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
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Missouri and Illinois native with clouds of pink blossoms.
Hydrangea – Incrediball Smooth Hydrangea
Huge flowers the size of basketballs on sturdy stems.
Hydrangea arborescens – Smooth Hydrangea
2024 Native Plant Of The Year
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.
Carpinus caroliniana – American Hornbeam
Award-winning native tree for understory plantings.
Clethra Ruby Spice – Summersweet
Award-winning fragrant pink flowers.
Coreopsis lanceolata – Lance Leaf Coreopsis
Named 2021 Missouri Native Plant Of The Year for its outstanding qualities.
Gymnocladus dioicus – Kentucky Coffee Tree
Award-winning tree to create shade.
Halesia carolina – Carolina Silverbells
Hard to find tree with showy white bells
Leucanthemum – Becky Shasta Daisy
Top award winner.
Magnolia Bracken’s Brown Beauty Southern Magnolia
Gorgeous tree with glossy evergreen foliage and showy flowers.
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.
Quercus bicolor – Swamp White Oak Tree
Bring the gift of nature home with this beauty, MO and IL native.
Sporobolus heterolepis – Prairie Dropseed
Popular Missouri native grass that smells like popcorn.
Calamintha – Calamint
2021 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of the Year. Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Of Merit. Sun-loving perennial.
Hydrangea – Limelight Panicle Hydrangea
Huge fluffy flowers reliably bloom in abundance every year. Comes in shrub or tree form.
Paeonia – Gay Paree Peony – Fresh Dug Roots for Fall Planting
2023 Gold Medal Winner, recommended by the American Peony Society.
Rudbeckia maxima – Cabbage Leaf Coneflower
Majestic flowers and powder blue foliage.
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