Best Perennial Plants for St. Louis Missouri Area
Here you will find the best perennial plants for St Louis Missouri.
Discover 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.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All perennial plants listed here are offered in-house subject to availability. Some of these perennial plants may be ordered online for pick up at the nursery.
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Agastache – Pink Pearl Hummingbird Mint
Vigorous hummingbird-loving sun perennial.
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Missouri and Illinois native with clouds of pink blossoms.
Echinacea – SunSeekers Pumpkin Pie Coneflower
Spicy orange blossoms all season.
Echinacea – SunSeekers Rainbow Coneflower
Hues of pink, blush, coral, lavender, salmon and more.
Heliopsis – Sunstruck Perennial Sunflower
Striking foliage and flowers. Sun loving perennial.
Hibiscus lasiocarpus – Rose Mallow
Big showy plant with giant flowers, native perennial.
Phlox paniculata – Early Purple Eye Garden Phlox
Blooms 3 weeks earlier than other similar perennial Phlox.
Rudbeckia laciniata – Cutleaf Coneflower
A Missouri native and Monarch magnet!
Salvia – Blue By You Meadow Sage
2024 Perennial Of The Year, a vast improvement over old varieties.
Salvia – Rose Marvel Meadow Sage
Largest flowers in its class, perennial.
Spigelia marilandica – Little Red Head Indian Pink
Superior selection of our Missouri native Indian Pink with vibrant crimson trumpets.
Agastache – Rosie Posie Hummingbird Mint
Hummingbirds find it irresistible.
Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed
Essential host plant for Monarch caterpillars. Mo Bot Garden's Plant of Merit winner.
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Milkweed
#1 best selling Missouri native perennial.
Asclepias verticillata – Whorled Milkweed
Important food source for Monarch butterflies.
Astilbe – Go Go Red Reblooming False Spirea
First Reblooming Red Astilbe! Long-lived Shade perennial.
Echinacea – Fresco Apricot Coneflower
A refreshing change in Coneflowers!
Hibiscus – Edge of Night Rose Mallow
Striking jet black foliage and bubblegum pink blossoms on this hardy perennial.
Hibiscus – Summerific Cherry Choco Latte Rose Mallow
Over 9" flowers!
Hibiscus moscheutos – Swamp Rose Mallow
Among the largest flowers produced by a native perennial.
Liatris spicata Blazing Star
Showy Missouri native loved by butterflies.
Phlox pilosa – Prairie Phlox
Native perennial, makes a fantastic ground cover in sunny areas.
Buddleia – Chrysalis Cranberry Butterfly Bush
Vibrant flowers on a petite plant.
Buddleia – Pugster Blue Butterfly Bush
Multiple award winner. Plump full-sized flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Callirhoe bushii – Bush’s Poppy Mallow
Missouri native perennial with brilliant blossoms.
Caryopteris – Dark Knight Bluebeard
Showy blue flowers are pollinator magnets.
Echinacea – Prima Ruby Coneflower
Large red petals surround dark, almost black, cones.
Echinacea – Prima Tiger Coneflower
Roars into bloom all summer.
Echinacea pallida – Pale Purple Coneflower
Missouri Botanical Gardens Plant of Merit Winner.
Helianthus occidentalis – Western Sunflower
Large bold Missouri native for the sun garden.
Hibiscus – Summer Carnival Rose Mallow
Bold, beautiful flowers, gorgeous variegated foliage.
Hibiscus laevis – Halberd Leaved Rose Mallow
Its interesting leaves resemble the 15th-16th century weapon the halberd spear.
Vernonia missurica – Missouri Ironweed
Feeds countless butterflies and other important pollinators.
Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
A favorite of humans and other critters.
Spigelia marilandica – Ragin Cajun Indian Pink
A superior selection of our Missouri native Indian Pink with multitudes of brilliant orange-red blossoms.
Achillea – New Vintage Rose Yarrow
Superior variety, vast improvement over older selections.
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.
Astilbe – Pumila False Spirea
Makes a fantastic ground cover for shade.
Callirhoe involucrata – Purple Poppy Mallow
2019 Native of the Year. Long-blooming native Illinois and Missouri ground cover.
Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge or Oak Sedge
Native Sedge ideal for shade to deep shade where nothing else will grow.
Caryopteris – Beyond Midnight Bluebeard
Popular variety.
Caryopteris – Sapphire Surf Bluebeard Shrub
Sapphire blue flowers late summer into fall.
Chelone lyonii – Hot Lips Turtle Head
Adorable flowers in the shape of turtle heads.
Chelone obliqua – Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
Coreopsis – Uptick Gold and Bronze Tickseed
Far superior than older varieties.
Coreopsis – Uptick Red Tickseed
Far superior than older varieties, nonstop blooms, hardy perennial.
Coreopsis Charlize – Tickseed
Rich lemon yellow pompoms.
Coreopsis lanceolata – Lance Leaf Coreopsis
Named 2021 Missouri Native Plant Of The Year for its outstanding qualities.
Delphinium exaltatum – Larkspur
Missouri native perennial Larkspur.
Echinacea – Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower
Fabulous colors, winner of major awards.
Echinacea – Kismet Intense Orange Coneflower
Intense orange Coneflowers appear for months.
Echinacea – Pow Wow Wildberry Coneflower
Major award winner.
Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower
Gorgeous Missouri native perennial for natural and formal settings.
Eryngium – Blue Glitter Sea Holly
Fascinating intense blue flowers.
Eryngium yuccifolium – Rattlesnake Master
Tough and unique Missouri and Illinois native for hot, dry areas.
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