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Chelone glabra -Turtle Head
Illinois and Missouri native moisture-loving perennial.
Chelone obliqua – Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
Cimicifuga racemosa – Actea racemosa – Fairy Candles
Our most enchanting Missouri plant.
Cornus florida – White Flowering Dogwood Tree
Popular Missouri native tree.
Cornus florida f. rubra Pink Flowering Dogwood Tree
Popular Missouri native tree.
Cornus racemosa – Gray Dogwood
Native shrub with pretty flowers and berries.
Corylus americana – American Hazelnut
Edible native shrub with showy spring flowers. Grows in sun or shade.
Dalea purpurea – Purple Prairie Clover
Native perennial with fascinating foliage and flowers.
Echinacea – Cara Mia Yellow Coneflower
Gorgeous flowers all summer until frost.
Echinacea – Dark Shadows Wicked Coneflower
Bright petals contrast against dark cones and stems.
Echinacea – Fresco Apricot Coneflower
A refreshing change in Coneflowers!
Echinacea – Kismet Intense Orange Coneflower
Intense orange Coneflowers appear for months.
Echinacea – Pow Wow Wildberry Coneflower
Major award winner.
Echinacea – Prima Ruby Coneflower
Large red petals surround dark, almost black, cones.
Echinacea – Prima Tiger Coneflower
Roars into bloom all summer.
Echinacea – Sombrero Lemon Yellow Coneflower
Produces tons of clear lemon yellow flowers.
Echinacea – SunSeekers Golden Sun Coneflower
Brilliant yellow blossoms all season.
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