Liatris pycnostachya-Prairie Blazing Star April violet petals and six bright

violet petals and six bright yellow anthers

elongated styles that billow in the wind to remarkable effect

Flowering Spurge delights with clouds of small but impactful

Remove seedheads and divide the colony to prevent aggressive spread

The leaves and stems take on an attractive reddish color in the fall

Liatris pycnostachya-Prairie Blazing Star April violet petals and six brightPrairie Blazing Star wows with densely packed spikes of vivid purple flowers that bloom from top to bottom and create a bold, vertical accent in the garden from mid to late summer. The flowers rise from a bed of narrow, grass like foliage, adding strong visual and textural contrast. This is a true pollinator magnet and a larval host to numerous species of small moths. Older plants tend to stand strong on their own, while plants in their first couple