanical Garden Plant of Merit for its outstanding qualities\.\</span\>\</strong\>\<span style="color: \#008080;"\> \<span style="color: \#000000;"\>Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis, has been identified as a top plant for Midwest landscapes\. It thrives in the St Louis, Missouri, metro area\.\</span\>\</span\>\</p\>
\<p\>\<span style="color: \#008080;"\>\<strong\>Growing instructions: \</strong\>\</span\>Plant Cardinal Flower, \<em\>Lobelia cardinalis\</em\>, in full sun to part shade in soil amended with compost or other organic matter\. Adding a starter fertilizer when planting will get the roots off to a fast start\. Keep consistently watered, especially when plants are setting up buds and blooming, and during dry spells\.\</p\>
- [Spigelia marilandica \- Little Red Head Indian Pink](https://sugarcreekgardens.com/product/spigelia-marilandica-little-red-head-indian-pink/): \<p\>A superior selection of our native Indian Pink, \<em\>Spigelia\</em\>, ‘Little Redhead’ puts on a vibrant show of crimson trumpets with brilliant yellow centers\. Extremely versatile, ‘Little Redhead’ Indian Pink grows in shade to part shade and even tolerates the toughest conditions of dry shade under trees\. One of our most popular Missouri native perennials with humans and creatures alike, hummingbirds can’t resist its sweet nectar\. Indian Pink’s flowers appear over a long time starting in May with flowering continuing into July\. Indian Pink ‘Little Redhead’ matures to a mound of attractive foliage\.\</p\>
\<p\>Indian Pink naturally grows under trees and looks lovely in shady woodland gardens\. It’s fantastic in formal beds, cottage gardens, and naturalized\. Indian Pink works great for a multitude of other landscape applications as well: part sun or shady perennial borders, as an easy care ground cover under trees, pollinator, and native gardens…and the list goes on and on\.\</p\>
\<p\>\<span style="color: \#008080;"\>\<strong\>Growing instructions:\</strong\>\</span\> An easy\-to\-grow native, Indian Pink prefers well\-drained soil that has been amended with compost or other organic matter, and a spot in part shade to full shade\. Good drainage is a must\. Although it is tolerant of drought and dry soil, Indian Pink will benefit from good soakings during dry spells, and will bloom best with consistent moisture\.\</p\>
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- [Acanthus spinosus \- Bear's Breeches](https://sugarcreekgardens.com/product/acanthus-spinosus-bears-breeches/): \<p\>Large dominant plants, Bear's Breeches, \<em\>Acanthus spinosus\</em\>, impress us with majestic spires of purple and white hooded flowers and architecturally bold foliage\. Its deeply cut, spiny leaves make large clumps that always take center stage\. Easy to grow in part shade locations\.\</p\>
\<p\>Bear's Breeches makes an impressive specimen in containers and in the garden\. Its fascinating foliage looks incredible all season: deer\-resistant\. Flowers and foliage create dramatic cut arrangements\.\</p\>
\<p\>\<span style="color: \#008080;"\>\<strong\>Plant\</strong\>\</span\> in shade\-to\-part\-shade locations\. Add organic matter when planting\. For best blooming, keep consistently moist, especially when plants are setting up buds and blooming\.\</p\>
- [Amelanchier \- Autumn Brilliance Apple Serviceberry](https://sugarcreekgardens.com/product/amelanchier-autumn-brilliance-apple-serviceberry/): \<p\>A beautiful multi\-seasonal small tree, Autumn Brilliance Apple Serviceberry, \<em\>Amelanchier\</em\>, is rightly designated a Plant of Merit by the Missouri Botanical Garden\. Spring brings showy snow\-white flowers\. Summer is followed by red berries that look like tiny apples\. The berries are edible and taste like blueberries; they can be used in jam and pies but may also be left for the birds\. In fall, glossy leaves turn blazing orange\-red\.\</p\>
\<p\>This hybrid of the Missouri native tree features showier foliage and excellent form\.\</p\>
\<p\>\<span style="color: \#008080;"\>\<strong\>Plant\</strong\> \</span\>Serviceberry in full sun to part shade locations\. Found naturally on woodland edges\.\</p\>
\<p style="text\-align: center;"\>\<strong\>It was designated a Plant of Merit by the Missouri Botanical Gardens for its outstanding ornamental value and ease of care\.\</strong\>\</p\>
\<p\>\<img class=" wp\-image\-26312 aligncenter" src="https://sugarcreekgardens\.com/wp\-content/uploads/2021/01/Plant\-of\-Merit\-Square\-300x300\.jpg" alt="" width="242" height="242" /\>Plants of Merit are chosen for their outstanding quality and dependable performance for the lower Midwest\. They grow consistently well in Missouri, central and southern Illinois, and the Kansas City Metro area\.\</p\>
\<p\>\<strong\>Plants of Merit Selection Criteria\</strong\>\</p\>
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	\<li\>Easy to grow and maintain\</li\>
	\<li\>Not known to be invasive in our area\</li\>
	\<li\>Resistant or tolerant to diseases and insects\</li\>
	\<li\>Has outstanding ornamental value\</li\>
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- [Paeonia \- Raspberry Sundae Peony \- Fresh Dug Roots for Fall Planting](https://sugarcreekgardens.com/product/paeonia-raspberry-sundae-peony-fresh-dug-roots-for-fall-planting/): \<p data\-start="148" data\-end="252"\>Bring a sweet treat to your garden and vase with the delightful Raspberry Sundae Peony, \<em\>Paeonia\</em\>\. Looking like a fluffy scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with raspberry sauce, its large, fragrant, creamy white\-and\-pink double flowers with raspberry crests toward the centers bloom in the St\. Louis area later in the season, usually in May\. With its velvety, fragrant flowers, Raspberry Sundae Peony adds a charming jewel to borders, cutting gardens, and floral arrangements\. Grows 3' tall and wide\.\</p\>
\<p\>A delightful reward for growing peonies is their gorgeous cut flowers\. Peonies are excellent plants that are easy to grow in full sun to part shade\. Although they prefer a sunny location, giving them a break from the hot afternoon sun will prolong their beautiful flowers\.\</p\>
\<p\>\<strong\>\<span style="color: \#008080;"\>Growing and Care Instructions\</span\>\</strong\> can be found below in the Q\&A section below\. \<strong\>\<a href="https://sugarcreekgardens\.com/peony\-growing\-tips/" target="\_blank" rel="noopener"\>See more Peony Growing Tips here \>\>\>\</a\>\</strong\>\</p\>
\<p\>\<span style="color: \#008080;"\>\<strong\>Fresh\-dug peony roots will be available for pickup between October 15 and 31\. As soon as we receive your roots, we will contact you for a pickup date and time for your preorder\.\</strong\>\</span\>\</p\>

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