Blazing Star (Liatris gracilis) - 1 Gallon Gift A husky flower stalk arises

A husky flower stalk arises from the center of the rosette by summer

but does not do well with frost or freezing temperatures

Planting: at least 3 to 4 feet

Evergreen tree

while the flowers attract bees and butterflies

Blazing Star (Liatris gracilis) - 1 Gallon Gift A husky flower stalk arisesBlazing star (Liatris gracilis) is a short lived perennial in the Aster family whose native range includes most of Florida and a few counties in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Found in habitat that includes dry hammocks, oak scrubs, longleaf pine wiregrass flatwoods communities, mixed oak pine woodlands, grasslands, sandhills, and limestone outcroppings, blazing star cannot tolerate wet to slightly dry soil. At 4 6 feet tall, the