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Chelone obliqua – Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
Phlox divaricata – Wild Sweet William
Delightful MO and IL native perennial with a sweet perfume.
Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge or Oak Sedge
Native Sedge ideal for shade to deep shade where nothing else will grow.
Antennaria neglecta – Field Pussytoes
Grows anywhere--sun, shade, even dry shade.
Phlox paniculata – Garden Phlox
Missouri native with fragrant flowers for months.
Aster oolentagiensis – Sky Blue Aster
A top favorite of gardeners and critters.
Itea – Scentlandia Sweetspire
Sweetly scented flowers bloom on an easy-going shrub that grows almost anywhere.
Hydrangea Wee White – Smooth Hydrangea
Easy-care miniature shrub. Perfect for landscapes or mixed in perennial gardens.
Aster cordifolius – Blue Wood Aster
Shade loving Missouri native with clouds of rich blue flowers.
Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
A favorite of humans and other critters.
Silphium terebinthinaceum – Prairie Dock
A Missouri native perennial that looks like a tropical.
Aster oblongifolium – Aromatic Aster
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
Vernonia arkansana – Curlytop Ironweed
Featured plant of the Missouri Prairie Foundation Grow Native Pollinator Buffet program.
Solidago speciosa – Showy Goldenrod
Important Mo. native pollinator plant.
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum – Cinnamon Fern
Hydrangea a. – Invincibelle Ruby Smooth Hydrangea
A red version of our native Hydrangea.
Hydrangea arborescens – Smooth Hydrangea
2024 Native Plant Of The Year
Sedum ternatum – Three-Leafed Stonecrop
Hard working Missouri and Illinois native ground cover for hot areas.
Geranium sanguineum – Elke Cranesbill
Sun, shade, deer, rabbits, bad soil, who cares! It grows just about anywhere. Rare and choice.
Thuja – Green Giant Arborvitae
Award-winning, fast growing evergreen. Perfect for living walls.
Hydrangea a. – Incrediball Blush Smooth Hydrangea
Huge pink flowers bloom reliably year after year.
Polystichum acrostichoides – Christmas Fern
Evergreen Missouri native fern.
Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern
Easy to grow Missouri native fern.
Hydrangea – Limelight Panicle Hydrangea
Huge fluffy flowers reliably bloom in abundance every year. Comes in shrub or tree form.
Diervilla Cool Splash – Bush Honeysuckle
Verbena canadensis – Rose Verbena
2023 Native of the Year. Profuse blooming Missouri native perennial.
Ceanothus americanus – New Jersey Tea
Fragrant flowers on small native shrub, butterflies and more adore it.
Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye
Large showy hard to find shrub.
Rudbeckia – Indian Summer Black-Eyed Susan
Major award-winner and staff favorite!
Hydrangea paniculata – Pinky Winky Panicle Hydrangea
One of the most spectacular of all Hydrangeas.
Hydrangea – Incrediball Smooth Hydrangea
Huge flowers the size of basketballs on sturdy stems.
Hydrangea Ruby Slippers Oakleaf Hydrangea
Showy flowers and foliage.
Matteuccia struthiopteris – Ostrich Fern
A vigorous handsome Missouri native fern.
Polygonatum biflorum var commutatum – Solomon’s Seal
Dangling flowers appear in spring on this Illinois and Missouri native.
Podophyllum pelatatum – Mayapple
Early blooming Missouri native perennial.
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