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Asclepias Incarnata – Cinderella Swamp Milkweed
A beautiful selection of our Missouri native.
Asclepias incarnata – Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed
Brilliant white long lasting blossoms.
Asclepias sullivantii – Prairie Milkweed
Important food source for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
Astilbe – Dark Side of the Moon False Spirea
Dramatic chocolate burgundy foliage, deep purple flowers, shade perennial.
Astilbe – Fanal False Spirea
Long-time favorite red shade perennial.
Astilbe – Look At Me False Spirea
Huge pink plumes with dramatic red stems.
Baptisia alba – White Wild Indigo
A tough Missouri native perennial.
Baptisia bracteata – Cream Wild Indigo
Easy to grow Missouri native perennial.
Baptisia sphaerocarpa – Yellow Wild Indigo
Spectacular Missouri wildflower.
Calycanthus – Aphrodite Carolina Allspice
Beautiful fragrant flowers.
Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice
Award winning Missouri native shrub with highly scented flowers.
Calycanthus Simply Scentsational – Carolina Allspice
Highly fragrant flowers with fruity fragrance.
Carex albicans – White-Tinged Sedge
Pretty Missouri native Sedge.
Carex grayi – Gray Sedge
Fun and funky Missouri native sedge.
Carex vulpinoidea, Fox Sedge
Thrives in wet spots.
Chasmanthium latifolium – Northern Sea Oats
Bring beautiful form to your shade garden.
Chelone glabra -Turtle Head
Illinois and Missouri native moisture-loving perennial.
Eupatorium – Gateway Joe Pye Weed
Just like its huge cousin, but at 5' only 1/2 as tall.
Hibiscus – Holy Grail Rose Mallow
Only a gift from heaven could be named Holy Grail.
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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