Dense Blazing Star - Liatris spicata

Phonetic: LY-uh-tris spi-KAY-tuh

Liatris spicata is native to moist meadows and marsh margins and a popular choice for butterfly gardens, water feature margins, rain gardens, and naturalized moist gardens. Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds all visit this plant, and it is a host plant for the rare Glorious Flower Moth.

• Hardiness Zone: 3-10
• Native Region: BONAP Map
• BONAP Map Key Color Guide: Map Color Key
• Sun Exposure: Full, Partial
• Flower Color: Purple
• Bloom Time: July, August
• Soil Type: Medium - Moist
• Mature Plant Size: 2-4'H, 1-1.5'W
• Plant Spacing: 1'
• Host Plant: Three-lined Flower Moth, Blazing Star Borer Moth, Glorious Flower Moth
• Attracts: Bees, Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds 
• Advantages: Cut flowers, low maintenance, tolerates drought, clay soil, heat, and humidity
• Landscape Uses: Butterfly gardens, cottage gardens, perennial borders, prairies, rain gardens
• Companion Plants: Big Blue Stem, Cardinal Flower, New England Aster, Purple Coneflower, Rose Milkweed, Sneezeweed 
• Deer Resistant