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Sedges have edges – feel the triangular stems. These short, grass-like plants add texture to the garden and create a nice ground cover. Birds eat the seeds.

Remove spent blooms to extend the blooming season. Colony-forming.

Similar to C. lanceolata, but leaves not as dense and flowers a bit smaller. Good in a hot, dry area. Deadhead for persistent blooms.

A study in KC showed that Solidago is one of the plant genera in our area that attracts the largest number of different bee species. This is a great option for a goldenrod with its showier flowers.

A rounded shrub with a more formal shape with beautiful flowers that attract many pollinators. Can tolerate many soil conditions but better in well-drained soil in hot and humid conditions.

Clump-forming, shorter grass, with an interesting seed head and autumn color. Food source or larval host for at least five types of skippers. May be used as a turf grass alternative.

A nice choice for a shorter aster and it can tolerate a decent amount of shade. Supports lots of insects.

Blue fruit ripen in August and are eaten by many species of wildlife. May form a thicket.

Native to the Ozarks, this sunflower stands tall on mostly leafless stalks above large basal leaves. Sunflowers attract lots of pollinators to their flowers and birds to their developed seeds.

A warm season, clumping grass with beautiful fluffy, white seedheads in late summer and fall. Reseeds in disturbed soils and tolerates dry, harsh conditions.

A shorter aster, but a bit spindly. A study in KC showed that Symphyotrichum is one of the plant genera in our area that attracts the largest number of different bee species.

A cute little pea flower. Better massed together to make a statement. Great wildlife benefits for bees, butterflies, birds, and mammels.

Pollinators love this plant! Lovely mint fragrance. Beautiful texture. Spreads slowly by roots and seeds; not as aggressive as most mints. A study in KC showed that Pycnanthemum is one of the plant genera in our area that attracts the largest number of different bee species.

An annual that readily self-seeds in disturbed soils. Host of common buckeye butterfly. Hemiparasitic: this plant feeds of the roots of other plants and therefore should be planted among other species.

Annual from southern MO glades. Likes it dry and sunny. Hosts Bordered Patch and Dainty Sulphur butterflies and attracts other butterflies.