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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.
Aristolochia tomentosa – Dutchman’s Pipe
Pipe shaped blossoms on rapidly growing native vine.
Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge or Oak Sedge
Native Sedge ideal for shade to deep shade where nothing else will grow.
Coreopsis Charlize – Tickseed
Rich lemon yellow pompoms.
Eryngium yuccifolium – Rattlesnake Master
Tough and unique Missouri and Illinois native for hot, dry areas.
Geranium sanguineum Album – White Bloody Cranesbill
So darn easy to grow, and so darn pretty. Rare and choice perennial.
Helianthus pauciflorus – Prairie Sunflower
Large vigorous Illinois and Missouri native for the sun garden.
Leucanthemum – Becky Shasta Daisy
Top award winner.
Paeonia – High Noon Tree Peony
Winner of the prestigious American Peony Society’s Gold Medal award, the Society’s highest honor
Podophyllum pelatatum – Mayapple
Early blooming Missouri native perennial.
Pycnanthemum muticum – Blunt Mountain Mint
Top choice to attract butterflies and more, multiple award winner.
Ratibida pinnata – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Fun Missouri native perennial.
Rudbeckia fulgida – Shining Black-Eyed Susan
Birds love this Illinois and Missouri native's seeds.
Schizachyrium Standing Ovation – Little Bluestem Grass
2022 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of the Year. A superior selection of our native grass.
Sporobolus heterolepis – Prairie Dropseed
Popular Missouri native grass that smells like popcorn.
Dalea purpurea – Purple Prairie Clover
Native perennial with fascinating foliage and flowers.
Heliopsis helianthoides – Oxeye Sunflower
Popular Missouri native with people and pollinators.
Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Coneflower
Armloads of cut flowers with the Missouri native sun perennial.
Antennaria neglecta – Field Pussytoes
Grows anywhere--sun, shade, even dry shade.
Baptisia sphaerocarpa – Yellow Wild Indigo
Spectacular Missouri wildflower.
Buddleia – Pugster Pinker Butterfly Bush
Large pink flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Echinacea – Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower
Fabulous colors, winner of major awards.
Echinacea – Kismet Intense Orange Coneflower
Intense orange Coneflowers appear for months.
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