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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.
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.
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