Name: Dense Blazing Star, Prairie Gayfeather, Spike Gayfeather
Brand: NVK Nurseries
SKU: 1844-1LTR
Price: 10.0 CAD
Availability: InStock

Dense Blazing Star, Prairie Gayfeather, Spike Gayfeather

Liatris spicata

A native blazing star with upright flower spikes that attract butterflies and provide excellent cut and dried flowers.

Blooms at the top of the spike open first, and then slowly open down the spike
Narrow dark green grass-like basal leaves, 35 cm long, turning bronze in autumn
Attracts birds and butterflies

Size

1 litre

1 gal

2 gal

50 plugs per tray

$10.00

Shipping calculated at checkout.

Quantity

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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight

Full sun

Soil Moisture

Well-drained, Dry, Average

Drought Tolerant

✓

Hardiness Zone

3 – 3

Mature Height (meters)

0.8 – 1.25

Mature Spread (meters)

0.25 – 0.45

Growth Rate

Medium

Flower Colour

Purple

Foliage Colour

Green

Bloom Time

Summer

Habit

Upright

Deer Resistant

✓

Rabbit Resistant

✓

Pollinator Friendly

✓

Attracts Birds

✓

Ontario Native

✓

Landscape Uses

Border

Growing & Maintenance Tips

Use in mass in a perennial border, in native plant or cottage gardens. Taller plants may require staking. Easily grown in an average, medium, well-drained soil, in full sun. It is intolerant of a wet winter site.

Notes

Also referred to as Blazing Star, Blazing Stars, Dense Button Snakeroot, Gayfeather, Marsh Blazing Star, Sessile-headed Blazing Star, Snakeroot. Native to Ontario