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Zizia aurea – Golden Alexander
Host plant for the Black Swallowtail butterfly.
Veronicastrum virginicum – Culver’s Root
Majestic Missouri native perennial.
Rudbeckia maxima – Cabbage Leaf Coneflower
Majestic flowers and powder blue foliage.
Rudbeckia laciniata – Cutleaf Coneflower
A Missouri native and Monarch magnet!
Rudbeckia fulgida – Shining Black-Eyed Susan
Birds love this Illinois and Missouri native's seeds.
Ratibida pinnata – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Fun Missouri native perennial.
Lobelia siphilitica – Blue Cardinal Flower
Majestic Missouri native perennial.
Liatris spicata Blazing Star
Showy Missouri native loved by butterflies.
Heliopsis – Sunstruck Perennial Sunflower
Striking foliage and flowers. Sun loving perennial.
Asclepias verticillata – Whorled Milkweed
Important food source for Monarch butterflies.
Heliopsis helianthoides – Oxeye Sunflower
Popular Missouri native with people and pollinators.
Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem Grass
2022 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of the Year
Mo native with slender green leaves highlighted with blue.
Echinacea paradoxa – Ozark Coneflower
A rare Missouri native perennial.
Allium – Millenium Ornamental Onion
2018 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed
Essential host plant for Monarch caterpillars. Mo Bot Garden's Plant of Merit winner.
Phlox paniculata – Jeana Garden Phlox
Best performer in top field trial, top award winner.
Hydrangea Quick Fire Fab Panicle Hydrangea
Magnificent color-changing flowers last for months and months.
Zizia aptera – Golden Alexander
A top choice for pollinators.
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Missouri and Illinois native with clouds of pink blossoms.
Penstemon digitalis – Smooth White Beardtongue
An important food source for pollinators.
Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Coneflower
Armloads of cut flowers with the Missouri native sun perennial.
Echinacea pallida – Pale Purple Coneflower
Missouri Botanical Gardens Plant of Merit Winner.
Amsonia illustris – Shining Blue Star
Popular, easy-to-grow Missouri native perennial.
Cephalanthus – Crimson Comets Buttonbush
A selection of our Missouri native with excellent fall color.
Halesia carolina – Carolina Silverbells
Hard to find tree with showy white bells
Carya illinonensis, Pecan Tree
Large Missouri and Illinois native tree that produces delicious edible nuts.
Weigela Tuxedo
Snow white flowers of dark foliage.
Amelanchier – Autumn Brilliance Apple Serviceberry
Award-winning small tree with multi-season interest.
Ilex – Little Goblin Red Female Winterberry
Huge red berries on dwarf nativar shrub.
Spigelia marilandica – Little Red Head Indian Pink
Superior selection of our Missouri native Indian Pink with vibrant crimson trumpets.
Paeonia – High Noon Tree Peony
Winner of the prestigious American Peony Society’s Gold Medal award, the Society’s highest honor
Achillea – New Vintage Rose Yarrow
Superior variety, vast improvement over older selections.
Hydrangea – Bobo Panicle Hydrangea
Award-winning tiny shrub with huge white flowers.
Aronia melanocarpa – Chokeberry
Showy Missouri native shrub. Tolerates wet soils.
Andropogon garardii Big Blue Stem Grass
Majestic Missouri native grass.
Asimina triloba – Pawpaw Tree
2022 Tree Of the Year, Missouri's Official State Fruit Tree
Echinacea – Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower
Fabulous colors, winner of major awards.
Salvia – Blue By You Meadow Sage
2024 Perennial Of The Year, a vast improvement over old varieties.
Buxus – Green Mountain Boxwood
Great shape.
Oligoneuron ridellii – Riddell’s Goldenrod
An important pollinator food source.
Packera aurea – Golden Groundsel
Dream plant for tough dry shade spots.
Cephalanthus occidentalis – Buttonbush
Callicarpa americana – American Beautyberry
Missouri and Illinois native shrub with showy purple berries.
Hibiscus – Holy Grail Rose Mallow
Only a gift from heaven could be named Holy Grail.
Achillea – Milly Rock Red Yarrow
Stunning red blossoms highlighted with yellow spring-fall.
Buddleia – Pugster Blue Butterfly Bush
Multiple award winner. Plump full-sized flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Helenium autumnale – Sneezeweed
Missouri native perennial for sunny spots.
Dalea purpurea – Purple Prairie Clover
Native perennial with fascinating foliage and flowers.
Aristolochia tomentosa – Dutchman’s Pipe
Pipe shaped blossoms on rapidly growing native vine.
Echinacea – Kismet Intense Orange Coneflower
Intense orange Coneflowers appear for months.
Leucanthemum – Becky Shasta Daisy
Top award winner.
Sporobolus heterolepis – Prairie Dropseed
Popular Missouri native grass that smells like popcorn.
Salvia – Rose Marvel Meadow Sage
Largest flowers in its class, perennial.
Coreopsis Charlize – Tickseed
Rich lemon yellow pompoms.
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.
Hydrangea Wee White – Smooth Hydrangea
Easy-care miniature shrub. Perfect for landscapes or mixed in perennial gardens.
Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
A favorite of humans and other critters.
Hydrangea a. – Invincibelle Ruby Smooth Hydrangea
A red version of our native Hydrangea.
Thuja – Green Giant Arborvitae
Award-winning, fast growing evergreen. Perfect for living walls.
Hydrangea – Limelight Panicle Hydrangea
Huge fluffy flowers reliably bloom in abundance every year. Comes in shrub or tree form.
Podophyllum pelatatum – Mayapple
Early blooming Missouri native perennial.
Buxus Green Tower, Boxwood
Ideal tall evergreen hedge for small spaces.
Kalimeris – Blue Star
Sky blue blossoms appear for months. Highly recommended. Sun to part sun perennial.
Hibiscus lasiocarpus – Rose Mallow
Big showy plant with giant flowers, native perennial.
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