strap-like leaves to 18" give rise
a breakthrough for gardeners in colder climates where most liriope fear to tread
The unusual Latin genus name
is that it makes a superb container plant
Calylophus 'Butter Cream' is a significant color break from the typical lemony yellow flowers usually seen on this species
Liatris resinosa American Voices Colored Foliage strap-like leaves to 18" giveLiatris resinosa is a rarely cultivated blazing star, naturally found from Delaware southwest to Louisiana, where it grows in seeps, bogs, and wet savannas, often with Sarracenias. Although lumped for several decades with Liatris spicata, it has been re elevated back to species status. The tops of the thin, 20" tall spikes, which are clothed with needle thin green leaves, are adorned, starting in mid summer with light purple flowers held in