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Hydrangea a. – Incrediball Blush Smooth Hydrangea
Huge pink flowers bloom reliably year after year.
Hydrangea arborescens – Smooth Hydrangea
2024 Native Plant Of The Year
Iris virginica shrevei – Southern Blue Flag
Missouri native Iris for wet spots.
Itea virginica, Virginia Sweetspire
This small Missouri and Illinois native shrubs grows anywhere, sun, shade, wet, dry.
Liatris ligulistylis – Meadow Blazing Star
#1 favorite nectar plant source for Monarch butterflies, Mo native.
Lobelia Starship – Scarlet Bronze Leaf Cardinal Flower
The best in its class, it dazzles with majestic spires of ruby red flowers and black stems.
Oenothera missouriensis – Evening Sun Missouri Evening Primrose
A superior selection of our beloved Missouri Evening Primrose, sun perennial.
Opuntia humifusa – Prickly Pear Cactus
Missouri and Illinois native perennial cactus.
Packera aurea – Golden Groundsel
Dream plant for tough dry shade spots.
Panicum – Blood Brothers Red Switch Grass
Dramatic grass with wine red blades, easy to grow.
Panicum Cheyenne Sky – Switch Grass
Wine red blades on tough plants.
Taxodium distichum – Bald Cypress
Tough native tree that will grow just about anywhere in the sun.
Vernonia arkansana – Curlytop Ironweed
Featured plant of the Missouri Prairie Foundation Grow Native Pollinator Buffet program.
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