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Astilbe – Mighty Pip False Spirea
Excellent performer, staff favorite, highly recommended.
Betula – Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch – Little King Dwarf River Birch Tree
Extremely showy peeling bark.
Calycanthus – Aphrodite Carolina Allspice
Beautiful fragrant flowers.
Carex grayi – Gray Sedge
Fun and funky Missouri native sedge.
Carpinus caroliniana – American Hornbeam
Award-winning native tree for understory plantings.
Chelone glabra -Turtle Head
Illinois and Missouri native moisture-loving perennial.
Clethra Ruby Spice – Summersweet
Award-winning fragrant pink flowers.
Colocasia – Distant Memory Elephant Ears
4-5' near jet-black elegant leaves.
Eupatorium purpureum Eutrochium – Joe-Pye Weed
One of the largest Missouri native perennials.
Gymnocladus dioicus – Kentucky Coffee Tree
Award-winning tree to create shade.
Hamamelis vernalis – Ozark Witch Hazel
Award winning native shrub.
Hibiscus lasiocarpus – Rose Mallow
Big showy plant with huge flowers.
Hydrangea – Haas’ Halo Smooth Hydrangea
If you only have room for 1 plant this is it. Spectacular 14" blossoms create stunning displays, rare and limited.
Hydrangea – Incrediball Smooth Hydrangea
Huge flowers the size of basketballs on sturdy stems.
Hydrangea – Pinky Pollen Ring Smooth Hydrangea
Pink flowers create a flutter of activity in the garden!
Hydrangea Garnetta, Smooth Hydrangea
Bright pink flowers bloom on petite shrubs.
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 – Short N’ Sweet Sweetspire
Fragrant flowers that will grow just about anywhere.
Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
A favorite of humans and other critters.
Ligularia The Rocket Ragwort
Yellow blossoms on almost black stems, shade lover.
Lobelia – Starship Blue Cardinal Flower
Far superior to other blue varieties.
Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
Choice Missouri and Illinois native perennial with brilliant cardinal red blossoms.
Lobelia siphilitica – Blue Cardinal Flower
Majestic Missouri native perennial.
Magnolia virginiana – Glauca Sweet Bay Magnolia
Grows a little smaller than the species Magnolia virginiana.
Matteuccia struthiopteris – Ostrich Fern
A vigorous handsome Missouri native fern.
Monarda bradburiana – Bee Balm
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
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