Dense blazing star

The perfect time to transplant dense blazing star is during early to mid-spring or from mid-fall to late fall, as it ensures ideal root establishment. Choose a sunny location with well-drained soil, and consider adding organic matter to enhance the native soil. Happy transplanting!

Dense Blazing Star is an upright, late-summer blooming Wisconsin native perennial that boasts fluffy, purple, button-like flowers on spikes, raised ab…

Garden designers often recommend planting a combination of plants for the most pleasing effect in the garden. They suggest, for example, combining rounded plant forms, such as catmint or daylily with upright, vertical growers. One such plant is blazing star, also known as Gayfeather (Liatris). Hardier than delphiniums or foxglove, blazing star is a low-maintenance […]

How to Grow and Care for Liatris spicata, the Dense Blazing Star Plant in the garden. This herbaceous perennial blooms with purple flowers in the summer, looks great in the border, and makes an excellent cut flower.

They can take the heat all summer long.

Appreciated for its striking vertical flower spikes and fine-textured foliage, Gayfeather or Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) is a valuable perennial.

Liatris spicata, Dense Blazing Star is available at Toadshade Wildflower Farm, a mail order nursery in Frenchtown, NJ, that specializes in native perennial wildflower plants and seeds.

All About Growing Liatris Spicata. This is a hardy perennial with four-season interest! These native flowers are also known as Dense Blazing Star, Blazing Star, and Gayfeather. They feature beautiful blooms and these native plants are good for the local environment. Native plants attract good insects and butterflies! Learn how to grow Liatris Spicata here with this easy flower guide.

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