Liatris ligulistylis Rocky Mountain Blazing Star 1Gal
Rocky Mountain Blazing Star produces tall upright stalks of lavender/purple flowers that are premium butterfly attractors. This prairie native is a robust grower and does best in fertile soils with infrequent but deep soakings. Nectar plant for Monarch and other butterflies. Excellent cut flower.
Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie Blazing Star) 1 Gal
Flowers are in rounded pink to purple heads about 1/3 inch across, densely packed in a thick spike cluster up to a foot long. Heads are made up of 5 to 10 star-shaped disk flowers each with a long, stringy divided style emerging from the center. The bracts are pinkish red and have narrow tips that curl back away from the flowers. A plant has a single spike that blooms from the top down.
Liantris Aspera l L Rough Blazing Star