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Amsonia hubrichtii – Arkansas Blue Star
A favorite of garden designers.
Asimina triloba – Pawpaw Tree
2022 Tree Of the Year, Missouri's Official State Fruit Tree
Echinacea – Dark Shadows Wicked Coneflower
Bright petals contrast against dark cones and stems.
Echinacea – Fresco Apricot Coneflower
A refreshing change in Coneflowers!
Hibiscus lasiocarpus – Rose Mallow
Big showy plant with giant flowers, native perennial.
Rudbeckia laciniata – Cutleaf Coneflower
A Missouri native and Monarch magnet!
Salvia – Rose Marvel Meadow Sage
Largest flowers in its class, perennial.
Styrax – Evening Light Japanese Snowbell
Fragrant white flowers on glossy black foliage. Stunning.
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Missouri and Illinois native with clouds of pink blossoms.
Cercis – Ruby Falls Redbud
Weeping dwarf with elegant purple heart-shaped leaves and vibrant flowers.
Echinacea – Cara Mia Coral Coneflower
Soft peach petals surround vibrant coral puffs.
Echinacea – Revelation Coral Coneflower
Highly fragrant coral flowers.
Kalimeris – Blue Star
Sky blue blossoms appear for months. Highly recommended. Sun to part sun perennial.
Monarda – Balmy Tricolor Bee Balm
Here's a great deal - 3 plants for a great price.
Phlox paniculata – Jeana Garden Phlox
Best performer in top field trial, top award winner.
Ratibida pinnata – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Fun Missouri native perennial.
Rudbeckia – Indian Summer Black-Eyed Susan
Major award-winner and staff favorite!
Spirea Candy Corn
Color-changing foliage on low-maintenance shrub!
Echinacea – Kismet Pink Lemonade Coneflower
Unusual flowers bloom for months.
Echinacea paradoxa – Ozark Coneflower
A rare Missouri native perennial.
Allium – Millenium Ornamental Onion
2018 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Anemone Curtain Call Deep Rose Windflower
Thousands of blossoms in late summer and fall.
Betula – Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch – Little King Dwarf River Birch Tree
Extremely showy peeling bark.
Carpinus caroliniana – American Hornbeam
Award-winning native tree for understory plantings.
Coreopsis lanceolata – Lance Leaf Coreopsis
Named 2021 Missouri Native Plant Of The Year for its outstanding qualities.
Echinacea – Prima Tiger Coneflower
Roars into bloom all summer.
Echinacea – Sombrero Lemon Yellow Coneflower
Produces tons of clear lemon yellow flowers.
Eryngium yuccifolium – Rattlesnake Master
Tough and unique Missouri and Illinois native for hot, dry areas.
Gymnocladus dioicus – Kentucky Coffee Tree
Award-winning tree to create shade.
Helianthus pauciflorus – Prairie Sunflower
Large vigorous Illinois and Missouri native for the sun garden.
Itea – Fizzy Mizzy Sweetspire
Fun small shrub with sweetly scented white flower spikes.
Itea – Short N’ Sweet Sweetspire
Fragrant flowers that will grow just about anywhere.
Leucanthemum – Becky Shasta Daisy
Top award winner.
Malus – Blushing Delight Fruit Snacks Apple Tree
Delicious full-sized fruit on columnar trees.
Malus – Golden Treat Fruit Snacks Apple Tree
Large crisp apples on columnar trees.
Malus – Royal Raindrops Crabapple Tree
Award-winning, easy-care tree with multi-seasonal interest.
Penstemon digitalis – Smooth White Beardtongue
An important food source for pollinators.
Quercus bicolor – Swamp White Oak Tree
Bring the gift of nature home with this beauty, MO and IL native.
Quercus rubra – Red Oak Tree
Statuesque MO and IL native tree.
Zizia aptera – Golden Alexander
A top choice for pollinators.
Zizia aurea – Golden Alexander
Host plant for the Black Swallowtail butterfly.
Helenium autumnale – Sneezeweed
Missouri native perennial for sunny spots.
Iodanthus pinnatifidus – Purple Rocket
A Missouri and Illinois native that brings color to shady spots.
Oligoneuron ridellii – Riddell’s Goldenrod
An important pollinator food source.
Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Coneflower
Armloads of cut flowers with the Missouri native sun perennial.
Liatris ligulistylis – Meadow Blazing Star
#1 favorite nectar plant source for Monarch butterflies, Mo native.
Packera aurea – Golden Groundsel
Dream plant for tough dry shade spots.
Rudbeckia maxima – Cabbage Leaf Coneflower
Majestic flowers and powder blue foliage.
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