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Penstemon digitalis – Smooth White Beardtongue
An important food source for pollinators.
Spigelia marilandica – Ragin Cajun Indian Pink
A superior selection of our Missouri native Indian Pink with multitudes of brilliant orange-red blossoms.
Muhlenbergia capillaris – Pink Muhly Grass
2022 Missouri Native Plant Of The Year.
Allium – Red Giant Ornamental Onion
Giant purple orbs.
Amsonia tabermontana – Blue Star
Award winning native with starry blue flowers.
Antennaria neglecta – Field Pussytoes
Grows anywhere--sun, shade, even dry shade.
Antennaria plantaginifolia – Pussytoes
Missouri native with fun flowers in the shape of a cat's paw.
Aronia melanocarpa Chokeberry
Showy Missouri native shrub. Tolerates wet soils.
Asclepias incarnata – Cinderella Swamp Milkweed
A beautiful selection of our Missouri native.
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Missouri native with clouds of pink 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 syrica – 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.
Asclepias vir[dis – 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.
Baptisia australis – Blue Indigo
A Missouri native adored for its indigo blossoms.
Callirhoe involucrata – Purple Poppy Mallow
2019 Native of the Year.
Carex albicans – White-Tinged Sedge
Pretty Missouri native Sedge.
Carex eburnea – Bristle Leaf Sedge
Carex pensylvanica, Pennsylvania Sedge
Chelone glabra -Turtle Head
Chelone obliqua – Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
Coreopsis lanceolata – Lance Leaf Coreopsis
Named 2021 Missouri Native Plant Of The Year for its outstanding qualities.
Coreopsis palmata – Prairie Coreopsis
This US native perennial thrives in hot spots and poor soil.
Coreopsis pubescens – Star Tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris – Star Tickseed
Choice Missouri native for butterflies.
Dalea purpurea – Purple Prairie Clover
Delphinium exaltatum – Larkspur
Diervilla Honeybee Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle
Fantastic color for your toughest spots even dry shade.
Diervilla Kodiak Black Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle
Showy foliage that thrives just about anywhere - even dry shade!
Echinacea angustifolia – Narrow-Leaf Coneflower
A charming Missouri native perennial.
Echinacea pallida – Pale Purple Coneflower
Missouri Botanical Gardens Plant of Merit Winner.
Echinacea paradoxa – Ozark Coneflower
A rare Missouri native perennial.
Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower
Gorgeous Missouri native perennial for natural and formal settings.
Echinacea simulata – Glade Coneflower
Tough Missouri native perennial.
Eryngium yuccifolium – Rattlesnake Master
Great Missouri native for hot, dry aeas.
Eupatorium – Euphoria Ruby Joe Pye Weed
A superior selection of the beloved Joe Pye Weed.
Eupatorium purpureum – Joe-Pye Weed
One of the largest Missouri native perennials.
Helenium autumnale – Sneezeweed
Missouri native perennial for sunny spots.
Helianthus occidentalis – Western Sunflower
Large bold Missouri native for the sun garden.
Heliopsis helianthoides – Oxeye Sunflower
Popular Missouri native with people and pollinators.
Liatris aspera – Rough Blazing Star
An important food source for pollinators.
Liatris ligulistylis – Meadow Blazing Star
#1 favorite nectar plant for Monarch butterflies, Mo native.
Liatris mucronata – Narrow-Leaf Blazing Star
A Missouri native that delights humans and critters alike.
Liatris pycnostachya – Eureka Prairie Blazing Star
Huge purple spikes.
Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
A favorite of humans and other critters.
Liatris spicata – Blazing Star
Showy Missouri native, loved by butterflies.
Monarda bradburiana – Bee Balm
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
An important Missouri native pollinator food source.
Oenothera macrocarpa – Missouri Evening Primrose
Top Missouri native perennial highly recommended.
Opuntia humifusa – Prickly Pear Cactus
Missouri native perennial cactus.
Packera aurea – Golden Groundsel
Dream plant for tough dry shade spots.
Packera obovata – Squaw Weed
Fantastic MO native evergreen ground cover for sun or shade.
Parthenium integrifolium – Wild Quinine
Interesting Missouri native perennial.
Penstemon cobaea – Foxglove Beardtongue
Beautiful Missouri native with huge blossoms.
Phlox divaricata – Wild Sweet William
Delightful Missouri native perennial with a sweet perfume.
Phlox pilosa var. ozarkana – Ozark Prairie Phlox
Makes a fantastic ground cover in sunny areas.
Polygonatum – Ruby Slippers Solomon’s Seal
Graceful arching stems with dangling white bell flowers.
Polygonatum biflorum – Solomon’s Seal
Polygonatum odoratum Variegatum – Solomon’s Seal
Multiple award winner.
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium – Slender Mountain Mint
2020 Native of the Year.
Ratibida columnifera – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Ratibida pinnata – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Fun Missouri native perennial.
Rudbeckia – Goldquelle Cutleaf Coneflower
3" yellow pompoms appear mid-summer into fall.
Rudbeckia fulgida – Black-Eyed Susan
Birds love this Missouri native's seeds.
Rudbeckia hirta – Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia laciniata – Cutleaf Coneflower
A Missouri native and Monarch magnet!
Rudbeckia missouriensis – Missouri Black-Eyed Susan
An important food source for butterflies and hummingbirds.
Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Coneflower
Armloads of cut flowers.
Ruellia hymilis – Wild Petunia
Salvia azurea – Blue Sage
Azure blue flowers midsummer through fall. Mo native.
Sedum ternatum – Three-Leafed Stonecrop
Silphium laciniatum – Compass Plant
Silphium terebinthinaceum – Prairie Dock
A Missouri native perennial that looks like a tropical.
Solidago flexicaulis Zig-zag Goldenrod
An important pollinator food source.
Solidago speciosa – Showy Goldenrod
Important Mo. native pollinator plant.
Spigelia marilandica – Little Red Head Indian Pink
Superior selection of our Missouri native Indian Pink with vibrant crimson trumpets.
Thalictrum dioicum – Early Meadow Rue
Its beautiful ferny foliage turns gorgeous olive green in fall.
Tradescantia ohiensis – Ohio Spiderwort
Easy to grow Missouri native perennial.
Verbesina helianthoides – Yellow Crown Beard
Vernonia arkansana – Curlytop Ironweed
Featured plant of the Missouri Prairie Foundation Grow Native Pollinator Buffet program.
Veronicastrum virginicum – Culver’s Root
Majestic Missouri native perennial.
Zizia aptera – Golden Alexander
A top choice for pollinators.