Pollinator Plants
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Coreopsis pubescens – Star Tickseed
Missouri and Illinois native perennial. Easy!
Dalea purpurea – Purple Prairie Clover
Native perennial with fascinating foliage and flowers.
Dianthus – Mighty Mini Miss Rose Pinks
Spicy perfumed blossoms spring - fall on 2-4" tall perennial evergreen ground cover.
Echinacea – Sweet Sandia Coneflower
Highly sought after selection, sun-loving perennial.
Eragrostis spectabilis – Purple Lovegrass
Its misty display captures all eyes, perennial native grass.
Helenium autumnale – Sneezeweed
Missouri native perennial for sunny spots.
Iodanthus pinnatifidus – Purple Rocket
A Missouri and Illinois native that brings color to shady spots.
Lonicera sempervirens Coral Honeysuckle
Easy to grow Missouri native vine.
Oligoneuron ridellii – Riddell’s Goldenrod
An important pollinator food source.
Phlox divaricata – Wild Sweet William
Delightful MO and IL native perennial with a sweet perfume.
Phlox paniculata – Jeana Garden Phlox
Best performer in top field trial, top award winner.
Polygonatum biflorum var commutatum – Solomon’s Seal
Dangling flowers appear in spring on this Illinois and Missouri native.
Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Coneflower
Armloads of cut flowers with the Missouri native sun perennial.
Vernonia fasciculata – Prairie Ironweed
Feeds countless butterflies and other important pollinators.
Vernonia missurica – Missouri Ironweed
Feeds countless butterflies and other important pollinators.
Antennaria neglecta – Field Pussytoes
Grows anywhere--sun, shade, even dry shade.
Apios americana – Groundnut Vine
Missouri native vine for shade.
Asclepias incarnata – Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed
Brilliant white long lasting blossoms.
Asclepias viridis – Green Milkweed
Missouri native perennial.
Astilbe – Fanal False Spirea
Long-time favorite red shade perennial.
Astilbe – Look At Me False Spirea
Huge pink plumes with dramatic red stems.
Carex albicans – White-Tinged Sedge
Pretty Missouri native Sedge.
Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood
Popular Missouri native tree.
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