Shade Plants for St. Louis Missouri Area
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Spirea Gold Thread
Gold ferny leaves add great color and texture.
Taxus Hicksii – Hicks Yew
Tall evergreen, perfect for living walls and foundation plantings.
Iodanthus pinnatifidus – Purple Rocket
A Missouri and Illinois native that brings color to shady spots.
Packera obovata – Squaw Weed
Fantastic MO native evergreen ground cover for sun or shade.
Phlox divaricata – Wild Sweet William
Delightful MO and IL native perennial with a sweet perfume.
Polygonatum biflorum var commutatum – Solomon’s Seal
Dangling flowers appear in spring on this Illinois and Missouri native.
Actea racemosa – Cimicifuga racemosa – Fairy Candles
Our most enchanting Missouri and Illinois native plant.
Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye
Large showy hard to find shrub.
Aesculus Pavia, Red Buckeye
2023 Tree of the Year. Award-winning Missouri Native.
Amelanchier – Spring Glory Serviceberry
A tidy well-formed tree with beautiful white flowers.
Amelanchier arborea Downy Serviceberry
Colorful year round with flowers, berries, foliage and bark.
Amelanchier laevis, Allegheny Serviceberry
Native plant with showy multi-seasonal interest.
Anemone virginiana – Thimbleweed
Pearly white flowers and interesting seed heads for the sun or shade garden, MO and IL native perennial.
Antennaria neglecta – Field Pussytoes
Grows anywhere--sun, shade, even dry shade.
Apios americana – Groundnut Vine
Missouri native vine for shade.
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.
Aster cordifolius – Blue Wood Aster
Shade loving Missouri native with clouds of rich blue flowers.
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.
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