Beginning Native Plants For Sun
Here you will find top Missouri native plants that are perfect choices for the novice gardener. These hard-working, well-behaved native plants need little care once established and won’t bully out any of their neighbors.
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Zizia aurea – Golden Alexander
2025 Native Plant of the Year - gorgeous, easy, and, most importantly, supports pollinators and wildlife.
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Milkweed
#1 best selling Missouri native perennial.
Aster laevis – Bluebird Smooth Blue Aster
Few plants can top the intense robin's egg blue exuberant display. Ranked #1 Best Aster in top study.
Coreopsis lanceolata – Lance Leaf Coreopsis
Named 2021 Missouri Native Plant Of The Year for its outstanding qualities.
Liatris aspera – Rough Blazing Star
An important food source for pollinators, Missouri and Illinois native perennial.
Monarda bradburiana – Bee Balm
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
Penstemon digitalis – Smooth White Beardtongue
An important food source for pollinators.
Penstemon pallidus – Pale Beardtongue
An important food source for pollinators.
Pycnanthemum muticum – Blunt Mountain Mint
Top choice to attract butterflies and more, multiple award winner. Missouri Botanical Garden Plant of Merit, Perennial Plant Association 2025 Perennial of the Year.
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium – Slender Mountain Mint
2020 Native of the Year.
Opuntia humifusa – Prickly Pear Cactus
Missouri and Illinois native perennial cactus.
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