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Hydrangea – Little Lime Panicle Hydrangea
Showy, award-winning, easy-care shrub or tree form.
Syringa Scentara Double Blue, Lilac
Extremely fragrant and showy flowers, intense fragrance.
Viburnum Steady Eddy – Doublefile Viburnum
Blooms for months on end!
Amsonia tabermontana – Willowleaf Blue Star
Top award-winning native with starry blue flowers.
Aronia – Autumn Magic Chokeberry
Multi seasonal nativar perfect for most locations.
Aronia melanocarpa – Chokeberry
Showy Missouri native shrub. Tolerates wet soils.
Asimina – Shenandoah Peterson Pawpaw Tree
Abundant tasty fruit can be up to one pound in weight.
Aster divaricatus – White Wood Aster
A butterfly favorite and Missouri native.
Aster novae angeliae – New England Aster
A butterfly favorite and Missouri and Illinois native.
Aster oolentagiensis – Sky Blue Aster
A top favorite of gardeners and critters.
Buxus – Green Mountain Boxwood
Great shape.
Buxus – Green Mountain Spiral Shaped Boxwood
Beautiful spiral shape.
Callicarpa americana – American Beautyberry
Missouri and Illinois native shrub with showy purple berries.
Carex albicans – White-Tinged Sedge
Pretty Missouri native Sedge.
Carpinus betula Fastigiata, European Hornbeam
Award winning regal tree.
Carya illinonensis, Pecan Tree
Large Missouri and Illinois native tree that produces delicious edible nuts.
Caryopteris – Beyond Midnight Bluebeard
Popular variety.
Chasmanthium latifolium – Northern Sea Oats
Bring beautiful form to your shade garden.
Chionanthus virginicus – Fringe Tree
Missouri native tree with elaborate blooms.
Clethra Ruby Spice – Summersweet
Award-winning fragrant pink flowers.
Coreopsis – Uptick Red Tickseed
Far superior than older varieties, nonstop blooms, hardy perennial.
Coreopsis lanceolata – Lance Leaf Coreopsis
Named 2021 Missouri Native Plant Of The Year for its outstanding qualities.
Cornus – Garden Glow Red Twig Dogwood
Fantastic year-round color.
Cotinus obovatus – Smoke Tree
Showy foliage and airy flowers on a small tree.
Deutzia Nikko
As rugged as it is pretty.
Frangula (Rhamnus) caroliniana – Carolina Buckthorn
Showy foliage and airy flowers on small Mo native tree.
Halesia carolina – Carolina Silverbells
Hard to find tree with showy white bells
Hamamelis vernalis – Ozark Witch Hazel
Award winning native shrub.
Hamamelis virginiana, Common Witch Hazel
Magnificent native shrub or small tree.
Helleborus – Maid of Honor Lenten Rose
Spectacular shade perennial.
Hibiscus – White Pillar Rose of Sharon
Create a gorgeous blooming living wall with this sun-loving shrub.
Hydrangea – Limelight Panicle Hydrangea
Huge fluffy flowers reliably bloom in abundance every year. Comes in shrub or tree form.
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.
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 – Henry’s Garnet Sweetspire
Beautiful scented flowers on a rugged, adaptable 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.
Liriodendron tulipifera – Tulip Tree
Stately native tree.
Muhlenbergia capillaris – Pink Muhly Grass
Clouds of rich pink fall flowers.
Nepeta – Cat’s Pajamas Catmint
A purr-fect perennial it brings loads of dark indigo blue flowers.
Nyssa sylvatica – Black Gum
Missouri native tree with brilliant fall color.
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.
Prunus x cistena – Purple Leaf Sand Cherry
Red and purple foliage. Deer resistant.
Quercus lyrata – Overcup Oak
Award-winning Missouri native tree.
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 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.
Sambucus canadensis Bob Gordon – Elderberry
Showy lace cap flowers on this easy native shrub.
Sambucus canadensis Elderberry
Showy lace cap flowers on this easy native shrub.
Spirea Gold Thread
Gold ferny leaves add great color and texture.
Syringa Beauty of Moscow, Lilac
Highly fragrant double flowers.
Taxus Hicksii – Hicks Yew
Tall evergreen, perfect for living walls and foundation plantings.
Verbena canadensis – Rose Verbena
2023 Native of the Year. Profuse blooming Missouri native perennial.
Viburnum – Blue Muffin Arrowwood Viburnum
Award winner. Showy blue berries follow large white flowers.
Viburnum – Brandywine Possumhaw Viburnum
The most beautiful berry display in the plant kingdom.
Viburnum – Summer Snowflake Doublefile Viburnum
Longest blooming Viburnum. Berries beloved by birds.
Viburnum dentatum – Arrowwood Viburnum
Excellent Missouri native shrub. Showy blue berries follow large white flowers.
Weigela Midnight Sun
Small showy shrub perfect for the front of border.
Weigela Sonic Bloom Pink – Repeat Blooming Weigela
Bright pink flowers. Repeat blooms all season.
Weigela Sonic Bloom Wine
First-ever! Repeat blooming Weigela with dark foliage.
Weigela Spilled Wine
Low-maintenance, showy shrub.
Weigela Tuxedo
Snow white flowers of dark foliage.
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