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Aronia melanocarpa – Chokeberry
Showy Missouri native shrub. Tolerates wet soils.
Astilbe – Dark Side of the Moon False Spirea
Dramatic chocolate burgundy foliage, deep purple flowers, shade perennial.
Betula – Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch – Little King Dwarf River Birch Tree
Extremely showy peeling bark.
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.
Carex muskingumensis – Palm Sedge
Popular Missouri native sedge.
Clethra Ruby Spice – Summersweet
Award-winning fragrant pink flowers.
Cornus – Garden Glow Red Twig Dogwood
Fantastic year-round color.
Hamamelis virginiana, Common Witch Hazel
Magnificent native shrub or small tree.
Hydrangea arborescens – Smooth Hydrangea
2024 Native Plant Of The Year
Ilex – Berry Heavy Female Winterberry
Abundance of red berries in winter.
Ilex – Little Goblin Red Female Winterberry
Huge red berries on dwarf nativar shrub.
Itea Fizzy Mizzy, Sweetspire
Fun small shrub with sweetly scented white flower spikes.
Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
A favorite of humans and other critters.
Lobelia siphilitica – Blue Cardinal Flower
Majestic Missouri native perennial.
Monarda bradburiana – Bee Balm
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
Opuntia humifusa – Prickly Pear Cactus
Missouri and Illinois native perennial cactus.
Penstemon digitalis – Smooth White Beardtongue
An important food source for pollinators.
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium – Slender Mountain Mint
2020 Native of the Year.
Salix – Tortusa Corkscrew Willow
Twisty stems and leaves create an interesting mid size tree.
Salix x blanda – Wisconsin Weeping Willow Tree
Graceful pendulous stems, fast growing.
Senecio aureus – Golden Groundsel
Dream plant for tough dry shade spots.
Senecio obovata – Squaw Weed
Fantastic MO and IL native evergreen ground cover for sun or shade.
Sporobolus heterolepis – Prairie Dropseed
Popular Missouri native grass that smells like popcorn.
Amsonia ciliata – Fringed Blue Star
Missouri native with soft sky blue blossoms.
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