| Common Name | Dense Blazing Star |
| Scientific Name | Liatris spicata |
| Height | 2'-4' tall in cultivation |
| Sun/Shade | Sun |
| Bloom Season | July - September |
| Bloom Color | Purple - blooms open from top down |
| Soil | Moist, well-drained. Does fine in average soil. |
| Disease Susceptibility | |
| Propagation | Can lay entire flower stalk in ground, lightly covered with soil, in
fall.
http://nativeplants.for.uidaho.edu/network/view.asp?protocol_id=274 |
| Notes | Densely spiked. Attract butterflies, birds. |
| Prairie Nursery | Heartland Restoration | Enders | Taylor Creek | Possibility Place | |
| Costs
from Spring 2001 catalog |
12,000 seeds/oz.
1/8oz.-$4.50 1/4oz.-$6.00 1/2oz.-$9.00 1oz.-$15.00 1lb.-$225.00 |
Not available | Native plant retail prices:
½ pint - 2.35, pint - 3.40, quart - 4.75, ½ gallon - 5.95, gallon - 7.50 & up |
12,000 seeds/oz.
1/8oz.-$4.50 1/4oz.-$6.00 1/2oz.-$9.00 1oz.-$15.00 1lb.-$225.00 |
Flat of 32 - $37.00
2" plug - $2.25 each gallons - $4.75 |
Information on Liatris spicata:
- USDA's PLANTS database. Plant Profile: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=fact_sheet.cgi
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=LIASPI
- Landscaping with Plants Native to Indiana. (pamphlet). November 1999.
- Cullina, Willaim. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to
Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2000.
-Harstad, Carolyn. Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers
in the Lower Midwest. Bloomington: Indiana University Press,
1999