Most Common Gayfeather Plant Pts: Intifitn and Treatment Gui

Contents:

• GAYFEATHER (LIATRIS SPITA): CARE, GROWG GUI AND TYP (WH PICTUR)
• PRAIRIE BLAZG STAR (PRAIRIE GAYFEATHER)
• PLANT PROFILE: THE GAYFEATHERS
• HOW TO GROW GAYFEATHER BLAZG STAR PERENNIAL
• GAYFEATHER
• GROWG GUI: HOW TO GROW AND CARE FOR GAYFEATHER
• DOTTED GAYFEATHER
• HOW TO GROW GAYFEATHER FLOWER PLANTS
• GAY FEATHER PRAIRIE CONSERVATN AREA
• GAY FEATHER
• MEDICAL HERBSGAYFEATHERLIATRIS SPITA
• GAYFEATHER (LIATRIS SPITA): CARE, GROWG GUI AND TYP (WH PICTUR)
• PRAIRIE BLAZG STAR (PRAIRIE GAYFEATHER)

GAYFEATHER (LIATRIS SPITA): CARE, GROWG GUI AND TYP (WH PICTUR)

Gayfeather (Liatris spita) is a flowerg perennial plant wh tall spik of showy purple or whe flowers. The imprsive gayfeather flowers mean the plant is ial for plantg dividually or mass plantg along borrs full sun.

Gayfeather plants have immense ornamental value as easy-re, low-matenance summer plants. Gayfeather (Liatris spita) flowers bloom throughout the summer and may last until fall.

PRAIRIE BLAZG STAR (PRAIRIE GAYFEATHER)

This article is a plete gui to growg gayfeather plants. How to Care for Gayfeather (Liatris spita).

To re for gayfeather, grow the blazg star plant the sunnit part of your garn.

Plant the gayfeather bulbs light, well-drag, fertile soil.

PLANT PROFILE: THE GAYFEATHERS

Gayfeather don’t need addnal fertilizg. Gayfeather (Blazg Star) Facts.

Liatris spita (gayfeather or blazg star) flowers look betiful pecially when planted en masse. Gayfeather (Liatris spita) belongs to the perennial flowerg plant fay Asteraceae.

HOW TO GROW GAYFEATHER BLAZG STAR PERENNIAL

Native to eastern North Ameri, gayfeather plants grow on prairi and meadows. Outdoors, gayfeather thriv USDA zon 3 through 9.

Gayfeather also grows well heat and humid ndns. Other mon nam for gayfeather clu ‘blazg star, ’ ‘nse blazg star, ’ ‘button snakewort, ’ ‘spike gayfeather, ’ and ‘Kansas gayfeather.

The length of gayfeather’s flowerg stems pends on the cultivar.

GAYFEATHER

For example, the gayfeather ‘Kobold’ wh pk flowers grow around 1 – 2 ft. The gayfeather ‘Alba’ wh s whe flowerg spik grows up to 3 ft.

GROWG GUI: HOW TO GROW AND CARE FOR GAYFEATHER

Gayfeather Flowers. Gayfeather flower spik n be purple, pk or whe and look great floral arrangements. Gayfeather flowers are spectacular when they bloom om July until September.

The benef of growg gayfeather flowers your garn is that they attract pollators. Butterfli, native be, and hummgbirds are regular visors to gayfeather plants when they’re bloom.

Ornamental gayfeather flowers are betiful h cut or dried floral arrangements. Frh cut gayfeather flowers last for up to two weeks a vase of water.

DOTTED GAYFEATHER

You n also dry gayfeather flowers to make the blooms last even longer. Before cuttg flowers om gayfeather plants, ’s bt to ensure that at least two-thirds of the flowerg spike is bloom. Gayfeather (Liatris spita) Growg Gui.

HOW TO GROW GAYFEATHER FLOWER PLANTS

Let’s look more tail at how to grow gayfeather clumpg perennial plants your sunny backyard. Where to Plant Gayfeather. The bt place to plant gayfeather bulbs (also lled rms) is a lotn your garn that gets plenty of sunshe.

You n plant gayfeather mixed flower beds, flowerg borrs, ttage garns, or rmal flower garns. Excellent pann plants for gayfeather are other tall flowerg plants such as black-eyed San and echacea.

GAY FEATHER PRAIRIE CONSERVATN AREA

Gayfeather also grows well alongsi ornamental grass, daylili, and other plants om the aster fay. Light Requirements for Growg Gayfeather Flowers.

Gayfeather flowers grow bt full sun.

Gayfeather flowers thrive full sun and n whstand some partial sha. If your summer climate is hot and dry, then partial sha is bt for gayfeather.

GAY FEATHER

You n also grow spike gayfeather pots your backyard as long as they get plenty of sunlight. Growg gayfeather plants pots is ial for small, sunny garns to rate a pat or ck area. The Bt Soil for Growg Gayfeather.

Gayfeather grows bt moist, fertile soil that has excellent draage.

Beg an easy-to-re-for garn perennial, spike gayfeather grows almost anywhere.

MEDICAL HERBSGAYFEATHERLIATRIS SPITA

The ccial re aspect of growg gayfeather is to prevent the roots om stg waterlogged soil. Gayfeather plants grow om tubero rms that store moisture.

How to Water Gayfeather. After beg tablished, gayfeather clumpg plants only need ocsnal waterg. Durg hot summer months, give the spike gayfeather about 1” (2.

GAYFEATHER (LIATRIS SPITA): CARE, GROWG GUI AND TYP (WH PICTUR)

When waterg gayfeather, ’s bt to water the ground and avoid splashg water on the foliage. After tablishment, gayfeather is a relatively drought-tolerant perennial. Top re tip for gayfeather plants: Hold off waterg durg wter as wet, ld soil n e Liatris spita root rot.

Temperature and Humidy for Growg Gayfeather. Gayfeather plants are ld-hardy perennials that e back year after year. Gayfeather tubero roots whstand the eezg temperatur USDA zone 3 as low as -40°F (-40°C).

Durg hot summers, gayfeather grows well the heat and full sun—if gets enough water.

PRAIRIE BLAZG STAR (PRAIRIE GAYFEATHER)

Humidy is rarely a problem for gayfeather plants.

Gayfeather has a spread of up to 15” (38 cm). Fertilizg Gayfeather.

Gayfeather blazg stars are not heavy feers if the soil is healthy. Png Gayfeather.