New Plants

Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop', also known as Bugleweed, makes a nice semi-evergreen groundcover. Plants quickly form a low carpet of rounded, glossy leaves, purple-black in colour with a crinkly or scalloped texture. Short spikes of deep blue...

Allium cernuum, or Nodding Onion, is perfect for t...

Anemone hupehensis 'September Charm' has beautiful rose-pink flowers that are suspended above the foliage and seem to dance in the wind, givin...

The tall and graceful Aquilegia in the McKana Group are heavy-flowering, large and brightly colored. By late spring to early summer they bear tall erect stems of upward facing or nodding large-spurred flowers that are strongly bicolored in a wide ...

Astilbes are a popular choice for shade and woodland gardens. They are clump-forming perennials which feature graceful, fern-like mo...

Baptisia australis, or Blue False Indigo, is an upright perennial which features violet blue, lupine-like flowers in erect spikes extending well above a foliage mound of clover-like, bluish-green leaves. The flowers are like m...

Callirhoe involucrata, or Purple Poppy Mallow, is a Missouri native perennial which most frequently occurs in dryish, rocky soils in prairies, fields and along roadsides scattered in several counties mostly northeast of the Mi...

Chelone obliqua, or Turtlehead, is a stiffly erect, clump-forming Missouri native perennial which typically grows in moist woods, swampy areas and along streams. Hooded, snapdragon-like, two-lipped, deep rose flowers appear fr...

Coreopsis lanceolata or Lanceleaf coreopsis is a Missouri native wildflower which typically grows to 2 feet tall and occurs in prairies, glades, fields and roadsides primarily in the Ozark region of the State. Features yellow, dais...

Dicentra spectabilis has been a popular, old-fashioned garden favorite for many years. It features graceful, soft green foliage that...

A double-flowered Coneflower, 'Hot Papaya' has drooping ray petals of papaya-orange, surrounding a pompom center of red-orange that do...

Echinacea pallida, or pale coneflower, is an upright Missouri native perennial wildflower found primarily on limestone glades, fields, prairies and along railroads throughout most of the State. Features narrow, hairy...

A Missouri and Ozark Mountain native, Echinacea paradoxa or yellow coneflower boasts large, bright yellow flowerheads and is the only yellow-blooming species of echinacea. Its sweetly fragrant, daisy-like blooms appear in midsummer and h...

‘Green Jewel’ is a coneflower that features bright light green rays surrounding a center cone of dark green. Echinacea is an uprig...

In late spring to early summer, numerous flowers arise from the compact stems of this delightful coneflower. 'Pink Double Delight' boasts showy flowers with frilly double centers of deep rose-pink, surrounded by...

Echinacea purpurea 'Milkshake' is a rather large and very strong plant with French vanilla-white, fully double pompom flowers.  The yellow center of the young flowers is very striking. The flower stems are well branching and p...

Osmunda cinnamomea, or Cinnamon fern, is a Missouri native fern which occurs in moist, boggy ground along streams and on shaded ledges and bluffs, primarily in the eastern Ozark region of the State. Typically grows in clumps to 2-3...

This clump-forming, upright, ornamental grass is a Missouri native plant and is perhaps most distinguished by the flat, drooping seed heads wh...

Versatile and pretty, festuca glauca 'Boulder Blue' or blue fescue is a semi-evergreen ornamental grass that is similar to the 'Elijah Blue' variety, but is shorter in height with taller flower stalks. 'Boulder Blue' is known ...

A grass for shade! Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ is a golden-striped form of Hakone grass. Few grasses have the elegant beauty of golden Japanese forest grass and even fewer are well adapted to shade. This clump-forming, variegated grass...

Koeleria macrantha, or Prairie Junegrass, is a cool season, clump-forming, tufted, perennial bunch grass that is native in Missouri, typically found in dry prairies and open woods in the southwestern and central parts of the s...

Give this grass plenty of room! The tall, variegated Japanese silvergrass, ‘Silver Feather, originates from eastern Asia and has a graceful arching habit. Its long slender blades are dark green with razor thin white midribs a...

Hedera helix, or English Ivy, ‘Gold Child’ has variegated leaves with a lobed, ivy shape and heart-shaped base. The leaf color is gray-green with irre...

A classic daylily since the 1940's, 'Autumn red ' features deep red flowers with yellow midribs and yellow throats. Star-shaped flowers appear on naked stems which rise tall above a clump of arching, grass blade-like leaves. Individ...

‘Melting Fire’ is a seed variety of Heuchera, or coral bells. Ruffled leaves emerge bright crimson in spring and mature to a dark maroon red by summer. Leaves acquire tinges of purple in fall that last throughout winter. In late s...

The large, cocoa-colored leaves of Heuchera ‘Chocolate Veil’ are overlaid with a delicate, silvery purple making this perennial a striking addition to the garden. Its grown for its low, wide mounds of ric...

Hibiscus lasiocarpos, or Rose Mallow, is a Missouri native plant which typically occurs in wet soils along ponds, in ditches or in damp woods. A vigorous, erect, often woody-based perennial that features large hollyhock-like, 5-pet...

Iris virginica, or southern blue flag, is a wetland species of iris which features violet blue flowers with lower petals that are crested with yellow and white. Narrow, bright green leaves often lie on the ground or in water. ...

Leucanthemum 'Becky' is a very tall selection that exhibits excellent tolerance to summer heat and humidity. This Shasta daisy cultivar is larger than most others, growing 3-4 feet tall on rigid stems which do not require...

'Snowcap' shasta daisy is a compact, yet large-flowered selection of this classic garden perennial. In early to midsummer, very big white daisies with yellow centers appear atop upright, rigid stems lined with course dark green fol...

Liatris aspera, or blazing star, is an upright, clump-forming, Missouri native perennial which typically grows in sunny, dry soils on prairies, open woods, meadows and along roads and railroad tracks. Rounded, fluffy, dee...

One of our best-known native wildflowers, Lobelia cardinalis, or Cardinal Flower, adapts well to g...

Lobelia siphilitica, or Blue Cardinal Flower, is a Missouri native perennial which likes moist soil. It will naturalize along ditches and streams and features spires of colorful hood-like flowers on stately spikes in late summ...

Oenotherea macrocarpa, or Missouri evening primrose, is a sprawling Missouri native plant featuring very large, 4-petaled, mildly fragrant, bright yellow flowers which open for only one day in the late afternoon and lasting overnigh...

Penstemon digitalis is a Missouri-native perennial which typically occurs in prairies, fields, open woods and along railroad tracks throughout the state. Beard Tongue boasts white, two-lipped, tubular flowers on erec...

Penstemon tubaeflorus, or Beard Tongue, is a clump-forming, Missouri native perennial which occurs in dryish soils on prairies, limestone glades, open woods and along railroad tracks. Loose clusters of white, trumpet-shap...

Polemonium reptans, or Creeping Jacob's Ladder, is a Missouri native wildflower that occurs in rich, moist woods and along streams throughout the State except for the far northeastern counties. Typically grows in a mound featuring ...

Ratibida pinnata, or grey-head coneflower, is a Missouri native plant which typically occurs in dry woods, prairies and along railroad tracks and roads. Tall and thinly foliaged, prairie coneflower shines in the meadow from summer ...

Rudbeckia missouriensis, or Missouri coneflower, features pretty green leaves and stems covered in conspicuous silvery white hairs, and displays golden yello...

Sedum Album 'Orange Ice' is popular for its orange fall and winter color. In spring, evergreen foliage changes to medium green color and white, star-shaped blooms appear in early to mid summer. Very low growing!

Sedum hybridum 'Immergrunchen' is an extremely coarse textured ground cover with a tight habit, vibrant green foliage and yellow blooms in the summer. Its leaves are actually semi-evergreen, some then shed during the wint...

This evergreen sedum, or stonecrop, is attractive in all seasons! Sedum Middendorffianum Diffusum starts out a deep green in the spring, then bright yellow flowers in the summer turn orange and red. In the fall, the foliage picks u...

Sedum ‘Red Carpet’ is a low-growing, sprawling, red-leaved sedum or stonecrop (also commonly called two-row stonecrop) that is commonly grown as a ground cover. It is an evergreen plant with thick, succulent red leaves that are to...

Sdeum spurium ‘Fuldaglut’ is a low-growing stonecrop or sedum with marroon-colored branching stems that are toothed near the ends. Tiny, star-shaped, rose-red flowers bloom in August. Leaves are attractive thr...

Sedum spurium 'John Creech’ is a small spreading stonecrop that typically grows to only 2” tall but can quickly form a dense groundcover of small, scalloped green leaves. Lovely pink flowers appear above the foliage in fall.

Mixed sedum flats are created here at Green Gate Farms using sedum favorites including 'Dragon's Blood', 'Blue Spruce', 'Tri Color' and more. Plant in a mass and create a sea of beautiful color! Drought-tolerant and very easy to gr...

Stachys monieri 'Hummelo' is a cousin to the familiar Lamb's-Ears, but not at all similar. This is a cl...

This spiderwort hybrid is a compact, clump-forming perennial which produces clusters of purple-blue, three-petaled flowers accented by contrasting yellow stamens atop stiff stems. Numerous flower buds form in each cluster, but...