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Tall and aggressive so not suited for small gardens, but has wonderful wildlife benefits if you have the space for it.

Prefers drier/well drain soils and is drought tolerant. Doesn't spread as quickly as the common or whorled milkweeds.

Biennial. Native thistles are not as aggressive as the non-native, invasive thistles and are an excellent food source for many pollinators and birds.

The leaves, long-lasting flowers, and fluffy seed heads of this plant add interest to your garden for several seasons. Visited by small bees and flower flies. Not preferred by deer or rabbits.

Native only to the Ozarks. Also called glade larkspur; likes full sun and dry, well-drained soil. Poisonous if ingested; deer resistant.

Tall, straight, fast-growing tree. Shallow rooted, plant with deep-rooted plants. Host of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly. Will sprout numerous seedlings in spring.

It's a goldenrod that looks like an aster. Good for rock garden, or other hot and dry conditions.

Beautiful woodland spring ephemeral. Leaves die back in summer, so plant with species that will hold form summer through fall.

Can be finicky - prefers consistently rich, moist (but not wet) soil, and may take a few years for the flower to mature, but then you will be rewarded with beautiful summer flower heads.

A cool-season grass for a shady or sunny, moist area.

Sometimes called naked-stem sunflower because the flower stem has very few leaves, giving the impression that the flowers are floating in the air. May form rhizomial colony over time.

Use as a groundcover. We love the long-blooming tiny flowers and puff-ball like seed heads. But, seeds will get caught in your socks if you walk through the garden in the fall. Basal leaves can have a purple hue. Not preferred by deer.

A shrub-like form with wonderful seedpods. Bumblebees pollinate the flowers and host to several skippers, butterflies and moths.

A large specimen for moist shade or part shade but may also tolerate full sun. Male and female flowers on separate plants; both have white flowers. Male flowers are fuller; female flower produces brown seed capsales in the summer. Plants sold unsexed.

A very large, slow-growing, stately tree that can get as wide as it is tall in an open space. Oak trees support the most number of Lepidoptera species in our area.