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Horticulture Supervisor, Kyle Cheesborough   [caption id="attachment_3217" align="alignleft" width="169"] Hypericum prolificum[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3216" align="alignright" width="300"] Hypericum prolificum[/caption] First up is shrubby St. John’s wort, Hypericum prolificum, a shrub-like perennial reaching 3’ in height, with numerous branches, a woody base, and shredded bark.  In summer, lemon-yellow blooms open to reveal pom-pom…...

Horticulture Supervisor, Kyle Cheesborough [caption id="attachment_3155" align="alignleft" width="230"] Callirhoe involucrata[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3154" align="alignright" width="230"] Callirhoe involucrata[/caption] Purple poppy mallow (Callirhoe involucrate), is a creeping, spreading Missouri native perennial.  The brilliant magenta blooms appear beginning in late spring and persist through the summer, becoming sporadic into the fall.  Purple poppy mallow…...

Horticulture Supervisor, Kyle Cheesborough [caption id="attachment_3123" align="alignnone" width="470"] Veronicastrum virginicum 'Lavender Towers'[/caption] Veronicastrum, or Culver’s root, is an outstanding summer bloomer, with tall, branching spikes of white-lavender flowers.  The name ‘Culver’s root’ refers to Dr. Culver, who prescribed the plant as a laxative, the roots in fact being a powerful…...

Horticulture Supervisor, Kyle Cheesborough Butterfly-weed, Asclepias tuberosa, is a very hardy, drought tolerant, Missouri native perennial with clustered orange blooms in late spring into mid-summer. [caption id="attachment_3075" align="alignleft" width="235"] Asclepias tuberosa[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3076" align="alignright" width="235"] Asclepias tuberosa[/caption] As the name suggests, this plant is irresistible to butterflies as a nectar…...