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Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
Choice Missouri and Illinois native perennial with brilliant cardinal red blossoms.
Lobelia siphilitica – Blue Cardinal Flower
Majestic Missouri native perennial.
Paeonia – High Noon Tree Peony
Winner of the prestigious American Peony Society’s Gold Medal award, the Society’s highest honor
Penstemon digitalis – Smooth White Beardtongue
An important food source for pollinators.
Phlox paniculata – Garden Phlox
Missouri native with fragrant flowers for months.
Pycnanthemum muticum – Blunt Mountain Mint
Top choice to attract butterflies and more, multiple award winner.
Ratibida pinnata – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Fun Missouri native perennial.
Rudbeckia fulgida – Shining Black-Eyed Susan
Birds love this Illinois and Missouri native's seeds.
Rudbeckia hirta – Black-Eyed Susan
An easy to grow Missouri native.
Sambucus canadensis Bob Gordon – Elderberry
Showy lace cap flowers on this easy native shrub.
Sporobolus heterolepis – Prairie Dropseed
Popular Missouri native grass that smells like popcorn.
Viburnum lentago – Nanberry Viburnum
Fluffy white flowers. Hostplant for the Spring Azure butterfly.
Weigela Spilled Wine
Low-maintenance, showy shrub.
Weigela Tuxedo
Snow white flowers of dark foliage.
Helenium autumnale – Sneezeweed
Missouri native perennial for sunny spots.
Oligoneuron ridellii – Riddell’s Goldenrod
An important pollinator food source.
Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Coneflower
Armloads of cut flowers with the Missouri native sun perennial.
Buddleia – Pugster Pinker Butterfly Bush
Large pink flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Echinacea paradoxa – Ozark Coneflower
A rare Missouri native perennial.
Panicum – Blood Brothers Red Switch Grass
Dramatic grass with wine red blades, easy to grow.
Rudbeckia maxima – Cabbage Leaf Coneflower
Majestic flowers and powder blue foliage.
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