Cut Flower Garden
One of the greatest joys of gardening is bringing fresh flowers full of sweet perfume into our homes. Here you will find plants that will overfill your vase and garden with beautiful flowers. Some of these possess fragrance.
Cut flower tip: pick fragrant flowers in the early morning or late afternoon – the volatile oils that carry the scent are evaporated by the sun. To experience the most intense experience of a flower’s fragrance, lean close and breathe lightly into it before inhaling. The heat and rush of air releases the fragrant oils. Fragrances seem to lose their scent after a few moments, but the flower hasn’t run out of perfume – rather, your olfactory system is saturated and you are numbed by the smell.
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Hydrangea Can Do! – Reblooming Hydrangea
Reliable showy flowers every year.
Nepeta – Cat’s Pajamas Catmint
A purr-fect perennial it brings loads of dark indigo blue flowers.
Agastache – Royal Raspberry Hummingbird Mint
Vigorous hummingbird-loving sun perennial.
Astilbe – Go Go Red Reblooming False Spirea
First Reblooming Red Astilbe! Long-lived Shade perennial.
Bignonia capreolata – Cross Vine
2" trumpet shaped blossoms, Missouri and Illinois native vine.
Clematis – Stand By Me Bush Clematis
2023 Perennial of the Year. Wave after wave of enchanting blue bells all season.
Dianthus Everlast Pink To White Carnation
Spicy perfume and endless blossoms, perennial.
Dicentra spectabilis – Ruby Heart Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart
Dramatic flowers on brilliant gold foliage.
Heliopsis – Sunstruck Perennial Sunflower
Striking foliage and flowers. Sun loving perennial.
Hydrangea arborescens – Smooth Hydrangea
2024 Native Plant Of The Year
Kniphofia – Orange Blaze Red Hot Poker
An explosion of dramatic orange blossoms all summer.
Liatris spicata Blazing Star
Showy Missouri native loved by butterflies.
Phlox pilosa – Prairie Phlox
Native perennial, makes a fantastic ground cover in sunny areas.
Phlox Ultraviolet
No shrinking violet it screams "Look how pretty I am!"
Salvia – Blue By You Meadow Sage
2024 Perennial Of The Year, a vast improvement over old varieties.
Hydrangea – Little Lime Panicle Hydrangea
Showy, award-winning, easy-care shrub or tree form.
Iris – All Night Long Tall Bearded Iris
Dramatic purple, almost black, heavily ruffled blossoms.
Kniphofia – Lady Luck Red Hot Poker
With 5.5' flower stalks our largest Red Hot Poker.
Liatris ligulistylis – Meadow Blazing Star
#1 favorite nectar plant source for Monarch butterflies, Mo native.
Phlox paniculata – Peppermint Twist Garden Phlox
Super fun two colored blossoms.
Achillea – New Vintage Rose Yarrow
Superior variety, vast improvement over older selections.
Achillea – New Vintage White Yarrow
Superior variety, vast improvement over older selections.
Achillea – Peter Cottontail Yarrow
Adorable white puffy flowers all summer long.
Actea racemosa – Cimicifuga racemosa – Fairy Candles
Our most enchanting Missouri and Illinois native plant.
Agastache – Blue Fortune Hummingbird Mint
One of the easiest and most rewarding sun perennials.
Agastache – Morello Hummingbird Mint
Dense bright raspberry pink flowers bloom spring through fall on this annual or short-lived perennial.
Amsonia tabermontana – Willowleaf Blue Star
Top award-winning native with starry blue flowers.
Anemone – Snow Angel Windflower
A vigorous bloomer with multitudes of pure white blossoms.
Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine
Charming, dangling blossoms of red and yellow.
Aster divaricatus – White Wood Aster
A butterfly favorite and Missouri native.
Aster oolentagiensis – Sky Blue Aster
A top favorite of gardeners and critters.
Astilbe – Dark Side of the Moon False Spirea
Dramatic chocolate burgundy foliage, deep purple flowers, shade perennial.
Astilbe – Fanal False Spirea
Long-time favorite red shade perennial.
Astilbe – Mighty Pip False Spirea
Excellent performer, staff favorite, highly recommended.
Astilbe – Pumila False Spirea
Makes a fantastic ground cover for shade.
Baptisia australis – Blue Indigo
A Missouri native adored for its indigo blossoms.
Buddleia – Pink Cascade II Butterfly Bush
12" florets loaded with countless shades of pink petals.
Buddleia – Prince Charming, Butterfly Bush
A flower color rarely seen.
Buddleia – Pugster Blue Butterfly Bush
Multiple award winner. Plump full-sized flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Buddleia – Pugster Periwinkle Butterfly Bush
Showy pinky-purple flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Buddleia – Pugster Pinker Butterfly Bush
Large pink flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Callicarpa americana – American Beautyberry
Missouri and Illinois native shrub with showy purple berries.
Calycanthus – Aphrodite Carolina Allspice
Beautiful fragrant flowers.
Caryopteris – Beyond Midnight Bluebeard
Popular variety.
Caryopteris – Sapphire Surf Bluebeard Shrub
Sapphire blue flowers late summer into fall.
Cephalanthus occidentalis – Buttonbush
Chelone lyonii – Hot Lips Turtle Head
Adorable flowers in the shape of turtle heads.
Clematis – Stand By Me Lavender Bush Clematis
Breathtaking lavender blossoms for months.
Clematis – Stand By Me Pink Bush Clematis
Adorable pink blossoms for months.
Echinacea – Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower
Fabulous colors, winner of major awards.
Echinacea – Double Scoop Watermelon Deluxe Coneflower
Classic City Award Winner described as an Oscar and a Tony award rolled up into one.
Echinacea – Pow Wow Wildberry Coneflower
Major award winner.
Echinacea – SunSeekers Pumpkin Pie Coneflower
Spicy orange blossoms all season.
Echinacea pallida – Pale Purple Coneflower
Missouri Botanical Gardens Plant of Merit Winner.
Echinacea paradoxa – Ozark Coneflower
A rare Missouri native perennial.
Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower
Gorgeous Missouri native perennial for natural and formal settings.
Eryngium – Blue Glitter Sea Holly
Fascinating intense blue flowers.
Eryngium yuccifolium – Rattlesnake Master
Tough and unique Missouri and Illinois native for hot, dry areas.
Gaillardia – Spin Top Copper Orange Blanket Flower
Fascinating fluted orange petals.
Hamamelis vernalis – Ozark Witch Hazel
Award winning native shrub.
Hamamelis virginiana, Common Witch Hazel
Magnificent native shrub or small tree.
Helianthus pauciflorus – Prairie Sunflower
Large vigorous Illinois and Missouri native for the sun garden.
Helleborus – Maid of Honor Lenten Rose
Spectacular shade perennial.
Hydrangea – Bobo Panicle Hydrangea
Award-winning tiny shrub with huge white flowers.
Hydrangea – Haas’ Halo Smooth Hydrangea
If you only have room for 1 plant this is it. Spectacular 14" blossoms create stunning displays, rare and limited.
Hydrangea – Incrediball Smooth Hydrangea
Huge flowers the size of basketballs on sturdy stems.
Hydrangea – Limelight Panicle Hydrangea
Huge fluffy flowers reliably bloom in abundance every year. Comes in shrub or tree form.
Hydrangea – Limelight Prime Panicle Hydrangea
Smaller improved version of the beloved Limelight Hydrangea.
Hydrangea – Pinky Pollen Ring Smooth Hydrangea
Pink flowers create a flutter of activity in the garden!
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