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Clematis – Stand By Me Bush Clematis
2023 Perennial of the Year. Wave after wave of enchanting blue bells all season.
Hydrangea – Little Lime Panicle Hydrangea
Showy, award-winning, easy-care shrub or tree form.
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.
Astilbe – Fanal False Spirea
Long-time favorite red shade perennial.
Betula – Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch – Little King Dwarf River Birch Tree
Extremely showy peeling bark.
Calamintha – Calamint
2021 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of the Year. Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Of Merit. Sun-loving perennial.
Carex albicans – White-Tinged Sedge
Pretty Missouri native Sedge.
Caryopteris – Beyond Midnight Bluebeard
Popular variety.
Ceanothus americanus – New Jersey Tea
Fragrant flowers on small native shrub, butterflies and more adore it.
Chelone glabra -Turtle Head
Illinois and Missouri native moisture-loving perennial.
Clethra Ruby Spice – Summersweet
Award-winning fragrant pink flowers.
Coreopsis – Uptick Red Tickseed
Far superior than older varieties, nonstop blooms, hardy perennial.
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.
Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower
Gorgeous Missouri native perennial for natural and formal settings.
Halesia carolina – Carolina Silverbells
Hard to find tree with showy white bells
Helleborus – Maid of Honor Lenten Rose
Spectacular shade perennial.
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.
Hydrangea Quick Fire Fab Panicle Hydrangea
Magnificent color-changing flowers last for months and months.
Hydrangea Sky View – Reblooming Hydrangea
Reliable flowers every year that easily turn blue.
Hydrangea Snowflake Oakleaf Hydrangea
One of the most magnificent flowering shrubs.
Very rare and limited.
Hydrangea Wee White – Smooth Hydrangea
Easy-care miniature shrub. Perfect for landscapes or mixed in perennial gardens.
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.
Lonicera Major Wheeler Trumpet Honeysuckle
Hummingbirds find it from miles around.
Nepeta – Cat’s Pajamas Catmint
A purr-fect perennial it brings loads of dark indigo blue flowers.
Paeonia – Gay Paree Peony
2023 Gold Medal Winner, recommended by the American Peony Society.
Phlox paniculata – Garden Phlox
Missouri native with fragrant flowers for months.
Ratibida pinnata – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Fun Missouri native perennial.
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 – Rose Marvel Meadow Sage
Largest flowers in its class, perennial.
Tradescantia ohiensis – Ohio Spiderwort
Easy to grow Missouri native perennial.
Allium Warrior – Bunching Onion
Edible, hardy, pretty, delicious!
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