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Liatris ligulistylis |
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| | It's hard to dislike a plant that attracts monarchs in droves |
| Common name |
meadow blazing star |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
purple (Aug-Sep) |
| Size |
3-5' |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
give about two months cold, then germinate at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | early October |
Prairie wildflower, attractive to butterflies - not the most refined of garden plants, but worth it for its narrowly upright habit and pretty buds just before they open, as well as the flowers, which aren't clustered at tightly on the flower stalk as they are on the more common Liatris spicata, but instead have a bit of a groomed-poodle look. Blooms later than L. spicata, on a much taller plant. I liked the look of the budding plant before the flowers opened as much as the plant in full bloom. Plants may be prone to flopping in a late-summer storm - a little staking may be helpful. That's hypothetical, of course - I'm too lazy to stake anything, so flopped-over plants are a common appearance in our garden.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Dee | May 27, 2013 | Last year I planted 8 of these. It's May 31st, & I don't see them emerging from the ground yet. I may be a bit impatient, but I'm getting worried that maybe they won't be coming back this year. When do they usually emerge?
Unless you're located somewhere significantly cooler than our zone 6 Pennsylvania climate, the liatris should be showing themselves by now. We lost ours some time ago, so I can't check their status in our own garden... |
- Seed from HPS/MAG '02/'03 exchange. Baggy 35F (7w) - 70F (90%G, 12-26d)
- Seed from '04 garden. Pot outside in November. 13 seedlings in spring
- Seed from '04 garden. Baggy 35F (9w) - 70F (55%G, 3-6d)
- Seed from '06 garden. Baggy 35F (13w) - 70F (95%G, 2-12d)
- Seed from '07 garden. Baggy 35F (13w) - 70F (40%G, 5-19d)
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