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Gaillardia – Mesa Bright Bicolor Blanket Flower
Brilliant nonfading color all season.
Gaillardia – Spin Top Copper Orange Blanket Flower
Fascinating fluted orange petals.
Helenium autumnale – Sneezeweed
Missouri native perennial for sunny spots.
Heliopsis – Sunstruck Perennial Sunflower
Striking foliage and flowers. Sun loving perennial.
Heliopsis helianthoides – Oxeye Sunflower
Popular Missouri native with people and pollinators.
Hibiscus moscheutos – Swamp Rose Mallow
Among the largest flowers produced by a native perennial.
Hydrangea Big Band – Reblooming Hydrangea
Jewel-tone flowers rapidly repeat flower.
Hydrangea Can Do! – Reblooming Hydrangea
Reliable showy flowers every year.
Hydrangea Fairytrail Bride – Cascading Hydrangea
First-ever Cascading Hydrangea!
Iodanthus pinnatifidus – Purple Rocket
A Missouri and Illinois native that brings color to shady spots.
Lathyrus latifolius – Pearl Mix Sweet Pea
Old-fashioned favorite to use as a climber or ground cover.
Liatris microcephala – Smallhead Blazing Star
A US native perennial that delights humans and critters alike.
Liatris pycnostachya – Eureka Prairie Blazing Star
Spectacular 1' long dense purple flower tops 4-5' stem, tough perennial.
Lindera benzoin, Spicebush
Illinois and Missouri native host plant to Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly.
Lonicera sempervirens Coral Honeysuckle
Easy to grow Missouri native vine.
Oligoneuron ridellii – Riddell’s Goldenrod
An important pollinator food source.
Packera obovata – Squaw Weed
Fantastic MO native evergreen ground cover for sun or shade.
Phlox – Olympus Variegated Tall Garden Phlox
Gorgeous leaves and flowers, hardy perennial.
Phlox amplifolia – Captain Puggleface Largeleaf Phlox
This entertainer has a name as adorable as its blossoms.
Phlox paniculata – Early Purple Eye Garden Phlox
Blooms 3 weeks earlier than other similar perennial Phlox.
Phlox paniculata – Early White Garden Phlox
Blooms 3 weeks earlier than older selections of Phlox.
Phlox paniculata – Jeana Garden Phlox
Best performer in top field trial, top award winner.
Rudbeckia – Indian Summer Black-Eyed Susan
A staff and customer favorite with huge yellow flowers that shine in pots and the garden.
Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Coneflower
Armloads of cut flowers with the Missouri native sun perennial.
Salvia – Color Spires Azure Snow Sage
Bicolored flowers unlike any other.
Senecio aureus – Golden Groundsel
Dream plant for tough dry shade spots.
Vernonia fasciculata – Prairie Ironweed
Feeds countless butterflies and other important pollinators.
Vernonia missurica – Missouri Ironweed
Feeds countless butterflies and other important pollinators.
Achillea – Peter Cottontail Yarrow
Adorable white puffy flowers all summer long.
Agastache – Morello Hummingbird Mint
Dense bright raspberry pink flowers bloom spring through fall on this annual or short-lived perennial.
Agastache – Rosie Posie Hummingbird Mint
Hummingbirds find it irresistible.
Agastache Sunrise Rose Hummingbird Mint
Extremely long blooming selection.
Antennaria neglecta – Field Pussytoes
Grows anywhere--sun, shade, even dry shade.
Apios americana – Groundnut Vine
Missouri native vine for shade.
Aristolochia tomentosa, Dutchman’s Pipe
Pipe shaped blossoms.
Asclepias incarnata – Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed
Brilliant white long lasting blossoms.
Asclepias purpurascens – Purple Milkweed
Highly coveted, difficult to find, limited availability.
Asclepias sullivantii – Prairie Milkweed
Important food source for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
Asclepias tuberosa – Hello Yellow Butterfly Milkweed
Yellow selection of the popular Missouri native perennial.
Asclepias verticillata – Whorled Milkweed
Important food source for Monarch butterflies.
Asclepias viridis – Green Milkweed
Missouri native perennial.
Aster cordifolius – Blue Wood Aster
Shade loving Missouri native with clouds of rich blue flowers.
Aster laevis – Smooth Aster
Billowing panicles of soft blue flowers in autumn.
Aster oblongifolium – Aromatic Aster
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
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