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Phlox pilosa – Prairie Phlox
Native perennial, makes a fantastic ground cover in sunny areas.
Liatris ligulistylis – Meadow Blazing Star
#1 favorite nectar plant source for Monarch butterflies, Mo native.
Amsonia tabermontana – Willowleaf Blue Star
Top award-winning native with starry blue flowers.
Aristolochia tomentosa – Dutchman’s Pipe
Pipe shaped blossoms on rapidly growing native vine.
Aster divaricatus – White Wood Aster
A butterfly favorite and Missouri native.
Aster oolentagiensis – Sky Blue Aster
A top favorite of gardeners and critters.
Calamintha – Calamint
2021 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of the Year. Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Of Merit. Sun-loving perennial.
Carex albicans – White-Tinged Sedge
Pretty Missouri native Sedge.
Carex grayi – Gray Sedge
Fun and funky Missouri native sedge.
Ceanothus americanus – New Jersey Tea
Fragrant flowers on small native shrub, butterflies and more adore it.
Chasmanthium latifolium – Northern Sea Oats
Bring beautiful form to your shade garden.
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.
Delphinium exaltatum – Larkspur
Missouri native perennial Larkspur.
Eupatorium purpureum Eutrochium – Joe-Pye Weed
One of the largest Missouri native perennials.
Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
A favorite of humans and other critters.
Matteuccia struthiopteris – Ostrich Fern
A vigorous handsome Missouri native fern.
Monarda bradburiana – Bee Balm
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
An important Missouri and Illinois native pollinator food source.
Muhlenbergia capillaris – Pink Muhly Grass
Clouds of rich pink fall flowers.
Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern
Easy to grow Missouri native fern.
Opuntia humifusa – Prickly Pear Cactus
Missouri and Illinois native perennial cactus.
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum – Cinnamon Fern
Podophyllum pelatatum – Mayapple
Early blooming Missouri native perennial.
Polemonium reptans – Jacob’s Ladder
Top Missouri native ground cover for shady areas.
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.
Ratibida pinnata – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Fun Missouri native perennial.
Rudbeckia – American Gold Rush Black-Eyed Susan
2023 Perennial Plant of the Year, winner of top 3 horticulture awards.
Rudbeckia fulgida – Shining Black-Eyed Susan
Birds love this Illinois and Missouri native's seeds.
Rudbeckia hirta – Black-Eyed Susan
An easy to grow Missouri native.
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.
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 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.
Sporobolus heterolepis – Prairie Dropseed
Popular Missouri native grass that smells like popcorn.
Verbena canadensis – Rose Verbena
2023 Native of the Year. Profuse blooming Missouri native perennial.
Veronicastrum virginicum – Culver’s Root
Majestic Missouri native perennial.
Zizia aptera – Golden Alexander
A top choice for pollinators.
Zizia aurea – Golden Alexander
Host plant for the Black Swallowtail butterfly.
Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed
Essential host plant for Monarch caterpillars. Mo Bot Garden's Plant of Merit winner.
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Milkweed
#1 best selling Missouri native perennial.
Coreopsis pubescens – Star Tickseed
Missouri and Illinois native perennial. Easy!
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