What’s Growing in Our Native Gardens
Anise Hyssop
(Agastache foeniculum)
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: June to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Aromatic Aster
(Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: August to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Arrowhead
(Sagittaria latifolia)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Marsh, Stream/Pond
Bloom Time: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Ashy Sunflower
(Helianthus mollis)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Gardens
Bloom Time: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Bee Balm
(Monarda fistulosa)
Location:
Bloom Time: July to August
Photo © Pam Carter from PIxabay
Beggar Ticks
(Bidens frondosa)
Location: Marsh
Bloom Time: August to October
Bird’s Foot Violet
(Viola pedata)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: March to May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Black Chokeberry
(Aronia melanocarpa)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Black Haw Viburnum
(Viburnum prunifolium)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: May to June
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Black-eyed Susan
(Rudbeckia hirta)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Tall Grass Prairie
Bloom Time: June to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Blood Flower
(Asclepias curassavica)
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: June to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Blue Sage
(Salvia azurea)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Marsh
Bloom Time: July to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Blue False Indigo
(Baptisia australis)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: May to June
Photo © John Whiteman
Blue Vervain
(Verbena hastata)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Marsh
Bloom Time: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Blue-eyed Grass
(Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Marsh
Bloom Time: May to June
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Bottle Gentian
(Gentiana andrewsii)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Brown-eyed Susan
(Rudbeckia triloba)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: July to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Butterfly Weed
(Asclepias tuberosa)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: June to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Cattail
(Typha latifolia)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Marsh
Bloom Time: June to July
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Cat Mint
(Nepeta racemosa)
Location: Perennial Garden
Bloom Time: June to July
Photo © John Whiteman
Celandine Poppy
(Stylophorum diphyllum)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Shade Garden
Bloom Time: April to June
Photo © John Whiteman
Christmas Fern
(Polystichum acrostichoides)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Dry Shade Garden
Bloom Time: Non-flowering
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Common Duckweed
(Lemna minor)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Marsh, Pond/Stream
Bloom Time: Mostly non-flowering
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Downy Serviceberry
(Amelanchier arborea)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: March to April
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Eastern Red Columbine
(Aquilegia canadensis)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Shade Garden, Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: April to May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Evening Primrose
(Oenothera biennis)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: June to September
Photo © John Whiteman
Feverfew
(Tanacetum parthenium)
Location: Savannah
Bloom Time: June to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Foxglove Beardtongue
(Penstemon digitalis)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: April to June
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Garden Phlox
(Phlox paniculata)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Golden Alexander
(Zizia aurea)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: May to June
Photo © John Whiteman
Goldenrod (Showy Goldenrod)
(Solidago speciosa)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Dry Sun Garden
Bloom Time: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Grey-headed Coneflower
(Ratibida pinnata)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden, Tall Grass Prairie
Bloom Time: June to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Hairy Aster
(Symphyotrichum pilosum)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Dry Sun Garden
Bloom Time: August to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Heath Aster
(Symphyotrichum ericoides)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: August to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Highbush Blueberry
(Vaccinium corymbosum)
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: May
Photo © Pam Carter from Pixabay
Indian Blanket
(Gaillardia pulchella)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: June to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Inkberry Holly
(Ilex Glabra)
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: May to June
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Joe Pye Weed
(Eutrochium purpureum)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
(Coreopsis lanceolata)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Shade Garden, Pollinator Garden, Tall Grass Prairie
Bloom Time: May to July
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Large-flowered Tickseed
(Coreopsis grandiflora)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: June to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Little Bluestem
(Schizachyrium scoparium)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: August to February
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Lizard’s Tail
(Saururus cernuus)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Marsh, Stream/Pond
Bloom Time: June to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Milkweed
(Asclepias syriaca)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: June to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Coneflower
(Rudbeckia missouriensis)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Tall Grass Prairie
Bloom Time: June to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Purple Coneflower
(Echinacea simulata)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: June to July
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
New England Aster
(Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: August to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Northern Sea Oats
(Chasmanthium latifolium)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: August to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Obedient Plant
(Physostegia virginiana)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: June to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Ohio Spiderwort
(Tradescantia ohiensis)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Shade Garden, Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: May to July
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Oxeye Sunflower
(Heliopsis helianthoides)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden, Tall Grass Prairie
Bloom Time: June to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Ozark Witch Hazel
(Hamamelis vernalis)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: January to April
Photo © John Whiteman
Partridge Pea
(Chamaecrista fasciculata)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: June to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Pennsylvania Sedge
(Carex pensylvanica)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Shade Garden, Dry Sun Garden
Bloom Time: May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Pickerel Weed
(Pontederia cordata)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Marsh, Stream/Pond
Bloom Time: June to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Plains Coreopsis
(Coreopsis tinctoria)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Tall Grass Prairie
Bloom Time: June to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Pokeweed
(Phytolacca americana)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Prairie Blazing Star
(Liatris pycnostachya)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: July to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Prairie Bundleflower
(Desmanthus illinoensis)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Shade Garden, Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: June
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Prairie Coneflower
(Ratibida columnifera)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Tall Grass Prairie
Bloom Time: June to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Prairie Coreopsis
(Coreopsis palmata)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Tall Grass Prairie
Bloom Time: May to July
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Prairie Dropseed
(Sporobolus heterolepis)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: August to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Purple Coneflower
(Echinacea purpurea)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: June to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Purple Milkweed
(Asclepias purpurascens)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: May to July
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Purple Poppy Mallow
(Callirhoe involucrata)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Marsh
Bloom Time: May to June
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Rattlesnake Fern
(Botrychium virginianum)
Location: Fox Hollow Trail
Bloom Time: none
Photo © Linda Callahan
Rattlesnake Master
(Eryngium yuccifolium)
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: June to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Rose Mallow
(Hibiscus lasiocarpos)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Marsh, Pollinator Gardens
Bloom Time: July to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Rose Verbena
(Glandularia canadensis)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Dry Shade Garden
Bloom Time: May to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Rosinweed
(Silphium integrifolium)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Rough Blazing Star
(Liatris aspera)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: August to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Sand Phlox
(Phlox bifida)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Dry Sun Garden
Bloom Time: May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Short’s Sedge
(Carex shortiana)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Marsh
Silky Dogwood
(Cornus amomum)
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: May to June
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Smooth Aster
(Symphyotrichum laeve)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: September to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Sneezeweed
(Helenium amarum)
Locations: Marsh, Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: August to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Solomon’s Seal
(Polygonatum biflorum)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations:
Bloom Time: April to May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Southern Blue Flag
(Iris virginica)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Marsh
Bloom Time: June
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Spearmint
(Mentha spicata)
Locations: Marsh, Stream/Pond
Bloom Time: July to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Spider Lily
(Tradescantia virginiana)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Shade Garden, Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: May to July
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Stiff Goldenrod
(Solidago rigida)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Tall Grass Prairie
Bloom Time: August to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Summersweet
(Clethra alnifolia ‘Sixteen Candles’)
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: July to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Sunflower
(Helianthus annuus)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Tall Grass Prairie
Bloom Time: July to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Swamp Milkweed
(Asclepias incarnata)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Marsh, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: July to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Swamp Rose Mallow
(Hibiscus moscheutos)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Marsh
Bloom Time: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Tall Boneset
(Eupatorium altissimum)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: August to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Tall Coreopsis
(Coreopsis tripteris)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Turtlehead
(Chelone glabra)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Marsh
Bloom Time: August to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Wild Bergamot
(Monarda fistulosa)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Wild Ginger
(Asarum canadense)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Dry Shade Garden
Bloom Time: April to May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Wild Senna
(Senna marilandica)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Pollinator Garden
Bloom Time: July to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Woodland Phlox
(Phlox divaricata)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Dry Sun Garden
Bloom Time: April to May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Yellow Trout Lily
(Erythronium americanum)
Species Native to Missouri
Location: Tall Grass Prairie
Bloom Time: April to May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Zigzag Goldenrod
(Solidago flexicaulis)
Species Native to Missouri
Locations: Dry Sun Garden, Rain Garden
Bloom Time: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden