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Rudbeckia – Goldquelle Cutleaf Coneflower
3" yellow pompoms appear mid-summer into fall.
Rudbeckia fulgida – Shining Black-Eyed Susan
Birds love this Illinois and Missouri native's seeds.
Rudbeckia laciniata – Cutleaf Coneflower
A Missouri native and Monarch magnet!
Rudbeckia missouriensis – Missouri Black-Eyed Susan
An important food source for butterflies and hummingbirds, Mo native.
Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Coneflower
Armloads of cut flowers with the Missouri native sun perennial.
Ruellia hymilis – Wild Petunia
Pretty lilac-blue flowers attract beautiful flying guests, native perennial.
Salvia – Color Spires Azure Snow Sage
Bicolored flowers unlike any other.
Salvia azurea – Blue Sage
Azure blue flowers midsummer through fall. MO and IL native.
Scutellaria incana – Downy Skullcap
Fun Missouri and Illinois native.
Senecio obovata – Squaw Weed
Fantastic MO and IL native evergreen ground cover for sun or shade.
Silphium laciniatum – Compass Plant
Silphium terebinthinaceum – Prairie Dock
A Missouri native perennial that looks like a tropical.
Solidago speciosa – Showy Goldenrod
Important Mo. native pollinator plant.
Spigelia marilandica – Ragin Cajun Indian Pink
A superior selection of our Missouri native Indian Pink with multitudes of brilliant orange-red blossoms.
Spirea Gold Thread
Gold ferny leaves add great color and texture.
Taxodium distichum – Bald Cypress
Tough native tree that will grow just about anywhere in the sun.
Thalictrum – My Little Favorite Meadow Rue
Airy foliage and flowers, shade-loving perennial.
Thalictrum rochebrunianum – Meadow Rue
Top shade perennial highly recommended.
Tradescantia ohiensis – Ohio Spiderwort
Easy to grow Missouri native perennial.
Vernonia arkansana – Curlytop Ironweed
Featured plant of the Missouri Prairie Foundation Grow Native Pollinator Buffet program.
Vernonia fasciculata – Prairie Ironweed
Feeds countless butterflies and other important pollinators.
Vernonia missurica – Missouri Ironweed
Feeds countless butterflies and other important pollinators.
Veronicastrum virginicum – Culver’s Root
Majestic Missouri native perennial.
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