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Native Plants CATALOG 2020 WE SHIP HOURS CONTACT NOTES WEEKDAYS: Make sure we will be 573-496-3492 here if visiting during bad YEAR-ROUND! Year-Round: 9 AM - 5 PM fax: 573-496-3003 weather in winter. WEEKENDS: www.mowildflowers.net If picking up a large March 21 - July 5 email: [email protected] order at the nursery, let August 29 - October 11 us fill it before you arrive. Saturdays: 9 AM - 5 PM 9814 Pleasant Hill Road Our most updated species Sundays: Noon - 5 PM Jefferson City, MO 65109 list is on our website. Give us your personal order by Tuesday before PLANT SALES IN YOUR AREA a sale, and we will bring your order to the sale. LOCATION TITLE & CONTACT INFO. DATE TIME Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center Native Plant Sale and Seminar March 14 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 2289 County Park Dr., Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 573-290-5218 to register (free) for seminar. Burr Oak Woods Nature Center Native Plant Sale March 14 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 1401 NW Park Rd., Blue Springs, MO 64015 Naturescaping Workshop: 816-228-3766 to register (free) Workshop hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Runge Conservation Nature Center Grow Native! Native Plant Sale March 28 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 330 Commerce Dr., Jefferson City, MO 573-526-5544. Bring several friends! Springfield Conservation Nature Center Native Plant Sale and Workshops April 4 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. 4601 S. Nature Center Way, Springfield, MO 65804 417-888-4237. Google: Springfield CNC / MDC Discover Nature Kirkwood Farmer’s Market Give us your order in advance or pick up from the selection April 4, 11, 18, 25 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. 150 East Argonne, Kirkwood, MO 63122 at the Market. Pre-orders can be picked up 4-6 p.m. Fridays May 2 Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Native Plant Sale April 3 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 4344 Shaw Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63110 www.missouribotanicalgarden.org April 4 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Bradford Research Center (Farm) Native Plant Sale & Education Day April 11 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 4968 S. Rangeline Rd, Columbia, MO 65201 http://bradford.cafnr.org/ Phone: 573-884-7945 Anita B. Gorman Cons. Discovery Center Missouri Prairie Foundation Native Plant Sale April 18 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 4750 Troost Ave. KC MO 64110 www.moprairie.org 816-716-9159 May 23 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Shawnee Indian Mission Shawnee Indian Mission Foundation - April 25 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. 3403 West 53rd St, Fairway KS 66205 Native Plant Sale. Info: 913-262-0867, simfoundation.org Backyard Bird Center Native Plant Sale by Burroughs Audubon April 25 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 6212 NW Barry Road, KC MO 64154 Backyard Bird Center 816-746-1113 Kansas City Community Gardens Westport Garden Club Native Plant Sale May 2 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. 6917 Kensington Ave, KC MO 64132 (Swope Park) https://thewestportgardenclub.org Shaw Nature Reserve Shaw Wildflower Market; www.shawnature.org May 9 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. I-44 & Hwy 100, Gray Summit, MO 63039 Members preview sale Friday, May 8, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Bass Pro Shops Missouri Prairie Foundation Native Plant Sale May 9 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 3101 Bass Pro Dr. Columbia MO www.moprairie.org Tulsa OK Tulsa Wildlife Habitat Garden Tour & Native Plant Sale May 16 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Check web for location or phone Alyne 918-521-8894. www.tulsaaudubon.org/wildlifehabitatgardentour.htm May 17 Noon - 5 p.m. JCPenney Parking Lot Franklin Co. Master Gardeners’ Native Plant Sale May 16 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. 5886 Hwy 100, Washington MO 63090(1/4 mi. E of 47) Karen Leslie, 573-459-2454 Franklin Park Deep Roots Native Plant Sale May 16 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Roe & Somerset, Prairie Village, Kansas 66208 deeprootskc.org [email protected] Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center Native Plant Sale May 23 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 201 W. Riviera Drive, Joplin, MO 64804 417-629-3434 COVER PHOTO by Terri Barnicle, 6/26/19. She says: “We have a native row (4 to 5-foot wide) next to our vegetable garden. We planted the plants in Aug. 2018 - all from Missouri Wildflowers. We call that row our city because of all the butterflies, bees, bugs, and activity. We had a really good vegetable garden last summer and give some of the credit to that row!” 1 American Beauty Berry Native Plant Callicarpa americana OF THE YEAR American beauty berry is such an appropriate name. The ripe berry Beauty berry plants that genetically originated in southern Mis- clusters are mostly magenta with variations. These colors are in- souri are better adapted to survive in areas north of their native tended to attract many bird species to get seeds dispersed, but they range. Our plants are from Missouri. If you purchase from are also earning American beauty berry a place around peoples’ another nursery, it would be good to ask about the genetic homes and businesses. Achieving status in the nursery trade has source. also aided their dispersal. The American beautyberry may be the perfect complement American beauty berry naturally grows in wooded valleys that have to your garden. Lovely berry clusters provide a great display some disturbance. They don’t do well in dense shade. The better well into fall and winter and are of great interest to both the soil, the more robust they become. If a plant doesn’t grow very humans and birds. much the first season, it would probably be good to dig it up the fol- lowing spring and either move it to more sun, or amend the soil. American beauty berry is native to the southeastern United States from Texas and Oklahoma east to Maryland. It naturally occurs just north of the Missouri/Arkansas line in Taney County, but is doing well as far north as Kansas City, Columbia, and St. Louis where it has been introduced. In more northern parts like St. Jo- seph and Kirksville, it would be a good idea to plant them in more protected, warmer locations. RUNNERS UP FOR Thanks to everyone who submitted photos. These three were also in the running for COVER PHOTOS the cover. Take photos in 2020 and your photo might be next year’s feature image! Joe Marilynn Yvette R. Davis Langston Luedde 2 WILDFLOWERS & Seeding NATIVE GRASSES FROM FESCUE TO WILDFLOWERS In the 1950’s the fescue field that was here was abandoned and allowed to grow unchecked. Sixty years later (2008) the area was bulldozed to remove the mostly native trees and shrubs as well as multiflora rose and autumn olive that had replaced the fescue. It was then seeded in December GETTING STARTED 2008 with a 35-species mix of native wildflowers (our deep soil mix) and native grasses. By the end of the second growing season, plants of all thirty-five seeded 1 Evaluate the site and plan the timing of activities. Identify the type of soil and its species had been spotted. This is how it looked on July 29, 2019. Owners, John pH. Determine what and when to plant, and Elaine Edgar have been enjoying flowers and wildlife on their walks for the and when and how to kill the non-natives. past nine years, With a controlled burn every year or so during the dormant sea- son, it will provide habitat and enjoyment for years to come. The area changes 2 Kill the existing non-native vegetation. through the season as the different perennial species flower. One of the early Most non-native cool-season grasses, such species to bloom is Indian paintbrush. The purple flowers here are prairie blazing as fescue, can successfully be killed. Don’t stars. Their numbers continue to increase. plant wildflowers on areas where serecia lespedeza, bird’s-foot trefoil, or crown vetch are or have been present because A successful seeding of wildflowers, like the one pictured here, depends on the hard seeds of these exotic legumes several factors: may lie in the soil for 10 to 20 years before germinating. You could control • The right mix of native species for the area. exotic legumes with a broadleaf herbicide • Soil preparation (which primarily involves killing existing vegetation). while raising native grasses in one of • Seeding during the proper time of the year. these legume infested areas. • Keeping dense concentrations of weeds cut to a six to twelve inch height the first > One way to kill existing vegetation is to season. cover the area with black plastic for about • An annual or biennial mowing or burning from the third year on will keep two months during fall or spring when flowers blooming and trees and shrubs from invading. most plants are actively growing. Plants • Creating a seed bed with no living vegetation from seeding until seeds not actively growing may not be killed by germination in the spring. this process. Warm-season lawn grasses need to be covered during the summer The most successful wildflower plantings are done in late November, December, when they are actively growing. Keep the or early January. This is because many native wildflower species have a high area covered until you are ready to plant. percentage of dormant seeds that require a cold-moist period before germination. The vegetation should be dead, not just This also ensures seeds will be in the soil in the spring when conditions are right for yellow.