Water Lovers - Plants for Soggy Spots
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Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Missouri and Illinois native with clouds of pink blossoms.
Magnolia Butterflies
Lemon-yellow blossoms on an award-winning tree.
Magnolia Yellow Bird
Lemon-yellow blossoms burst forth in spring.
Aronia – Autumn Magic Chokeberry
Multi seasonal nativar perfect for most locations.
Aronia melanocarpa – Chokeberry
Showy Missouri native shrub. Tolerates wet soils.
Betula – Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch – Little King Dwarf River Birch Tree
Extremely showy peeling bark.
Carex grayi – Gray Sedge
Fun and funky Missouri native sedge.
Chelone glabra -Turtle Head
Illinois and Missouri native moisture-loving perennial.
Chelone obliqua – Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
Chionanthus virginicus – Fringe Tree
Missouri native tree with elaborate blooms.
Clethra Ruby Spice – Summersweet
Award-winning fragrant pink flowers.
Cornus – Garden Glow Red Twig Dogwood
Fantastic year-round color.
Hibiscus lasiocarpus – Rose Mallow
Big showy plant with huge flowers.
Hydrangea – Incrediball Smooth Hydrangea
Huge flowers the size of basketballs on sturdy stems.
Hydrangea arborescens – Smooth Hydrangea
2024 Native Plant Of The Year
Hydrangea Wee White – Smooth Hydrangea
Easy-care miniature shrub. Perfect for landscapes or mixed in perennial gardens.
Ilex – Berry Heavy Female Winterberry
Abundance of red berries in winter.
Ilex – Little Goblin Red Female Winterberry
Huge red berries on dwarf nativar 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.
Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
Choice Missouri and Illinois native perennial with brilliant cardinal red blossoms.
Lobelia siphilitica – Blue Cardinal Flower
Majestic Missouri native perennial.
Lysimachia aurea – Creeping Jenny
Ideal for trailing in containers and as a groundcover.
Magnolia virginiana – Glauca Sweet Bay Magnolia
Grows a little smaller than the species Magnolia virginiana.
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.
Salix – Tortusa Corkscrew Willow
Twisty stems and leaves create an interesting mid size tree.
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