Shade Plants for St. Louis Missouri Area
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Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine
Charming, dangling blossoms of red and yellow.
Aralia Sun King
2020 Perennial Plant Of The Year.
Aruncus dioicus – Goat’s Beard
Top Missouri native perennial for shade.
Asclepias perennis – Aquatic Millkweed
An important food source for Monarch butterflies and other flying gems.
Aster cordifolius – Blue Wood Aster
Shade loving Missouri native with clouds of rich blue flowers.
Astilbe – Fanal False Spirea
Long-time favorite red shade perennial.
Astilbe – Look At Me False Spirea
Huge pink plumes with dramatic red stems.
Astilbe – Pumila False Spirea
Makes a fantastic ground cover for shade.
Bignonia capreolata – Cross Vine
2" trumpet shaped blossoms, Missouri and Illinois native vine.
Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge or Oak Sedge
Native Sedge ideal for shade to deep shade where nothing else will grow.
Carpinus caroliniana – American Hornbeam
Award-winning native tree for understory plantings.
Ceanothus americanus – New Jersey Tea
Fragrant flowers on small native shrub, butterflies and more adore it.
Cercis – Pink Pom Poms Redbud Tree
Fascinating flowers on mini tree.
Cercis canadensis – Eastern Redbud
Showy flowers on this easy native tree.
Chasmanthium latifolium – Northern Sea Oats
Bring beautiful form to your shade garden.
Chelone glabra -Turtle Head
Illinois and Missouri native moisture-loving perennial.
Chelone lyonii – Hot Lips Turtle Head
Adorable flowers in the shape of turtle heads.
Chelone obliqua – Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
Cimicifuga racemosa – Actea racemosa – Fairy Candles
Our most enchanting Missouri plant.
Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood
Popular Missouri native tree.
Cornus florida – White Flowering Dogwood Tree
Popular Missouri native tree.
Cornus florida f. rubra Pink Flowering Dogwood Tree
Popular Missouri native tree.
Diervilla Cool Splash – Bush Honeysuckle
Geranium sanguineum Album – White Bloody Cranesbill
So darn easy to grow, and so darn pretty. Rare and choice perennial.
Gymnocladus dioicus – Kentucky Coffee Tree
Award-winning tree to create shade.
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