Award Winning Plants
Take the guesswork out of plant selection with these award-winning plants. Top world plant experts have selected these jewels for their outstanding qualities and dependable performance. Truly, these plants are the finest plants the world has to offer.
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Amsonia hubrichtii – Arkansas Blue Star
A favorite of garden designers.
Asimina triloba – Pawpaw Tree
2022 Tree Of the Year, Missouri's Official State Fruit Tree
Salvia – Blue By You Meadow Sage
2024 Perennial Of The Year, a vast improvement over old varieties.
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Missouri and Illinois native with clouds of pink blossoms.
Hydrangea – Bobo Panicle Hydrangea
Award-winning tiny shrub with huge white flowers.
Rudbeckia – Indian Summer Black-Eyed Susan
Major award-winner and staff favorite!
Buddleia – Pugster Blue Butterfly Bush
Multiple award winner. Plump full-sized flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Echinacea pallida – Pale Purple Coneflower
Missouri Botanical Gardens Plant of Merit Winner.
Hydrangea – Incrediball Smooth Hydrangea
Huge flowers the size of basketballs on sturdy stems.
Hydrangea arborescens – Smooth Hydrangea
2024 Native Plant Of The Year
Magnolia Butterflies
Lemon-yellow blossoms on an award-winning tree.
Juniperus – Taylor Juniper
Award winning nativar shrub. Perfect for focal points and living walls.
Allium – Millenium Ornamental Onion
2018 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Amelanchier – Autumn Brilliance Apple Serviceberry
Award-winning small tree with multi-season interest.
Amsonia tabermontana – Willowleaf Blue Star
Top award-winning native with starry blue flowers.
Aristolochia tomentosa – Dutchman’s Pipe
Pipe shaped blossoms on rapidly growing native vine.
Astilbe – Pumila False Spirea
Makes a fantastic ground cover for shade.
Bignonia capreolata – Cross Vine
2" trumpet shaped blossoms, Missouri and Illinois native vine.
Carpinus betula Fastigiata, European Hornbeam
Award winning regal tree.
Carpinus caroliniana – American Hornbeam
Award-winning native tree for understory plantings.
Chionanthus virginicus – Fringe Tree
Missouri native tree with elaborate blooms.
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