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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
Caryopteris – Dark Knight Bluebeard
Showy blue flowers are pollinator magnets.
Caryopteris – Grand Bleu Bluebeard
Showy blue flowers are pollinator magnets.
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 – Blue By You Meadow Sage
2024 Perennial Of The Year, a vast improvement over old varieties.
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.
Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed
Essential host plant for Monarch caterpillars. Mo Bot Garden's Plant of Merit winner.
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Milkweed
#1 best selling Missouri native perennial.
Asclepias verticillata – Whorled Milkweed
Important food source for Monarch butterflies.
Asimina – Shenandoah Peterson Pawpaw Tree
Abundant tasty fruit can be up to one pound in weight.
Astilbe – Go Go Red Reblooming False Spirea
First Reblooming Red Astilbe! Long-lived Shade perennial.
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.
Hibiscus – Edge of Night Rose Mallow
Striking jet black foliage and bubblegum pink blossoms on this hardy perennial.
Hibiscus – Summer Carnival Rose Mallow
Bold, beautiful flowers, gorgeous variegated foliage.
Kalimeris – Blue Star
Sky blue blossoms appear for months. Highly recommended. Sun to part sun perennial.
Liatris spicata Blazing Star
Showy Missouri native loved by butterflies.
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.
Phlox pilosa – Prairie Phlox
Native perennial, makes a fantastic ground cover in sunny areas.
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!
Buddleia – Chrysalis Cranberry Butterfly Bush
Vibrant flowers on a petite plant.
Buddleia – Pugster Blue Butterfly Bush
Multiple award winner. Plump full-sized flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Echinacea – Kismet Pink Lemonade Coneflower
Unusual flowers bloom for months.
Echinacea – Prima Ruby Coneflower
Large red petals surround dark, almost black, cones.
Echinacea pallida – Pale Purple Coneflower
Missouri Botanical Gardens Plant of Merit Winner.
Helianthus occidentalis – Western Sunflower
Large bold Missouri native for the sun garden.
Hibiscus laevis – Halberd Leaved Rose Mallow
Its interesting leaves resemble the 15th-16th century weapon the halberd spear.
Vernonia missurica – Missouri Ironweed
Feeds countless butterflies and other important pollinators.
Echinacea paradoxa – Ozark Coneflower
A rare Missouri native perennial.
Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
A favorite of humans and other critters.
Achillea – Milly Rock Red Yarrow
Stunning red blossoms highlighted with yellow spring-fall.
Allium – Millenium Ornamental Onion
2018 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Amsonia illustris – Shining Blue Star
Popular, easy-to-grow Missouri native perennial.
Amsonia tabermontana – Willowleaf Blue Star
Top award-winning native with starry blue flowers.
Anemone Curtain Call Deep Rose Windflower
Thousands of blossoms in late summer and fall.
Aristolochia tomentosa – Dutchman’s Pipe
Pipe shaped blossoms on rapidly growing native vine.
Astilbe – Pumila False Spirea
Makes a fantastic ground cover for shade.
Betula – Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch – Little King Dwarf River Birch Tree
Extremely showy peeling bark.
Buddleia – Pugster Pinker Butterfly Bush
Large pink flowers on dwarf shrubs.
Carpinus caroliniana – American Hornbeam
Award-winning native tree for understory plantings.
Caryopteris – Beyond Midnight Bluebeard
Popular variety.
Caryopteris – Sapphire Surf Bluebeard Shrub
Sapphire blue flowers late summer into fall.
Ceanothus americanus – New Jersey Tea
Fragrant flowers on small native shrub, butterflies and more adore it.
Cercis – Forest Pansy Redbud
Glossy purple heart shaped leaves and vibrant flowers.
Chelone lyonii – Hot Lips Turtle Head
Adorable flowers in the shape of turtle heads.
Chionanthus virginicus – Fringe Tree
Missouri native tree with elaborate blooms.
Coreopsis – Uptick Gold and Bronze Tickseed
Far superior than older varieties.
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