Drought Tolerant Plants
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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!
Liatris spicata Blazing Star
Showy Missouri native loved by butterflies.
Phlox pilosa – Prairie Phlox
Native perennial, makes a fantastic ground cover in sunny areas.
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.
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 – 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.
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