Shade Plants for St. Louis Missouri Area
Here you will find shade plants for the St. Louis Missouri area.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All shade plants listed here are offered in the nursery, subject to availability. Some of these shade plants may be purchased online for pick up at the nursery.
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Hydrangea – Little Lime Panicle Hydrangea
Showy, award-winning, easy-care shrub or tree form.
Aesculus Pavia, Red Buckeye
2023 Tree of the Year. Award-winning Missouri Native.
Amelanchier – Autumn Brilliance Apple Serviceberry
Award-winning small tree with multi-season interest.
Amelanchier arborea Downy Serviceberry
Colorful year round with flowers, berries, foliage and bark.
Amelanchier laevis, Allegheny Serviceberry
Native plant with showy multi-seasonal interest.
Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine
Charming, dangling blossoms of red and yellow.
Aster divaricatus – White Wood Aster
A butterfly favorite and Missouri native.
Astilbe – Dark Side of the Moon False Spirea
Dramatic chocolate burgundy foliage, deep purple flowers, shade perennial.
Buxus – Green Mountain Spiral Shaped Boxwood
Beautiful spiral shape.
Carex albicans – White-Tinged Sedge
Pretty Missouri native Sedge.
Ceanothus americanus – New Jersey Tea
Fragrant flowers on small native shrub, butterflies and more adore it.
Cercis – Pink Pom Poms Redbud Tree
Fascinating flowers on mini tree.
Cercis canadensis – Eastern Redbud
Showy flowers on this easy native tree.
Chasmanthium latifolium – Northern Sea Oats
Bring beautiful form to your shade garden.
Chelone glabra -Turtle Head
Illinois and Missouri native moisture-loving perennial.
Chelone obliqua – Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
Convallaria majalis – Lily Of The Valley
A favorite shade loving ground cover.
Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood
Popular Missouri native tree.
Cornus florida – Cherokee Chief Dogwood Tree
Brilliant crimson flowers completely cover the tree.
Cornus florida – Cherokee Princess Dogwood Tree
An elegant and refined beauty.
Cornus florida – White Flowering Dogwood Tree
Popular Missouri native tree.
Cornus florida f. rubra Pink Flowering Dogwood Tree
Popular Missouri native tree.
Deutzia Nikko
As rugged as it is pretty.
Geranium maculatum – Hardy Geranium
Long-lived Missouri native shade perennial Geranium.
Halesia carolina – Carolina Silverbells
Hard to find tree with showy white bells
Hamamelis vernalis – Ozark Witch Hazel
Award winning native shrub.
Helleborus – Maid of Honor Lenten Rose
Spectacular shade perennial.
Heuchera Fire Alarm Coral Bell
The best red leafed Coral Bell.
Hydrangea – Alice N’ Wonderland Oakleaf Hydrangea
One of the most magnificent flowering shrubs.
Very rare and limited.
Hydrangea – Bobo Panicle Hydrangea
Award-winning tiny shrub with huge white flowers.
Hydrangea – Incrediball Smooth Hydrangea
Huge flowers the size of basketballs on sturdy stems.
Hydrangea – Limelight Panicle Hydrangea
Huge fluffy flowers reliably bloom in abundance every year. Comes in shrub or tree form.
Hydrangea – Limelight Prime Panicle Hydrangea
Smaller improved version of the beloved Limelight Hydrangea.
Hydrangea ¡Arriba! – Reblooming Hydrangea
One of the most prolific flowering Hydrangeas to date.
Hydrangea arborescens – Smooth Hydrangea
2024 Native Plant Of The Year
Hydrangea paniculata – Little Quick Fire Panicle Hydrangea
Blooms earlier than other Panicle Hydrangeas.
Hydrangea paniculata – Pinky Winky Panicle Hydrangea
One of the most spectacular of all Hydrangeas.
Hydrangea Pop Star
An abundance of flowers on a delightful compact shrub.
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