How to Grow and Care for Liatris (Blazing Star)Liatris Care is a picture.
The dense blazing star or prairie gay feather is a perennial flowering plant.In eastern North America, it grows in moist prairies and sedge meadow.
Plants with tall spikes of purple flowers look like bottle brushes or feathers.The species is found in the Midwest to the East Coast and western Canada.[2]
Common varieties include 'Floristan White' and 'Callilepsis' with long stems, which are good for cut flowers.[5]
Liatris spicata is a var.There is a southern part of the species's natural range.The variable plants have only 5 or 6 flowers per head and the heads are more spread out on the stems when found in coastal habitats.[6]
The showy purple flowers of Liatris spicata can be found in many countries around the world.Depending on where in their range they are, they bloom in July through August or September.[7]
Button snakewort, Kansas gay feather, blazing star, Liatris callilepis are some of the names it is found under.[8]
Plants prefer moist soil and full sun is the best way to prevent rot.The plants don't like wet soil in winter.The plants can tolerate some shade but need regular watering during the first growing season to build strong roots.
Plants can be grown from corms, seeds, or purchased at garden centres or nurseries.
Start from the seed indoors or outside in the early spring.It takes 20–45 days to be Germination.Divide the leaves into large clumps.Plants should be at least 12 inches apart.Stem rot, leaf spots, and rusts can be helped by spacing the sun and air.When growing from seeds, blooms don't usually appear until the second year.10
Plants prefer soil with high levels of calcium and magnesium and low amounts of potassium and phosphorus.[9]