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Online Missouri Native Plant Sale Pop-Up is OPEN!

Shop our ONLINE Plant Sale store from the comfort of your own home!  We have a variety of Missouri natives great for different garden conditions that will come back year after year! And ALL of the plants are ONLY $5.25!

*Plants are in 3.5 inch pots to jump start your growing season.* 

After placing your order, we will contact you to arrange a pick up date & time!


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                Have questions?  Contact Jan at info@thegreencenter.org or 314-725-8314 X102  

Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)

$5.25

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Durable, easy-to-grow wildflower that blooms in late summer with big flat topped clusters of vivid violet-purple flowers. Vernonia is an invaluable late season nectar source for butterflies and bees. A big, robust plant for the back of the border. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant.

Sun Exposure: Full

Soil Moisture: Medium, Medium-Dry

Height: 3 feet

Bloom Time: July, August, September

Bloom Color: Purple


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Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)

$5.25

Scattered along the stiff, upright stem of this unusual perennial are tough, blue-green, yucca-like, parallel-veined leaves. Smooth, rigid stem bearing thistle-like flower heads made up of small greenish-white florets mingled with pointed bracts. The individual, greenish-white flowers cluster into unique, globular heads. These occur on branch ends atop the 6 ft. plant.

Size Notes: 4-6 feet.

Flower: Flowers in 1 inch globes

Bloom Color: White

Bloom Time: May , Jun , Jul , Aug

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Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera)

$5.25

Covered with lavender blooms in late summer, Rough Blazing Star is shorter than other Liatris species and perfect for medium or dry well-drained soils. Butterflies are likely visitors, along with hummingbirds and other pollinators.

Ideal for dry perennial borders, rock gardens or low-growing dry meadows, it combines beautifully with Butterflyweed, Dotted Mint, Showy Goldenrod, Sky Blue Aster and Little Bluestem. This drought tolerant Liatris likes well-drained dry to medium soils, or sandy and rocky situations. Avoid planting it in moist areas, or locations where the soil remains consistently wet during winter.

The species name "aspera" is Latin for "rough," which refers to the short stiff hairs on the central stem and the narrow basal leaves, which are very rough. Another distinguishing feature of Rough Blazing Star is the slightly zigzag stem. Other common names include Button Snakeroot and Rough Gayfeather.

Soil Type: Loam, Sand

Soil Moisture: Dry, Medium

Sun Exposure: Full Sun

Height: 2' - 3'

Bloom Color: Lavender, Pink, Purple

Bloom Time: Aug, Sep

Spacing: 6" - 1'

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Rigid Goldenrod (Solidago rigida)

$5.25

Bright yellow, flat-topped flowers in late summer and early fall. The flowers provide nectar for butterflies and birds love the seed. Clump-forming, aggressive goldenrod. Seeds feed winter birds.

Very adaptable. Grows easily in full sun and dry soil. Goldenrod does not cause hay fever. Ragweed, which blooms at the same time, is the true culprit. May be too aggressive for small gardens.

Plant in groups in butterfly and songbird gardens, perennial borders, cut flower gardens, wild gardens, native plant gardens, naturalized areas, prairies or meadows.

Sun Exposure : Full Sun

Soil: Moisture, Dry, Moderate

Wildlife Benefit: Butterfly / Moth Host, Butterfly / Moth Nectar

Animal Resistance: Deer Resistant

Height: 30 to 48 inches

Spread: 12 to 16 inches

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Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera)

$5.25

A fun, easy to grow Missouri native, Mexican Hat, Ratibida columnifera, brings large flowers of red or yellow with 2″ long gray cone-shaped centers that resemble the crown of hats, surrounded by drooping bright yellow ray flowers. Its center disk remind many of a slender sombrero. Also called Long Headed Coneflower.

This Missouri native perennial makes a top choice for wildflower meadows and naturalized areas, working beautifully with its native companions Blazing Stars, Coneflowers, Turtleheads and more. With its unique flowers it makes a cheerful selection for butterfly and native gardens, perennial beds, or for the cut flower garden.

An important food source, bees and butterflies adore it.

Plant in full sun and average, well-drained soil.

Bloom Color- Red, Yellow

Bloom Time- Summer

Light Requirements- Sun

Height- 12-36"

Width- 12-18"

Soil- Average

Water Needs- Average, Low

Plant Type- Perennial

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Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)

$5.25

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Lobelia siphilitica, commonly called great lobelia or blue cardinal flower, is a Missouri native perennial which typically grows in moist to wet locations. A clump-forming perennial which features light to dark blue, tubular, 2-lipped flowers.

Easily grown in rich, humusy, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Great for rain gardens! Needs constant moisture. Will tolerate full sun in cool, northern climates, but otherwise appreciates part shade. Divide clumps in spring as needed. May self-seed in optimum growing conditions, forming attractive colonies.

Height: 2.00 to 3.00 feet

Bloom Time: July to September

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: Low

Tolerate: Deer, Heavy Shade, Wet Soil

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Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

$5.25

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Right on cue during the dog days of August, Black-Eyed Susans illuminate flower gardens and open fields everywhere like bright rays of sunshine. If any plant could be the poster child of late summer it would be this one. The brightly colored flowers in cheery shades of lemon-yellow, orange, and gold bloom for weeks with minimal care. They also attract a continuous procession of pollinators, bringing even more color and vibrancy to the summer garden.

Sun Exposure: Full sun

Bloom period: Plants have a long bloom period even without deadheading, typically flourishing from late July until the first frost. Some cultivars, such as ‘Early Bird Gold’, have extended bloom times and will begin flowering in mid to late spring.

Height: 10 inches to 3 ft.

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New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novaeangliae)

$5.25

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This tall perennial aster produces hundreds of large violet purple to deep purple flowers with yellow centers in Sept. and Oct. The flowers are a favorite nectar source for migrating monarch butterflies. Praying mantises like to catch butterflies on them!

Height: 30 to 60 inches

Spread: 24 to 48 inches

Sun Exposure Full Sun, Medium Sun/Average Shade

Typical Landscape Use: Use in the back of the garden for late season color and to attract butterflies. Grows well in native plant gardens or in damp prairies.

Establishment and Care Instructions

They grow best in fertile soil with constant moisture. Pinch garden plants back three or four times before Aug. 15th to keep them more compact.


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Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

$5.25

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This is an erect, branching perennial, up to 2 ft. tall, well-known for its showy flowers. A nodding, red and yellow flower with upward spurred petals alternating with spreading, colored sepals and numerous yellow stamens hanging below the petals. The compound leaves, divided into round-lobed threes, are attractive in their own right.

This beautiful woodland wildflower has showy, drooping, bell-like flowers equipped with distinctly backward-pointing tubes, similar to the garden Columbines. These tubes, or spurs, contain nectar that attracts long-tongued insects and hummingbirds especially adapted for reaching the sweet secretion.

Water Use: Low , Medium

Light Requirement: Part Shade , Shade

Soil Moisture: Dry , Moist

Drought Tolerance: High

Cold Tolerant: yes

Heat Tolerant: yes

Bloom Color: Red , Pink , Yellow

Bloom Time: Feb , Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul

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Missouri Primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa)

$5.25

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A showy, trailing plant with large, yellow flowers up to 4 inches across. Plants bloom for a long period from spring through summer, with each flower lasting a day.

Height: 6 to 10 inches

Spread: 16 to 24 inches

Sun Exposure: Full Sun

Soil Moisture: Dry

Nature Attracting: Pollinators/Beneficial Insects

Wildlife Benefit: Butterfly / Moth Nectar, Food/Small Animals

Typical Landscape Use Best at the front of the border or in rock gardens. Also effective in wild gardens, meadows or native plant gardens. Can be used in containers.

Establishment and Care Instructions

Tolerates poor soil and drought but needs good drainage. Will benefit from limestone in the soil. Tends to die out in good soil.

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