Best Shrubs and Trees for St Louis Missouri Area
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Diervilla Cool Splash – Bush Honeysuckle
Diospyros virginiana – American Persimmon
Pretty bark adds winter interest. Female plants produce sweet fruit.
Frangula (Rhamnus) caroliniana – Carolina Buckthorn
Showy foliage and airy flowers on small Mo native tree.
Gymnocladus dioicus – Kentucky Coffee Tree
Award-winning tree to create shade.
Halesia carolina – Carolina Silverbells
Hard to find tree with showy white bells
Hamamelis vernalis – Ozark Witch Hazel
Award winning native shrub.
Hydrangea – Alice N’ Wonderland Oakleaf Hydrangea
One of the most magnificent flowering shrubs.
Very rare and limited.
Hydrangea – Bobo Panicle Hydrangea
Award-winning tiny shrub with huge white flowers.
Hydrangea – Incrediball Smooth Hydrangea
Huge flowers the size of basketballs on sturdy stems.
Hydrangea – Limelight Panicle Hydrangea
Huge fluffy flowers reliably bloom in abundance every year. Comes in shrub or tree form.
Hydrangea – Pee Wee Oakleaf Hydrangea
Showy flowers, gorgeous foliage and petite shade shrub.
Hydrangea – Pinky Pollen Ring Smooth Hydrangea
Pink flowers create a flutter of activity in the garden!
Hydrangea a. – Incrediball Blush Smooth Hydrangea
Huge pink flowers bloom reliably year after year.
Hydrangea a. – Invincibelle Ruby Smooth Hydrangea
A red version of our native Hydrangea.
Hydrangea arborescens – Smooth Hydrangea
2024 Native Plant Of The Year
Hydrangea Garnetta, Smooth Hydrangea
Bright pink flowers bloom on petite shrubs.
Hydrangea paniculata – Pinky Winky Panicle Hydrangea
One of the most spectacular of all Hydrangeas.
Hydrangea Quick Fire Fab Panicle Hydrangea
Magnificent color-changing flowers last for months and months.
Hydrangea Ruby Slippers Oakleaf Hydrangea
Showy flowers and foliage.
Hydrangea Snowflake Oakleaf Hydrangea
One of the most magnificent flowering shrubs.
Very rare and limited.
Hydrangea Wee White – Smooth Hydrangea
Easy-care miniature shrub. Perfect for landscapes or mixed in perennial gardens.
Hypericum prolificum – Shrubby St. John’s Wort
A popular native shrub with sunny yellow puff balls of blossoms.
Ilex – Berry Heavy Female Winterberry
Abundance of red berries in winter.
Ilex – Little Goblin Red Female Winterberry
Huge red berries on dwarf nativar shrub.
Itea – Fizzy Mizzy Sweetspire
Fun small shrub with sweetly scented white flower spikes.
Itea – Henry’s Garnet Sweetspire
Beautiful scented flowers on a rugged, adaptable shrub.
Itea – Scentlandia Sweetspire
Sweetly scented flowers bloom on an easy-going shrub that grows almost anywhere.
Itea – Short N’ Sweet Sweetspire
Fragrant flowers that will grow just about anywhere.
Itea virginica, Virginia Sweetspire
This small Missouri and Illinois native shrubs grows anywhere, sun, shade, wet, dry.
Juniperus – Moonglow Juniper
Shimmering silvery-blue foliage and majestic pyramidal shape.
Juniperus – Taylor Juniper
Award winning nativar shrub. Perfect for focal points and living walls.
Juniperus Blue Point Juniper
Excellent for a living wall or hedge.
Lindera benzoin – Spicebush
Illinois and Missouri native host plant to Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly.
Liriodendron tulipifera – Tulip Tree
Stately native tree.
Magnolia Bracken’s Brown Beauty Southern Magnolia
Gorgeous tree with glossy evergreen foliage and showy flowers.
Magnolia Butterflies
Lemon-yellow blossoms on an award-winning tree.
Magnolia virginiana – Glauca Sweet Bay Magnolia
Grows a little smaller than the species Magnolia virginiana.
Magnolia Yellow Bird
Lemon-yellow blossoms burst forth in spring.
Malus – Blushing Delight Fruit Snacks Apple Tree
Delicious full-sized fruit on columnar trees.
Malus – Golden Treat Fruit Snacks Apple Tree
Large crisp apples on columnar trees.
Malus – Royal Raindrops Crabapple Tree
Award-winning, easy-care tree with multi-seasonal interest.
Nyssa sylvatica – Black Gum
Missouri native tree with brilliant fall color.
Paeonia – High Noon Tree Peony
Winner of the prestigious American Peony Society’s Gold Medal award, the Society’s highest honor
Paeonia – Red Tree Peony
Wonderfully scented, crimson blossoms.
Physocarpus opulifolius, Ninebark
Showy native shrub. Perfect for borders, erosion control and pollinator gardens.
Picea – Little Gem Norway Spruce
Perfect evergreen to frame the front door in pots or in the ground.
Platanus occidentalis – American Sycamore
Large tree with beautiful exfoliating bark.
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