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Heuchera Fire Alarm Coral Bell
The best red leafed Coral Bell.
Hibiscus – White Pillar Rose of Sharon
Create a gorgeous blooming living wall with this sun-loving shrub.
Hibiscus lasiocarpus – Rose Mallow
Big showy plant with huge flowers.
Hydrangea ¡Arriba! – Reblooming Hydrangea
One of the most prolific flowering Hydrangeas to date.
Hydrangea paniculata – Little Quick Fire Panicle Hydrangea
Blooms earlier than other Panicle Hydrangeas.
Hydrangea Pop Star
An abundance of flowers on a delightful compact shrub.
Hydrangea Sky View – Reblooming Hydrangea
Reliable flowers every year that easily turn blue.
Iris cristata – Crested Iris
A delightful Missouri native Iris for shade.
Itea – Henry’s Garnet Sweetspire
Beautiful scented flowers on a rugged, adaptable shrub.
Itea Fizzy Mizzy, Sweetspire
Fun small shrub with sweetly scented white flower spikes.
Itea virginica, Virginia Sweetspire
This small Missouri and Illinois native shrubs grows anywhere, sun, shade, wet, dry.
Lamium – Beacon Silver Nettle
Beautiful ground cover for shade.
Lamium – Purple Dragon Spotted Deadnettle
Fast spreading ground cover for shade.
Leucanthemum – Becky Shasta Daisy
Top award winner.
Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
A favorite of humans and other critters.
Liriodendron tulipifera – Tulip Tree
Stately native tree.
Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
Choice Missouri and Illinois native perennial with brilliant cardinal red blossoms.
Lobelia siphilitica – Blue Cardinal Flower
Majestic Missouri native perennial.
Lonicera Major Wheeler Trumpet Honeysuckle
Hummingbirds find it from miles around.
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.
Monarda bradburiana – Bee Balm
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
An important Missouri and Illinois native pollinator food source.
Monarda Jacob Cline Bee Balm
Hummingbirds adore its ruby red blossoms, long-time favorite sun perennial.
Nepeta – Walker’s Low, Catmint
Major award winner.
Paeonia Morning Lilac Itoh Peony
Expect at least 50 flowers on one mature plant. Bloom period can last up to 6 weeks!
Penstemon digitalis – Smooth White Beardtongue
An important food source for pollinators.
Phlox divaricata – Blue Moon Wild Sweet William
Sweetly fragrant easy care shade perennial.
Phlox paniculata – Coral Creme Drop Garden Phlox
Spectacular scented blossoms all summer.
Phlox paniculata – Garden Phlox
Missouri native with fragrant flowers for months.
Phlox pilosa – Prairie Phlox
Native perennial, makes a fantastic ground cover in sunny areas.
Pycnanthemum muticum – Blunt Mountain Mint
Top choice to attract butterflies and more, multiple award winner.
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium – Slender Mountain Mint
2020 Native of the Year.
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.
Ratibida pinnata – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Fun Missouri native perennial.
Rhus aromatica – Fragrant Sumac
Rugged native Missouri and Illinois ground cover shrub for tough spots.
Rudbeckia – American Gold Rush Black-Eyed Susan
2023 Perennial Plant of the Year, winner of top 3 horticulture awards.
Rudbeckia fulgida – Shining Black-Eyed Susan
Birds love this Illinois and Missouri native's seeds.
Rudbeckia hirta – Black-Eyed Susan
An easy to grow Missouri native.
Rudbeckia laciniata – Cutleaf Coneflower
A Missouri native and Monarch magnet!
Rudbeckia maxima – Cabbage Leaf Coneflower
Majestic flowers and powder blue foliage.
Rudbeckia missouriensis – Missouri Black-Eyed Susan
An important food source for butterflies and hummingbirds, Mo native.
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.
Salvia azurea – Blue Sage
Azure blue flowers midsummer through fall. MO and IL native.
Sedum ternatum – Three-Leafed Stonecrop
Hard working Missouri and Illinois native ground cover for hot areas.
Senecio obovata – Squaw Weed
Fantastic MO and IL native evergreen ground cover for sun or shade.
Silphium terebinthinaceum – Prairie Dock
A Missouri native perennial that looks like a tropical.
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