The Blazing Star of Autumn
The other day I was traveling down Lohman Ford Road when I caught a flash of bright purple color out of the corner of my eye. Sure enough there was another clump, and another. The tall purple spikes of Blazing star are growing along the road bank south of the now defunct Issimo restaurant. Yesterday I noticed more stands of this striking perennial along RR 1431 just below the newspaper office.
Blazing star or gay feather is a member of the Liatris family and several species are native to Texas. A favorite
nectar plant for butterfliesand bees
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Blazing star has also been called Colic Root alluding to it's use as an intestinal antispasmodic and Devil's Bite, perhaps because the powdered root was used for treating snake bites.
Blazing star or gay feather is a member of the Liatris family and several species are native to Texas. A favorite
nectar plant for butterfliesand bees
,Blazing star has also been called Colic Root alluding to it's use as an intestinal antispasmodic and Devil's Bite, perhaps because the powdered root was used for treating snake bites.
Hi – this is an invitation to join the Garden Bloggers Retro carnival. I don’t know if you’ve ever come across the concept of a Blog carnival – if not I’ve explained it in detail on my site today (Oct 1). But basically the idea is to revive an old post which you think is worth rereading, or which you think new readers might enjoy. Send me the link to the post, and in November I’ll publish a series of posts describing and linking to all the posts people have nominated.
I hope you’ll join in and we have a fun carnival!
Sue
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Bill at Prairie Point recently posted photos of his Blazing Stars, too - but my Liatris bloomed in spring, and now they're just a clump of brown stems poking out of the flowere bed.
Must be a different species? The color in your photo is quite striking.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
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Gay Feather is one of my favourite wild flowers. I've got them growing in the ditch in front of my house and encourage them like mad! Your photo is lovely. Thanks.
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My garden is always full of butterflies and bees I choose flowers and plants specifically to attract them.
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Blazing star is truly wonderful and can liven any space. With the right touch, this wild flower can be integrated into your landscape and you'll get wonderful results.
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How can you completely hate the world when bad things continue to happen, you can't do it because there are things even the simplest things that make you realized that life is beautiful and it's amazing. This photo talks about it.
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