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Adds a great structural interest to the garden and seedheads provide winter interest. Spiny leaves, so avoid planting near walkways. Nectar source for many insects and birds, such as finches, eat the seeds. Host to a few swallowtail butterflies.

Delicious fruit in early summer on female plants enjoyed by humans, birds, and mammals. Usually has male and female flowers on separate trees. Fruits create purple stains where they land so best planted further away from the home. May take 10 years for fruit to produce. Yellow fall leaves.

A goldenrod for your rain garden. Naturally occurs in wet meadows in the Ozark region.

Beautiful peeling bark makes this a wonderful statement tree. Beautiful yellow fall leaves. This tree provides garden interest in every season. Often trained to be multi-trunked in landscapes. Fast growing. Can be kind of messy with fallen twigs.

Beautiful fall seed heads are prolific reseeders. Plant in masses that are bordered to keep under control.

A cute, fuzzy ground cover that will move around the garden through its roots to form colonies. An early bloomer for small pollinators. Needs well-drained, but not rich, soil. Perfers part shade.

A native succulent that likes rocky, sandy, or well drained soil.

Biennial that blooms the second year then must reseed to continue. Plant some this year and next year to get a consistent show of color for years to come. Native to southern and eastern Missouri.

Like many natives, this plant may not bloom the first year. Can cut back in late spring to reduce flowering height. A nice late bloomer for a wet, partially shady area.

Sprawling plant that may be used as a beautiful groundcover with a long bloom season. Does not like wet soils.

Large, showy flowers can range from white to a light pink. Requires moist soil, like in the base of your rain garden. Taller plants may need to be staked.

Birds love the seeds. Bees love the flowers. Tolerates dry conditions. The smallest and least aggressive Silphium, but will still spread by rhizomes to create a small colony.

Good in dry, poor soils. Butterflies love the Blazing Stars! But rodents also like to eat the corms.

Though the flower may not be showy, the silvery-leaves, brown winter seedheads, and strong up-right stature make a beautiful statement, especially when massed together or planted in grasses. Great wildlife benefits for bees, butterflies, birds, and mammels.

Can be used as a ground cover in consistently moist areas. A good early summer bloom for a shadier garden. Packera is one of the plant genera in our area that attracts the largest number of different bee species.