Rain Garden Plants
Here you will find rain garden plants for the St Louis Missouri area.
WELCOME to our Rain Garden Plant Guide. Here you will find the best plants for rain gardens for the St Louis Missouri area. Rain gardens slow the flow of rainwater runoff by using plants and other elements similar to those found in nature. They can be shallow swales or depressions that catch and hold rainwater rather than let it run off unhindered. Plants with deep and fibrous root systems help make the soil more sponge-like, allowing the plants to absorb a large amount of rainfall. Missouri native plants are top choices due to their hardy nature.
All plants offered here are available in-house, subject to availability. Some of these plants are offered online for pick up at the nursery.
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Astilbe x thunbergii – Straussenfeder – Ostrich Plume Japanese Astilbe
Magnificent in bloom with unique cascading peach-colored blossoms, shade perennial.
Asclepias Incarnata – Cinderella Swamp Milkweed
A beautiful selection of our Missouri native.
Asclepias incarnata – Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed
Brilliant white, long-lasting vanilla-scented blossoms.
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Missouri and Illinois native with clouds of pink blossoms.
Aster divaricatus – White Wood Aster
You'll believe it's snowing in summer with this Missouri native.
Astilbe – Go Go Red Reblooming False Spirea
First Reblooming Red Astilbe! Long-lived Shade perennial.
Astilbe – Mighty Pip False Spirea
Excellent performer, staff favorite, highly recommended.
Astilbe – Red Sentinal False Spirea
Considered one of the best for years, shade perennial.
Baptisia sphaerocarpa – Yellow Wild Indigo
Spectacular Missouri wildflower.
Carex albicans – Oak Sedge – White-Tinged Sedge
Fantastic native sedge for dry shade.
Carex eburnea – Bristle Leaf Sedge
Looks like grass but no mowing required, shade lover.
Colocasia – Thailand Giant Elephant Ears
A behemoth that grows as big as a car in one summer! Sun, tender. Bulbs can be lifted and stored over winter.
Colocasia – Waikiki Elephant Ears
Escape to the tropics with this award-winning dream.
Eupatorium – Jojo Joe Pye Weed
Fluffy pink pom-pom flowers mid-summer until frost.
Hydrangea – Haas’ Halo Smooth Hydrangea
Highly sought after, rare and limited.
Hydrangea – Incrediball Storm Proof Smooth Hydrangea
Showy flowers do not flop.
Liatris ligulistylis – Meadow Blazing Star
#1 favorite nectar plant source for Monarch butterflies, Mo native.
Liatris pycnostachya – Lavender Glowsticks Prairie Blazing Star
Spectacular 2' long purple flower spikes can be more than 1/2 of the 4' plant.
Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
Choice Missouri and Illinois native perennial with brilliant cardinal red blossoms.
Lobelia siphilitica – Blue Cardinal Flower
Majestic Missouri native perennial.
Monarda bradburiana – Bee Balm
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
An important Missouri and Illinois native pollinator food source.
Muhlenbergia capillaris – Pink Muhly Grass
Clouds of rich pink fall flowers.
Oenothera macrocarpa – Missouri Evening Primrose
Top Missouri native perennial highly recommended.
Packera obovata – Squaw Weed
Fantastic MO native evergreen ground cover for sun or shade.
Penstemon – Blackbeard Beardtongue
Ahoy matey! You'll be in on the treasure with this jewel.
Penstemon digitalis – Smooth White Beardtongue
An important food source for pollinators.
Phlox paniculata – Gzhel Garden Phlox
Fascinating lavender-blue and white striped blossoms, hardy.
Phlox paniculata – Sherbet Blend Garden Phlox
Unique colors on a flamboyant plant, hardy perennial.
Phlox paniculata – Stars and Stripes Garden Phlox
Unique colors on a flamboyant plant, hardy perennial.
Rudbeckia – American Gold Rush Black-Eyed Susan
2023 Perennial Plant of the Year, winner of top 3 horticulture awards.
Rudbeckia hirta – Black-Eyed Susan
An easy to grow Missouri native.
Senecio aureus – Golden Groundsel
Dream plant for tough dry shade spots.
Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye
Large showy hard to find shrub.
Amsonia illustris – Shining Blue Star
Popular, easy-to-grow Missouri native perennial.
Amsonia tabermontana – Willowleaf Blue Star
Top award-winning native with starry blue flowers.
Apios americana – Groundnut Vine
Missouri native vine for shade.
Aristolochia tomentosa – Dutchman’s Pipe
Pipe shaped blossoms on rapidly growing native vine.
Aronia melanocarpa – Chokeberry
Showy Missouri native shrub. Tolerates wet soils.
Asclepias perennis – Aquatic Millkweed
An important food source for Monarch butterflies and other flying gems.
Asclepias sullivantii – Prairie Milkweed
Important food source for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
Asclepias verticillata – Whorled Milkweed
Important food source for Monarch butterflies.
Astilbe – Fanal False Spirea
Long-time favorite red shade perennial.
Astilbe – Look At Me False Spirea
Huge pink plumes with dramatic red stems.
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