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Here the discerning gardener finds exceptional plants, unmatched service, and the largest selection of perennials anywhere. At Sugar Creek Gardens Nursery and Garden Center, you'll find quality and expertise that's as rare and unusual as some of our 2,000 varieties.

Lace Leaf Goldenrod, Euthamia graminifolia, brings a soft, meadowy texture to sunny gardens with its fine, grass‑like fo...
06/13/2026

Lace Leaf Goldenrod, Euthamia graminifolia, brings a soft, meadowy texture to sunny gardens with its fine, grass‑like foliage and airy clusters of golden blooms. From summer into fall, thousands of tiny yellow flowers gather pollinators in abundance—native bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects flock to its nectar-rich sprays. Slender stems create a graceful, upright habit that tucks beautifully into prairie plantings, naturalized borders, and restoration projects. This tough prairie plant handles heat, drought, and lean soils with ease, offering reliable late-season color while supporting a wide range of wildlife. Its rhizomatous, colony‑forming habit helps with erosion control and makes it valuable in meadows, prairies, and restoration plantings. This Missouri and Illinois native perennial also works in perennial beds and cottage gardens.

Feeds a huge diversity of pollinators. Its late‑season nectar supports long‑tongued bees, short‑tongued bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, moths, and beetles — a broad ecological reach rarely matched by other perennials.
Supports birds with seed. Its dried seed heads feed songbirds, extending its ecological value well beyond bloom time.
Provides critical late‑season resources. Blooming from mid‑summer into fall, it fills a food gap when many insects prepare for migration, overwintering, or final broods. Especially important for Monarch butterflies.
Supports at least 10 specialist native bee species that forage exclusively on Goldenrods.
The genus Euthamia recently spun out of the true Goldenrod genus, Solidago.

Plant in full sun to light shade. Easily grows in most soils, even tolerating poor, dry spots. Will spread via rhizomes.

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A stunning beauty, Millennium Ornamental Onion, Allium, is adored for its profusion of flowers and ease of care. Its com...
06/08/2026

A stunning beauty, Millennium Ornamental Onion, Allium, is adored for its profusion of flowers and ease of care. Its compact, upright clump of glossy, thick, and strappy leaves emits a slight oniony smell when crushed. In mid to late summer, a profusion of large 2″, bright rosy purple, tightly rounded clusters of flowers appear on strong stems just above Millenium Allium’s attractive foliage.

A landscaper’s favorite! Its thick, emerald green leaf blades look great in and out of bloom, making Millenium Allium ideal for mass plantings and edging in formal and cottage gardens. Millenium Ornamental Onion makes a fantastic show in the St. Louis, Missouri, metro area where it thrives.

Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators adore it, and deer and rabbits leave it alone.

Plant in full sun. Add compost or other organic matter, along with slow-release fertilizer, when planting. Although plants will bloom fine without fertilizer, for maximum blooms fertilize.

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With super-sized flowers and excellent garden performance, Super Ka-Pow Fuchsia Garden Phlox is a knockout in the garden...
06/01/2026

With super-sized flowers and excellent garden performance, Super Ka-Pow Fuchsia Garden Phlox is a knockout in the garden! Vibrant, fragrant flowers bloom in plump clusters for months, from late spring to fall. Growing about 20″ tall, this disease-resistant mid-sized Phlox fits nicely in the center of mixed borders or as a backdrop in small gardens. Super Ka-Pow Fuchsia can be used in butterfly, cottage, and cut flower gardens, as well as any sun garden where a showy, long-blooming plant is needed.

Plant in full sun to part shade. Add organic matter to the soil. To keep plants healthy and strong to fight off insects and disease, give a bit of extra TLC by adding fertilizer. For the best bloom, keep soil consistently moist when the plant is setting up buds and flowering. For an extra-large show, use liquid fertilizers just before the plant begins to show flower buds, around early summer.

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A beloved sweet cherry that brings dependable harvests and spring beauty to the home garden. Stella Prunus covers itself...
05/30/2026

A beloved sweet cherry that brings dependable harvests and spring beauty to the home garden. Stella Prunus covers itself in clouds of soft white blossoms each spring, creating a gorgeous show before settling into a generous crop of deep red, richly flavored cherries. The fruit ripens early to midsummer and offers that classic sweet‑tart balance perfect for fresh eating, baking, and preserving.

Compact size and a naturally tidy shape make Stella an easy fit for smaller yards or edible landscapes. Unlike many cherries, it self‑pollinates, so gardeners enjoy fruit even with just one tree. Strong vigor, reliable cold hardiness, and glossy summer foliage add to its all‑season charm.

A rewarding, easygoing cherry that brings beauty in spring and bowls of delicious fruit in summer.

Plant Cherry trees in moist, well-drained soils in full sun. Patience will be required, it can take 4-7 years before bearing fruit.

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Halberd Leaved Rose Mallow, Hibiscus laevis, flashes its huge 6″ pearly-white to pale pink flowers with prominent deep m...
05/29/2026

Halberd Leaved Rose Mallow, Hibiscus laevis, flashes its huge 6″ pearly-white to pale pink flowers with prominent deep maroon eyes from mid-summer into fall. Its fascinating 6″ three-lobed foliage resembles the 15th-16th century weapon, the halberd spear. A large, shrub-like Illinois and Missouri native perennial, it prefers consistently moist to wet soil and a sunny location. The plant tolerates heat and humidity and is deer-resistant. Hibiscus laevis is also known as Smooth Hibiscus.

Halberd Leaved Rose Mallow grows 4-6′ tall. Its height makes it perfect for the rear of the perennial border. Plant it in mixed perennial gardens, native plant gardens, rain gardens, or naturalized areas. It’s fantastic grouped in moist locations such as along the edge of a pond or stream.

Growing instructions: Grow in average to medium wet soil in full sun. Tolerates some light shade, but full sun produces the best flowering and will keep the plant healthy. Soil should be kept moist throughout the growing season.

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2021 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of The YearMissouri Botanical Garden Plant Of MeritWinner of multiple a...
05/22/2026

2021 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of The Year

Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Of Merit

Winner of multiple awards for its outstanding qualities, Calamint, Calamintha brings airy flowers that humans and flying creatures can’t resist. Only the best varieties win the prestigious Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of The Year and the Missouri Botanical Garden Plant of Merit awards. The Perennial Plant Association reports:

Like a cloud of confetti, tiny white flowers (sometimes touched with pale blue) appear from early summer to fall. Undemanding and dependable, calamint provides the perfect foil for other summer bloomers and foliage. This full-sun perennial has a low mounding or bushy habit, ideal for the front of the border, rock gardens, and more.

While durable and pest-free, calamint also checks two important boxes for gardeners: bees and other pollinators work the flowers throughout the summer, and the aromatic foliage is deer-resistant.

Easy to grow in full sun and average to poor soil. Deer resistant.

Plant in full sun.

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Take a trip to the Jurassic period with the massive Gigantosaurus Hosta. Big and aggressive, it comes roaring to life in...
05/19/2026

Take a trip to the Jurassic period with the massive Gigantosaurus Hosta. Big and aggressive, it comes roaring to life in early spring, and it is one of the first Hosta to emerge. Gargantuan blue leaves have a wavy yellow margin. In summer, the yellow margins turn to creamy white. Pale lavender flowers appear in early summer and are held just above the foliage. Giantosaurus Hosta grows a whopping 6′ plus wide. A premium variety, Gigantosaurus Hosta is one of the finest Hostas available today.

Gigantosaurus Hosta is a member of the outstanding Proven Winners and Shadowland Hosta series, a collection of the finest Hostas available today. These plants exhibit exemplary garden presence and performance, have a long season of appeal in the landscape, have leaves of good substance, and demonstrate a greater resistance to common garden pests. Hostas are exceedingly popular perennials in today’s gardens due to their versatility in the landscape. Their subtle colors, tall flower scapes, and broad, coarse leaves fill a niche in garden designs that few other plants can achieve. Their large leaves provide excellent coverage for dying bulb foliage. Hostas also grow well in city environments where the air may be polluted by car exhaust and other pollutants.

Growing instructions: Hostas are low-maintenance plants that, if given adequate moisture, can grow undisturbed for many years. Plant Hostas in shade to part shade locations in soil that has been amended with compost or other organic matter. Applying a starter fertilizer at planting will encourage rapid root growth. We use Starter Organic Fertilizer here. Give consistent moisture. Although they are tough plants that can withstand periods of drought, for best results keep well watered during dry spells. Fertilize in spring to early summer. Do not fertilize after midsummer. Cut back spent foliage in late fall and remove. Damaging pests such as snails and slugs like to lay their eggs in the old leaves. Cutting back foliage in fall prevents future spring problems.

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Bring brilliant firefly color to your sunny gardens and containers with the adorable Lightning Bug Tickseed, Coreopsis. ...
05/15/2026

Bring brilliant firefly color to your sunny gardens and containers with the adorable Lightning Bug Tickseed, Coreopsis. Its colorful gold and red flowers just keep coming and coming all summer into October. It forms a compact mound of disease-resistant, dark green foliage.

A fantastic plant that can take the place of annuals in gardens and containers. Its great compact foliage makes it ideal for container gardening, rock gardens, and the front of the border. Lightning Bug Tickseed makes a weed-smothering ground cover for small areas and also looks fantastic in large drifts. Fabulous in containers, Lightning Bug’s bright colors bring excitement, creating memorable pots that grab all eyes.

Plant in full sun and well-draining soil. Shear off the top 20% of the plant when most of the blooms are spent to return the plant to full flowering. Fertilize with a balanced garden fertilizer following the manufacturer’s directions. 30 days before the last expected frost, fertilize for the last time of the year.

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Mature plants produce 20 or more flowers per day.With its prolific, huge 6-9″ flowers, Swamp Rose Mallow, Hibiscus mosch...
05/11/2026

Mature plants produce 20 or more flowers per day.

With its prolific, huge 6-9″ flowers, Swamp Rose Mallow, Hibiscus moschuetos, has earned the reputation as one of the showiest Illinois and Missouri native perennials. Creamy white to pink dinner plate-size blooms first appear in July, with blooming continuing into fall. Each flower has a prominent crimson eye that surrounds a fluffy center. The flowers are among the largest of our native perennials. Its flamboyant flowers only last 1-2 days but open continuously over a long time. In the St. Louis, Missouri metro area Swamp Rose Mallow can produce 20 or more flowers per day. It is also known as Marsh Mallow, Crimson-eyed Rose Mallow, and Swamp Mallow.

A large, shrub-like perennial Swamp Mallow prefers moist to wet soil and a sunny location but will also grow in drier areas. The large 3-7′ plant can be kept smaller by pinching the growing tips. Its height makes it perfect for the rear of the perennial border. Plant it in mixed perennial gardens, native plant gardens, rain gardens, or naturalized areas. It’s fantastic grouped in moist locations such as along the edge of a pond or stream. Swamp Mallow tolerates heat and humidity, is deer-resistant, and is easy to grow. Host plant to many different butterflies and moths, including the Painted Lady and the Gray Hairstreak.

Growing instructions: Grow in average, medium to wet soil in full sun. Tolerates some light shade, but full sun produces the best flowering and will keep the plant healthy. Although Rose Mallow prefers moist soil throughout the growing season, it tolerates dry periods. If a smaller, bushier plant is desired, pinch off growing tips when it reaches 8″ and again when it reaches 12″. In late fall, cut the plant back to 4″ or so. The plant is one of the last perennials to emerge in spring, yet once it wakes up, it grows rapidly. For even more flowers, fertilize following the manufacturer’s instructions.

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A fantastic selection of our Missouri native Buttonbush, Fiber Optics Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis only reaches ...
05/05/2026

A fantastic selection of our Missouri native Buttonbush, Fiber Optics Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis only reaches 5-6′ tall and wide versus the 12′ of its parent plant! Fragrant, perfectly globular white flowers bloom in summer, followed by showy fruits. Tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions, including consistently wet soils.

A delightful Missouri and Illinois native shrub, Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis, is adored by humans and pollinators for its adorable fragrant white flower balls that appear in summer. Their long flower styles give the blossoms a pincushion look. The flowers mature into attractive pinkish round fruits made up of two-seeded nutlets. These ornamental fruits last throughout the winter. It is desirable to many different Missouri wildlife creatures including butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. Ducks and other birds enjoy its tasty seeds. Beavers find its wood delicious and will also use the wood to build their dams and lodges.

Fiber Optics Buttonbush grows into an open-rounded shrub 6′ tall. It easily grows in moist, rich soil, and tolerates wet conditions, including standing water, flooding, and wet springs. A popular and sought-after shrub, it makes an ideal choice for rain gardens, naturalized areas, woodlands, native gardens, and shrub borders. An ideal choice for low, moist areas in the landscape, it also grows in shallow water at the edge of ponds. Buttonbush is often used in wetland restoration work, along streams and pond banks. Even though it thrives in wet spots, it also grows quite well in drier areas.

Plant in full sun to part shade. Buttonbush prefers rich, moist soil. Although tolerant of tough conditions, it suffers in dry, hot spots. Water during the dry days of summer. If plants need to be revitalized, cut back to about 6″ in early spring.

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