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Chionanthus virginicus – Fringe Tree
Missouri native tree with elaborate blooms.
Clethra Ruby Spice – Summersweet
Award-winning fragrant pink flowers.
Colocasia – Distant Memory Elephant Ears
4-5' near jet-black elegant leaves.
Colocasia – Pharaohs Mask Elephant Ears
Create your own exotic world with this enchanter.
Colocasia – Redemption Elephant Ears
Dramatic color combo on huge leaves.
Coreopsis – Golden Sphere Tickseed
Prolific bloomer.
Coreopsis – Lightning Bug Tickseed
An adorable cutie with season long firefly color. Sun loving perennial.
Coreopsis – Uptick Gold and Bronze Tickseed
Far superior than older varieties.
Coreopsis – Uptick Red Tickseed
Far superior than older varieties, nonstop blooms, hardy perennial.
Coreopsis Charlize – Tickseed
Rich lemon yellow pompoms.
Coreopsis lanceolata – Lance Leaf Coreopsis
Named 2021 Missouri Native Plant Of The Year for its outstanding qualities.
Coreopsis tripteris – Star Tickseed
Choice Missouri native for butterflies.
Cornus florida – White Flowering Dogwood Tree
Popular Missouri native tree.
Cornus florida f. rubra Pink Flowering Dogwood Tree
Popular Missouri native tree.
Cotinus obovatus – Smoke Tree
Showy foliage and airy flowers on a small tree.
Delphinium exaltatum – Larkspur
Missouri native perennial Larkspur.
Deutzia Nikko
As rugged as it is pretty.
Echinacea – Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower
Fabulous colors, winner of major awards.
Echinacea – Pow Wow Wildberry Coneflower
Major award winner.
Echinacea pallida – Pale Purple Coneflower
Missouri Botanical Gardens Plant of Merit Winner.
Echinacea paradoxa – Ozark Coneflower
A rare Missouri native perennial.
Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower
Gorgeous Missouri native perennial for natural and formal settings.
Eryngium – Blue Glitter Sea Holly
Fascinating intense blue flowers.
Eryngium yuccifolium – Rattlesnake Master
Tough and unique Missouri and Illinois native for hot, dry areas.
Eupatorium purpureum Eutrochium – Joe-Pye Weed
One of the largest Missouri native perennials.
Geranium – Rozanne Hardy Geranium
Winner of multiple top awards.
Geranium maculatum – Hardy Geranium
Long-lived Missouri native shade perennial Geranium.
Geranium sanguineum – Elke Cranesbill
Sun, shade, deer, rabbits, bad soil, who cares! It grows just about anywhere. Rare and choice.
Gymnocladus dioicus – Kentucky Coffee Tree
Award-winning tree to create shade.
Helianthus pauciflorus – Prairie Sunflower
Large vigorous Illinois and Missouri native for the sun garden.
Helleborus – Maid of Honor Lenten Rose
Spectacular shade perennial.
Heuchera Fire Alarm Coral Bell
The best red leafed Coral Bell.
Heuchera Forever Purple Coral Bell
The most spectacular purple Coral Bell.
Hibiscus – White Pillar Rose of Sharon
Create a gorgeous blooming living wall with this sun-loving shrub.
Hibiscus lasiocarpus – Rose Mallow
Big showy plant with huge flowers.
Hibiscus Purple Pillar, Rose of Sharon
Tall and narrow shrub makes an excellent hedge.
Hypericum prolificum – Shrubby St. John’s Wort
A popular native shrub with sunny yellow puff balls of blossoms.
Ilex – Berry Heavy Female Winterberry
Abundance of red berries in winter.
Ilex – Little Goblin Red Female Winterberry
Huge red berries on dwarf nativar shrub.
Iris Immortality Repeat Blooming German Iris
One of the best Repeat Blooming German Iris.
Itea – Henry’s Garnet Sweetspire
Beautiful scented flowers on a rugged, adaptable shrub.
Itea Fizzy Mizzy, Sweetspire
Fun small shrub with sweetly scented white flower spikes.
Juniperus – Blue Arrow Juniper
Extremely narrow with steel blue foliage.
Juniperus – Moonglow Juniper
Shimmering silvery-blue foliage and majestic pyramidal shape.
Kniphofia – Jackpot Red Hot Poker
A sure bet for stunning blossoms.
Kniphofia – Rocket’s Red Glare Red Hot Poker
As dramatic as the song with huge hot colored blossoms.
Lamium – Purple Dragon Spotted Deadnettle
Fast spreading ground cover for shade.
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