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Vernonia fasciculata – Prairie Ironweed
Feeds countless butterflies and other important pollinators.
Vernonia missurica – Missouri Ironweed
Feeds countless butterflies and other important pollinators.
Achillea millefolium – Yarrow
Ideal native plant for hot sunny spots.
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.
Antennaria neglecta – Field Pussytoes
Grows anywhere--sun, shade, even dry shade.
Apios americana – Groundnut Vine
Missouri native vine for shade.
Aralia Sun King
2020 Perennial Plant Of The Year.
Asclepias incarnata – Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed
Brilliant white long lasting blossoms.
Asclepias sullivantii – Prairie Milkweed
Important food source for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
Asclepias verticillata – Whorled Milkweed
Important food source for Monarch butterflies.
Asclepias viridis – Green Milkweed
Missouri native perennial.
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.
Astilbe – Look At Me False Spirea
Huge pink plumes with dramatic red stems.
Baptisia alba – White Wild Indigo
A tough Missouri native perennial.
Baptisia bracteata – Cream Wild Indigo
Easy to grow Missouri native perennial.
Buddleia – Black Knight Butterfly Bush
12" florets loaded with countless shades of pink petals.
Buddleia – Pugster White Butterfly Bush
Large white flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Buddleia – Ruby Chip Butterfly Bush
Ruby pink flowers on petite sized shrubs. Adored by butterflies.
Buddleia – Violet Cascade Butterfly Bush
Ginormous weeping flowers.
Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge or Oak Sedge
Native Sedge ideal for shade to deep shade where nothing else will grow.
Caryopteris – Dark Knight Bluebeard
Showy blue flowers are pollinator magnets.
Chelone obliqua – Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
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