Sun Plants for St Louis Missouri
Here you will find plants that grow in full sun to light shade in the St Louis Missouri area.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All sun plants listed here are offered in the nursery, subject to availability. Some of these sun plants may be purchased online for pick up at the nursery.
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Buddleia – Lilac Cascade Butterfly Bush
2022 Shrub Of The Year. Ginormous weeping flowers. It's a tie, both Violet and Lilac Cascade are Shrub of the Year.
Buddleia – Violet Cascade Butterfly Bush
2022 Shrub Of The Year. Ginormous weeping flowers. It's a tie, both Violet and Lilac Cascade are Shrub of the Year.
Penstemon digitalis – Smooth White Beardtongue
An important food source for pollinators.
Salvia – Rose Marvel Sage
Brilliant blossoms. Has the largest flowers in its class.
Heliopsis – Bleeding Hearts Oxeye Sunflower
Parents are the Missouri native perennials.
Lonicera sempervirens Coral Honeysuckle
Easy to grow Missouri native vine.
Muhlenbergia capillaris – Pink Muhly Grass
2022 Missouri Native Plant Of The Year.
Rudbeckia – American Gold Rush Black-Eyed Susan
Top award winner, fantastic improvement over older varieties.
Rudbeckia – Rodeo Black-Eyed Susan
A never before seen color and form for a Black Eyed Susan.
Rudbeckia maxima – Cabbage Leaf Coneflower
Majestic flowers and powder blue foliage.
Salvia – Violet Profusion Sage
Its prolific blossoms just keep coming and coming all summer.
Asimina triloba, Pawpaw Tree
2022 Tree Of the Year, Missouri's Official State Fruit Tree
Heliopsis – Sunstruck Perennial Sunflower
Striking foliage and flowers.
Syringa – New Age Lavender Lilac
Highly fragrant flowers on a small sized shrub.
Syringa – New Age White Lilac
Highly fragrant flowers on a small sized shrub.
Achillea – Terracotta Yarrow
Warm shades of yellow, peach, and orange all at the same time.
Aesculus pavia, Red Buckeye
Bright red flowers attract hummingbirds.
Agastache – Rosie Posie Hummingbird Mint
Hummingbirds find it irresistible.
Allium – Red Giant Ornamental Onion
Giant purple orbs.
Amsonia tabermontana – Blue Star
Award winning native with starry blue flowers.
Antennaria neglecta – Field Pussytoes
Grows anywhere--sun, shade, even dry shade.
Antennaria plantaginifolia – Pussytoes
Missouri native with fun flowers in the shape of a cat's paw.
Aronia melanocarpa Chokeberry
Showy Missouri native shrub. Tolerates wet soils.
Asclepias incarnata – Cinderella Swamp Milkweed
A beautiful selection of our Missouri native.
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Missouri native with clouds of pink blossoms.
Asclepias purpurascens – Purple Milkweed
Highly coveted, difficult to find, limited availability.
Asclepias sullivantii – Prairie Milkweed
Important food source for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
Asclepias syrica – Common Milkweed
Essential host plant for Monarch caterpillars. Mo Bot Garden's Plant of Merit winner.
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Milkweed
#1 best selling Missouri native perennial.
Asclepias verticillata – Whorled Milkweed
Important food source for Monarch butterflies.
Asclepias vir[dis – Green Milkweed
Missouri native perennial.
Asimina Shenandoah Peterson Pawpaw Tree
Abundant tasty fruit can be up to one pound in weight.
Asimina Susquehanna Peterson Pawpaw Tree
Exceptional Pawpaw tree with large tasty fruit and few seeds.
Aster cordifolius – Blue Wood Aster
Shade loving Missouri native with clouds of rich blue flowers.
Aster laevis – Smooth Aster
Billowing panicles of soft blue flowers in autumn.
Aster oblongifolium – Aromatic Aster
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
Baptisia australis – Blue Indigo
A Missouri native adored for its indigo blossoms.
Buddleia – Grand Cascade Butterfly Bush
Ginormous flowers panicles slightly weep.
Buddleia – Prince Charming, Butterfly Bush
A flower color rarely seen.
Buddleia – Pugster Blue Butterfly Bush
Plump full-sized flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Buddleia – Pugster Periwinkle Butterfly Bush
Showy pinky-purple flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Buddleia – Pugster Pink Butterfly Bush
Large pink flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Buddleia – Pugster White Butterfly Bush
Large white flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Buddleia – Queen of Hearts Butterfly Bush
A royal beauty.
Buddleia – Ruby Chip Butterfly Bush
Ruby pink flowers on petite sized shrubs. Adored by butterflies.
Buxus Green Mountain Boxwood
Great shape.
Callicarpa americana, American Beautyberry
Missouri native shrub with showy purple berries.
Callirhoe involucrata – Purple Poppy Mallow
2019 Native of the Year.
Calycanthus floridus, Carolina Allspice
Award winning Missouri native shrub with highly scented flowers.
Carex albicans – White-Tinged Sedge
Pretty Missouri native Sedge.
Carex eburnea – Bristle Leaf Sedge
Carex pensylvanica, Pennsylvania Sedge
Caryopteris – Beyond Midnight Bluebeard
Caryopteris – Dark Knight Bluebeard
Showy blue flowers are pollinator magnets.
Caryopteris – Pavillion Blue Bluebeard Shrub
Lilac blue flowers late summer into fall.
Caryopteris – Pavillion Pink Bluebeard Shrub
Cinderella Pink flowers late summer into fall.
Caryopteris – Sunshine Blue II Bluebeard Shrub
Sapphire flowers on golden foliage.
Cephalanthus Fiber Optics Buttonbush
Dwarf variety of Missouri native. Showy flowers beloved by native wildlife.
Cephalanthus occidentalis, Buttonbush
Cephalanthus Sugar Shack, Buttonbush
Dwarf variety of Missouri Native. Show flowers beloved by native wildlife.
Chelone glabra -Turtle Head
Chelone obliqua – Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
Chionanthus virginicus – Fringe Tree
Missouri native tree with elaborate blooms.
Cladrastis kentukea, Yellowwood
Missouri native tree with showy flowers and foliage.