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Spring
Bird’s Foot Violet.
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Summer
Prairie Blazing Star.
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Autumn
Blue Sage.
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Winter
Ozark Witch Hazel.
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
From the tall grass prairie along Gregory Boulevard to the several gardens and water features surrounding the building, the Nature Center is gloriously in bloom with native Missouri plants. Visitors are welcome from dawn to dusk each day.
January
Little Bluestem
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Little Bluestem
Ozark Witch Hazel
February
Ozark Witch Hazel
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Little Bluestem
Ozark Witch Hazel
March
Bird’s Foot Violet
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Bird’s Foot Violet
Downy Serviceberry
Ozark Witch Hazel
April
Celandine Poppy
Photo © John Whiteman
Bird’s Foot Violet
Celandine Poppy
Downy Serviceberry
Eastern Red Columbine
Fleabane
Forget-me-not
Foxglove Beardtongue
Ozark Witch Hazel
Wild Ginger
Woodland Phlox
Yellow Trout Lily
May
Foxglove Beardtongue
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Bird’s Foot Violet
Black Chokeberry
Black Haw Viburnum
Blue False Indigo
Blue-eyed Grass
Celandine Poppy
Eastern Red Columbine
Fleabane
Forget-me-not
Foxglove Beardtongue
Golden Alexander
Highbush Blueberry
Inkberry Holly
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Narrow-leaf Cattail
Ohio Spiderwort
Prairie Coreopsis
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Pennsylvania Sedge
Prairie Coreopsis
Purple Milkweed
Purple Poppy Mallow
Rose Verbena
Sand Phlox
Silky Dogwood
Spider Lily
Wild Ginger
Woodland Phlox
Yellow Flag
June
Golden Alexander
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Anise Hyssop
Black Haw Viburnum
Black-eyed Susan
Blood Flower
Blue False Indigo
Blue-eyed Grass
Butterfly Weed
Cattail
Celandine Poppy
Evening Primrose
Fleabane
Feverfew
Foxglove Beardtongue
Golden Alexander
Grey-headed Coneflower
Indian Blanket
Inkberry Holly
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Large-flowered Tickseed
Lizard’s Tail
Milkweed
Missouri Coneflower
Missouri Purple Coneflower
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Purple Coneflower
Narrow-leaf Cattail
Obedient Plant
Ohio Spiderwort
Oxeye Sunflower
Partridge Pea
Pickerel Weed
Plains Coreopsis
Prairie Bundleflower
Prairie Coneflower
Prairie Coreopsis
Purple Coneflower
Purple Milkweed
Purple Poppy Mallow
Rose Verbena
Silky Dogwood
Southern Blue Flag
Spider Lily
Yellow Flag
July
Prairie Blazing Star
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Anise Hyssop
Arrowhead
Ashy Sunflower
Black-eyed Susan
Blood Flower
Blue Sage
Blue Vervain
Brown-eyed Susan
Butterfly Weed
Cattail
Evening Primrose
Feverfew
Garden Phlox
Goldenrod
Grey-headed Coneflower
Indian Blanket
Joe Pye Weed
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Joe Pye Weed
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Large-flowered Tickseed
Lizard’s Tail
Milkweed
Missouri Coneflower
Missouri Purple Coneflower
Narrow-leaf Cattail
Obedient Plant
Ohio Spiderwort
Oxeye Sunflower
Partridge Pea
Pickerel Weed
Plains Coreopsis
Pokeweed
Prairie Blazing Star
Prairie Coneflower
Prairie Coreopsis
Purple Coneflower
Rose Verbena
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Purple Milkweed
Rose Mallow
Rose Verbena
Rosinweed
Spearmint
Spider Lily
Summersweet
Sunflower
Swamp Milkweed
Swamp Rose Mallow
Tickseed
Wild Bergamot
Wild Senna
Zigzag Goldenrod
August
Blue Vervain
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Anise Hyssop
Aromatic Aster
Arrowhead
Ashy Sunflower
Beggar Ticks
Black-eyed Susan
Blood Flower
Blue Sage
Blue Vervain
Brown-eyed Susan
Butterfly Weed
Evening Primrose
Feverfew
Garden Phlox
Goldenrod
Grey-headed Coneflower
Hairy Aster
Heath Aster
Indian Blanket
Joe Pye Weed
New England Aster
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Large-flowered Tickseed
Little Bluestem
Lizard’s Tail
Milkweed
Missouri Coneflower
New England Aster
Northern Sea Oats
Obedient Plant
Oxeye Sunflower
Partridge Pea
Pickerel Weed
Plains Coreopsis
Pokeweed
Prairie Blazing Star
Prairie Coneflower
Prairie Dropseed
Purple Coneflower
Turtlehead
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Rose Mallow
Rose Verbena
Rosinweed
Rough Blazing Star
Sneezeweed
Spearmint
Stiff Goldenrod
Summersweet
Sunflower
Swamp Milkweed
Swamp Rose Mallow
Tall Boneset
Tickseed
Turtlehead
Wild Bergamot
Wild Senna
Zigzag Goldenrod
September
Blood Flower
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Anise Hyssop
Aromatic Aster
Arrowhead
Ashy Sunflower
Beggar Ticks
Black-eyed Susan
Blood Flower
Blue Sage
Blue Vervain
Brown-eyed Susan
Evening Primrose
Feverfew
Garden Phlox
Goldenrod
Hairy Aster
Heath Aster
Indian Blanket
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Indian Blanket
Joe Pye Weed
Little Bluestem
Lizard’s Tail
Missouri Coneflower
New England Aster
Northern Sea Oats
Obedient Plant
Oxeye Sunflower
Partridge Pea
Pickerel Weed
Plains Coreopsis
Pokeweed
Prairie Coneflower
Prairie Dropseed
Rose Mallow
Rosinweed
Wild Bergamot
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Rough Blazing Star
Smooth Aster
Sneezeweed
Stiff Goldenrod
Swamp Rose Mallow
Tall Boneset
Tickseed
Turtlehead
Wild Bergamot
Zigzag Goldenrod
October
Bottle Gentian
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Beggar Ticks
Blood Flower
Blue Sage
Bottle Gentian
Brown-eyed Susan
Hairy Aster
Heath Aster
Indian Blanket
Little Bluestem
Missouri Coneflower
Prairie Dropseed
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Pickerel Weed
Prairie Dropseed
Rose Mallow
Rough Blazing Star
Smooth Aster
Sneezeweed
Tall Boneset
Turtlehead
November
Little Bluestem
December
Little Bluestem