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Iris cristata – Crested Iris
A delightful Missouri native Iris for shade.
Kniphofia – Jackpot Red Hot Poker
A sure bet for stunning blossoms.
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.
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.
Lathyrus latifolius – Pearl Mix Sweet Pea
Old-fashioned favorite to use as a climber or ground cover.
Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
A favorite of humans and other critters.
Melanthium virginicum – Bunchflower
One of the showiest Missouri and Illinois native plants.
Nepeta – Prelude Blue Catmint
Flowers appear all the way up its stem.
Nepeta – Walker’s Low, Catmint
Major award winner.
Opuntia humifusa – Prickly Pear Cactus
Missouri and Illinois native perennial cactus.
Penstemon cobaea – Foxglove Beardtongue
Beautiful Missouri native with huge blossoms.
Penstemon hirsutus – Hairy Beardtongue
Hoards of purple and white dangling bells, U.S. native perennial.
Perovskia atriplicifolia – Russian Sage
Multiple award winner with lavender-blue flowers and fantastic silver foliage.
Phlox divaricata – Wild Sweet William
Delightful MO and IL native perennial with a sweet perfume.
Phlox glaberrima – Smooth Phlox
Showy MO and IL native perennial, deer resistant.
Phlox pilosa – Prairie Phlox
Native perennial, makes a fantastic ground cover in sunny areas.
Podophyllum peltatum – Mayapple
Early blooming Missouri native perennial.
Polystichum acrostichoides – Christmas Fern
Evergreen Missouri native fern.
Ratibida columnifera – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Easy to grow Missouri native for sun.
Ratibida pinnata – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Fun Missouri native perennial.
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.
Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem Grass
2022 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of the Year
Mo native with slender green leaves highlighted with blue.
Schizachyrium Standing Ovation – Little Bluestem Grass
2022 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of the Year. A superior selection of our native grass.
Scutellaria incana – Downy Skullcap
Fun Missouri and Illinois native.
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.
Sporobolus heterolepis – Prairie Dropseed
Popular Missouri native grass that smells like popcorn.
Tradescantia ohiensis – Ohio Spiderwort
Easy to grow Missouri native perennial.
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