Rabbit Resistant Plants
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Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
An important Missouri and Illinois native pollinator food source.
Nepeta – Prelude Blue Catmint
Flowers appear all the way up its stem.
Nepeta – Walker’s Low, Catmint
Major award winner.
Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern
Easy to grow Missouri native fern.
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum – Cinnamon Fern
Paeonia – High Noon Tree Peony
Winner of the prestigious American Peony Society’s Gold Medal award, the Society’s highest honor
Paeonia – Red Tree Peony
Wonderfully scented, crimson blossoms.
Paeonia Morning Lilac Itoh Peony
Expect at least 50 flowers on one mature plant. Bloom period can last up to 6 weeks!
Picea – Little Gem Norway Spruce
Perfect evergreen to frame the front door in pots or in the ground.
Polystichum acrostichoides – Christmas Fern
Evergreen Missouri native fern.
Prunus x cistena – Purple Leaf Sand Cherry
Red and purple foliage. Deer resistant.
Pycnanthemum muticum – Blunt Mountain Mint
Top choice to attract butterflies and more, multiple award winner.
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium – Slender Mountain Mint
2020 Native of the Year.
Rhus aromatica – Fragrant Sumac
Rugged native Missouri and Illinois ground cover shrub for tough spots.
Rudbeckia maxima – Cabbage Leaf Coneflower
Majestic flowers and powder blue foliage.
Salvia – Rose Marvel Meadow Sage
Largest flowers in its class, perennial.
Sambucus canadensis Bob Gordon – Elderberry
Showy lace cap flowers on this easy native shrub.
Sambucus canadensis Elderberry
Showy lace cap flowers on this easy native shrub.
Scutellaria incana – Downy Skullcap
Fun Missouri and Illinois native.
Sedum ternatum – Three-Leafed Stonecrop
Hard working Missouri and Illinois native ground cover for hot areas.
Senecio aureus – Golden Groundsel
Dream plant for tough dry shade spots.
Senecio obovata – Squaw Weed
Fantastic MO and IL native evergreen ground cover for sun or shade.
Silphium terebinthinaceum – Prairie Dock
A Missouri native perennial that looks like a tropical.
Spirea Gold Thread
Gold ferny leaves add great color and texture.
Syringa – Miss Kim Lilac
Heavily fragrant flowers bloom on a compact shrub.
Syringa Beauty of Moscow, Lilac
Highly fragrant double flowers.
Taxus Hicksii – Hicks Yew
Tall evergreen, perfect for living walls and foundation plantings.
Viburnum – Blue Muffin Arrowwood Viburnum
Award winner. Showy blue berries follow large white flowers.
Viburnum – Brandywine Possumhaw Viburnum
The most beautiful berry display in the plant kingdom.
Viburnum – Summer Snowflake Doublefile Viburnum
Longest blooming Viburnum. Berries beloved by birds.
Viburnum dentatum – Arrowwood Viburnum
Excellent Missouri native shrub. Showy blue berries follow large white flowers.
Weigela Snippet Dark Pink
Repeat blooming, petite shrub.
Weigela Sonic Bloom Pink – Repeat Blooming Weigela
Bright pink flowers. Repeat blooms all season.
Weigela Sonic Bloom Wine
First-ever! Repeat blooming Weigela with dark foliage.
Weigela Spilled Wine
Low-maintenance, showy shrub.
Weigela Tuxedo
Snow white flowers of dark foliage.
Weigela Vinho Verde
Interesting leaves on a tidy deer-resistant shrub.
Achillea – Moonshine Yarrow
Long time favorite with silvery foliage, sun loving perennial.
Agastache – Kudos Red Hummingbird Mint
Intense carmine blossoms all season.
Ajuga – Princess Leia Bugleweed
Striking green and white shade perennial, evergreen ground cover.
Allium Warrior – Bunching Onion
Edible, hardy, pretty, delicious!
Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed
Essential host plant for Monarch caterpillars. Mo Bot Garden's Plant of Merit winner.
Asimina triloba – Pawpaw Tree
2022 Tree Of the Year, Missouri's Official State Fruit Tree
Buxus Green Tower, Boxwood
Ideal tall evergreen hedge for small spaces.
Caryopteris – Pavillion Pink Bluebeard Shrub
Cinderella Pink flowers late summer into fall.
Echinacea – SunSeekers Golden Sun Coneflower
Brilliant yellow blossoms all season.
Packera obovata – Squaw Weed
Fantastic MO native evergreen ground cover for sun or shade.
Panicum – Blood Brothers Red Switch Grass
Dramatic grass with wine red blades, easy to grow.
Panicum – Hot Rod Red Switch Grass
Early season color-changing grass!
Vernonia fasciculata – Prairie Ironweed
Feeds countless butterflies and other important pollinators.
Vernonia missurica – Missouri Ironweed
Feeds countless butterflies and other important pollinators.
Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye
Large showy hard to find shrub.
Agastache – Rosie Posie Hummingbird Mint
Hummingbirds find it irresistible.
Agastache Sunrise Rose Hummingbird Mint
Extremely long blooming selection.
Asclepias viridis – Green Milkweed
Missouri native perennial.
Aster laevis – Smooth Aster
Billowing panicles of soft blue flowers in autumn.
Astilbe – Look At Me False Spirea
Huge pink plumes with dramatic red stems.
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