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Achillea – New Vintage Rose Yarrow
Superior variety, vast improvement over older selections.
Achillea – Peter Cottontail Yarrow
Adorable white puffy flowers all summer long.
Agastache – Royal Raspberry Hummingbird Mint
Vigorous hummingbird-loving sun perennial.
Agastache Sunrise Rose Hummingbird Mint
Extremely long blooming selection.
Astilbe – Look At Me False Spirea
Huge pink plumes with dramatic red stems.
Bignonia capreolata – Cross Vine
2" trumpet shaped blossoms, Missouri and Illinois native vine.
Dianthus Everlast Pink To White Carnation
Spicy perfume and endless blossoms, perennial.
Heliopsis – Sunstruck Perennial Sunflower
Striking foliage and flowers. Sun loving perennial.
Phlox pilosa – Prairie Phlox
Native perennial, makes a fantastic ground cover in sunny areas.
Phlox Ultraviolet
No shrinking violet it screams "Look how pretty I am!"
Salvia – Blue By You Meadow Sage
2024 Perennial Of The Year, a vast improvement over old varieties.
Salvia – Color Spires Crystal Blue Sage
Crystal blue flowers unlike any other.
Kniphofia – Lady Luck Red Hot Poker
With 5.5' flower stalks our largest Red Hot Poker.
Kniphofia – Orange Blaze Red Hot Poker
An explosion of dramatic orange blossoms all summer.
Liatris ligulistylis – Meadow Blazing Star
#1 favorite nectar plant source for Monarch butterflies, Mo native.
Phlox paniculata – Peppermint Twist Garden Phlox
Super fun two colored blossoms.
Salvia – Color Spires Azure Snow Sage
Bicolored flowers unlike any other.
Agastache – Blue Fortune Hummingbird Mint
One of the easiest and most rewarding sun perennials.
Agastache – Morello Hummingbird Mint
Dense bright raspberry pink flowers bloom spring through fall on this annual or short-lived perennial.
Allium – Millenium Ornamental Onion
2018 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Amelanchier arborea Downy Serviceberry
Colorful year round with flowers, berries, foliage and bark.
Amsonia illustris – Shining Blue Star
Popular, easy-to-grow Missouri native perennial.
Amsonia tabermontana – Willowleaf Blue Star
Top award-winning native with starry blue flowers.
Anemone – Snow Angel Windflower
A vigorous bloomer with multitudes of pure white blossoms.
Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine
Charming, dangling blossoms of red and yellow.
Aristolochia tomentosa – Dutchman’s Pipe
Pipe shaped blossoms on rapidly growing native vine.
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Missouri and Illinois native with clouds of pink blossoms.
Asimina – Shenandoah Peterson Pawpaw Tree
Abundant tasty fruit can be up to one pound in weight.
Aster divaricatus – White Wood Aster
A butterfly favorite and Missouri native.
Aster oolentagiensis – Sky Blue Aster
A top favorite of gardeners and critters.
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 – Go Go Red Reblooming False Spirea
First Reblooming Red Astilbe! Long-lived Shade perennial.
Astilbe – Mighty Chocolate Cherry False Spirea
Large dramatic red plumes soar to 45" tall.
Astilbe – Mighty Pip False Spirea
Excellent performer, staff favorite, highly recommended.
Astilbe – Pumila False Spirea
Makes a fantastic ground cover for shade.
Baptisia australis – Blue Indigo
A Missouri native adored for its indigo blossoms.
Betula – Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch – Little King Dwarf River Birch Tree
Extremely showy peeling bark.
Betula – Heritage River Birch Tree
Perfect shade tree for a patio.
Buddleia – Pink Cascade II Butterfly Bush
12" florets loaded with countless shades of pink petals.
Buddleia – Prince Charming, Butterfly Bush
A flower color rarely seen.
Buddleia – Pugster Blue Butterfly Bush
Multiple award winner. Plump full-sized flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Buddleia – Pugster Pinker Butterfly Bush
Large pink flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Buddleia – Violet Cascade Butterfly Bush
Ginormous weeping flowers.
Caryopteris – Beyond Midnight Bluebeard
Popular variety.
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.
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.
Chionanthus virginicus – Fringe Tree
Missouri native tree with elaborate blooms.
Clethra Ruby Spice – Summersweet
Award-winning fragrant pink flowers.
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.
Corylus americana – American Hazelnut
Edible native shrub with showy spring flowers. Grows in sun or shade.
Delphinium exaltatum – Larkspur
Missouri native perennial Larkspur.
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