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Agastache – Pink Pearl Hummingbird Mint
Vigorous hummingbird-loving sun perennial.
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Missouri and Illinois native with clouds of pink blossoms.
Heliopsis – Sunstruck Perennial Sunflower
Striking foliage and flowers. Sun loving perennial.
Salvia – Blue By You Meadow Sage
2024 Perennial Of The Year, a vast improvement over old varieties.
Salvia – Rose Marvel Meadow Sage
Largest flowers in its class, perennial.
Spigelia marilandica – Little Red Head Indian Pink
Superior selection of our Missouri native Indian Pink with vibrant crimson trumpets.
Agastache – Rosie Posie Hummingbird Mint
Hummingbirds find it irresistible.
Andropogon garardii Big Blue Stem Grass
Majestic Missouri native grass.
Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed
Essential host plant for Monarch caterpillars. Mo Bot Garden's Plant of Merit winner.
Astilbe – Go Go Red Reblooming False Spirea
First Reblooming Red Astilbe! Long-lived Shade perennial.
Echinacea – Fresco Apricot Coneflower
A refreshing change in Coneflowers!
Eragrostis spectabilis – Purple Lovegrass
Its misty display captures all eyes, perennial native grass.
Kalimeris – Blue Star
Sky blue blossoms appear for months. Highly recommended. Sun to part sun perennial.
Liatris spicata Blazing Star
Showy Missouri native loved by butterflies.
Phlox pilosa – Prairie Phlox
Native perennial, makes a fantastic ground cover in sunny areas.
Buddleia – Pugster Blue Butterfly Bush
Multiple award winner. Plump full-sized flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Echinacea – Prima Ruby Coneflower
Large red petals surround dark, almost black, cones.
Echinacea pallida – Pale Purple Coneflower
Missouri Botanical Gardens Plant of Merit Winner.
Helianthus occidentalis – Western Sunflower
Large bold Missouri native for the sun garden.
Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem Grass
2022 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of the Year
Mo native with slender green leaves highlighted with blue.
Echinacea paradoxa – Ozark Coneflower
A rare Missouri native perennial.
Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
A favorite of humans and other critters.
Spigelia marilandica – Ragin Cajun Indian Pink
A superior selection of our Missouri native Indian Pink with multitudes of brilliant orange-red blossoms.
Achillea – Milly Rock Red Yarrow
Stunning red blossoms highlighted with yellow spring-fall.
Achillea – New Vintage Rose Yarrow
Superior variety, vast improvement over older selections.
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