Gayfeather, Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Description
Liatris (blazing star, gayfeather) Prized cut flower, attractive to butterflies. Tall purple flowers spikes rise above grass like leaves. Liatris is a great cut flower, dried flower and is attractive to butterflies and bees in the landscape.
- Botanical Name
- Liatris spicata
- Height
- 2-4'
- Width
- 9-18"
- Sun Exposure
- Full Sun
- Soil Type
- Well Draining Acidic
- Bloom Time
- Mid Summer Late Summer Fall
- Bloom Colors
- Pink
- Water Requirements
- Moderate