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Fruits are attractive to wildlife, including humans which use it to make jams, jellies, pie fillings, and wine. Puts out suckers to form colonies.

A shorter goldenrod great for your shady garden. May colonize by rhizomes. Goldenrods are great pollen and nectar sources in late fall, and host plants for several moth species. Can spread as wide as tall.

Biennial. Needs disturbed soil to help reseed. Beneficial to many pollinators.

A beautiful onion bulb with deep secondary roots that make it drought tolerant. Not preferred by deer or rabbits. Attracts small pollinators.

Though the flowers aren't showy, we absolutely love the puffball seeds that glow in the winter, especially against bronze grasses like shorter Andropogons or Little bluestem. Deeply rooted plant tolerant of extreme drought.

Despite its name, this plant is not for human consumption. Good early source of nectar. Looks like small tufts of grass when not in bloom.

Prefers full sun and well-drained soils, but can tolerate short periods of flooding. Blooms on old growth, so trim after bloom. Can form a thicket.

Biannual. A beautiful native thistle (be careful when you plant it) that blooms the second year. Goldfinch love the seeds and you may even see a hummingbird visit for nectar.

A great addition to your hummingbird garden. Short lived perennial but may reseed if given some bare ground.

A nice pop of summer color for your shade garden. Great form and leaf texture. Comes up later in the spring, so plant with spring ephemerals or other plants that emerge earlier.

The Missouri state tree. Prefers acidic soil and shadier sites. Displays red berries in the fall.

A tall grass good for pond edges to provide cover for small animals. Not preferred by deer.

Stunning white flowers. Seed pods also add beauty and texture to the garden. A study in KC showed that Penstemon is one of the plant genera in our area that attracts the largest number of different bee species.

May form a thicket. May be monoecious or dioecious, so may need a male and female to produce seed; we don't guarantee the plants gender. Fragrant leaves, resemble poison ivy, but this is not poisonous.

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.