Best Perennial Plants for St. Louis Missouri Area
WELCOME to our Best Perennials for St Louis Missouri Area Gardens Guide. Here you will find the many perennials that grow well in the St Louis area. You can narrow your selections on the left by many different attributes, including: perennials for sun, perennials for shade, rabbit resistant perennials, deer resistant perennials, perennials for cut flower gardens, and many more.Â
All the plants listed here are offered in-house subject to availability. Some of these plants are offered online for cubside pickup.
We do not ship plants.
Nepeta Cat’s Pajamas Catmint
A purr-fect perennial it brings loads of dark indigo blue flowers.
Offered in-house and online.
Coreopsis lanceolata Lance Leaf Coreopsis
Named 2021 Missouri Native Plant Of The Year for its outstanding qualities.
Offered in-house and online.
Agastache Crazy Fortune Hummingbird Mint
Its variegated foliage makes it different from all the rest.
Offered in-house.
Agastache Kudos Red Hummingbird Mint
Intense carmine blossoms all season.
Offered in-house and online.
Agastache Rosie Posie, Hummingbird Mint
Hummingbirds find it irresistible.
Offered in-house.
Agastache Sunrise Sky Blue Hummingbird Mint
Extremely long blooming selection.
Offered in-house.
Ajuga Cordial Canary Bugleweed
World’s first-ever gold leafed version of favorite Ajuga Chocolate Chip.
Offered in-house.
Ajuga Parrot Paradise
Flamboyant leaves feature three colors.
Offered in-house.
Amsonia tabermontana, Blue Star
Popular plant with starry blue flowers.
Offered in-house.
Anemone Crispa Parsley Leaf Windflower
Its wavy, ruffly foliage looks similar to curly parsley. Rare.
Offered in-house.
Anemone Snow Angel Windflower
A vigorous bloomer with multitudes of pure white blossoms.
Offered in-house and online.
Antennaria plantaginifolia Pussytoes
Fun flowers in the shape of a cat's paw.
Offered in-house.
Aquilegia canadensis Columbine
Charming, dangling blossoms of red and yellow.
Offered in-house.
Aruncus dioicus Goat’s Beard
Missouri native perennial for shade.
Offered in-house and online.
Asclepias incarnata Cinderella Swamp Milkweed
A beautiful selection of our Missouri native.
Offered in-house and online.
Asclepias incarnata, Swamp Milkweed
Missouri native with clouds of pink blossoms.
Offered in-house and online.
Asclepias purpurascens, Purple Milkweed
Highly coveted, difficult to find, limited availability.
Offered in-house.
Asclepias sullivantii Prairie Milkweed
Important food source for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
Offered in-house.
Asclepias syrica, Common Milkweed
Essential host plant for Monarch caterpillars.
Offered in-house.
Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Milkweed
#1 best selling Missouri native perennial.
Offered in-house and online.
Asclepias verticillata, Whorled Milkweed
Important food source for Monarch butterflies.
Offered in-house.
Asclepias virdis, Green Milkweed
Missouri native perennial.
Offered in-house.
Aster cordifolius, Blue Wood Aster
Missouri native with clouds of rich blue flower.
Offered in-house and online.
Aster laevis Bluebird Smooth Blue Aster
Winner of #1 Best Aster in evaluation study.
Offered in-house and online.
Aster laevis Smooth Aster
Billowing panicles of soft blue flowers in autumn.
Offered in-house.
Aster oblongifolium Aromatic Aster
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
Offered in-house.
Astilbe Fanal, False Spirea
Long-time favorite red.
Offered in-house and online.
Astilbe Lowlands Ruby False Spirea
One of the very best red Astilbe.
Offered in-house and online.
Astilbe Mighty Pip False Spirea
Excellent performer, staff favorite, highly recommended.
Offered in-house and online.
Astilbe Pumila False Spirea
Makes a fantastic ground cover for shade.
Offered in-house and online.
Baptisia australis Blue Indigo
A Missouri native adored for its indigo blossoms.
Offered in-house.
Buddleia Grand Cascade, Butterfly Bush
Ginormous flowers panicles slightly weep.
Offered in-house.
Buddleia Pugster Blue, Butterfly Bush
Plump full-sized flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Offered in-house.
Buddleia Pugster Periwinkle, Butterfly Bush
Showy pinky-purple flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Offered in-house.
Buddleia Pugster Pink, Butterfly Bush
Large pink flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Offered in-house.
Buddleia Pugster White, Butterfly Bush
Large white flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Offered in-house.
Buddleia Ruby Chip Butterfly Bush
Ruby pink flowers on petite sized shrubs. Adored by butterflies.
Offered in-house.
Callirhoe involucrata Purple Poppy Mallow
Carex eburnea Bristle Leaf Sedge
Caryopteris Beyond Midnight, Bluebeard
Caryopteris Dark Knight Bluebeard
Showy blue flowers are pollinator magnets.
Offered in-house.
Chelone glabra, Turtle Head
Chelone lyonii Hot Lips Turtle Head
Chelone obliqua Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
Offered in-house.
Coreopsis pubescens, Star Tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris Star Tickseed
Choice Missouri native for butterflies.
Offered in-house.
Delphinium exaltatum, Larkspur
Dianthus Oscar Salmon Carnation
Echinacea angustifolia Narrow-Leaf Coneflower
Echinacea pallida Pale Purple Coneflower
Missouri Botanical Gardens Plant of Merit Winner.
Offered in-house and online.
Echinacea paradoxa Ozark Coneflower
A rare Missouri native perennial. Offered in-house.
Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower
Missouri native perennial for natural and formal settings.
Offered in-house and online.