Gayfeathers are tly inic symbols of the prairie. Also known as blazg stars, the distctive plants occur throughout Kansas grasslands.
Contents:
- GAYFEATHER (LIATRIS SPITA): CARE, GROWG GUI AND TYP (WH PICTUR)
- DOTTED GAYFEATHER
- A COMPREHENSIVE GUI TO DOTTED GAYFEATHER (LIATRIS PUNCTATA)
- PLANT PROFILE: THE GAYFEATHERS
- DOTTED GAYFEATHER
GAYFEATHER (LIATRIS SPITA): CARE, GROWG GUI AND TYP (WH PICTUR)
Gayfeather (Liatris spita): Care, Growg Gui and Typ * dotted gayfeather *
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.
This article is a plete gui to growg gayfeather plants.
DOTTED GAYFEATHER
Learn more about the characteristics ed plant intifitn for Dotted Gayfeather also known as Blazg Star. * dotted gayfeather *
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. 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.
A COMPREHENSIVE GUI TO DOTTED GAYFEATHER (LIATRIS PUNCTATA)
Dotted Gayfeather (Liatris punctata) is a mid-wtern Uned Stat and Canada native plant hostg the Wavy-led Emerald (Synchlora aerata) and two others. * dotted gayfeather *
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.
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.
PLANT PROFILE: THE GAYFEATHERS
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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.
DOTTED GAYFEATHER
Dotted Gayfeather is a purple flowered, drought tolerant perennial that is great for pollatg sects. Call to orr today 800-622-4727 * dotted gayfeather *
Butterfli, native be, and hummgbirds are regular visors to gayfeather plants when they’re bloom.
Dotted Gayfeather is a purple flowerg, native, perennial, warm-season forb that grows om 1 to 2 feet tall. * dotted gayfeather *
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. 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.