Collection: Blazing Star | Gay Feather Flower Seeds

Liatris also known as Blazing star, Gay feather, Rough gayfeather, Snakeroot, Thickspike gayfeather, Prairie blazing star, Scaly blazing star, Kansas gayfeather are perennials with tuber or corm-like, swollen, flattened stems. Mainly found in prairie or open woodland, on dry, stoney ground in E. and C. North America. The numerous, showy, flowerhead spikes are typically pink to reddish purple or magenta, rarely white and are unusual in that they open from the top down. Liatris generally stays upright and needs no staking. The finely textured foliage stays attractive all summer and turns a rich bronze in the fall. The plants are used by the larvae of several insects including the flower moths which exclusively feed on the plants. 

USES: Mixed or herbaceous border, Cutting garden, Bee and butterfly garden, Wildflower gardens, Perennial garden, Mass plantings, Containers

TOLERATES: Poor soil, Light shade