#Liatris Spicata

[helluvatimes]

Liatris At Sunset

Liatris Blazing Stars stealing the limelight in a shopping mall in the city centre. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This was actually taken in a shopping mall. That which had looked like a glimpse of the sun was really a spotlight.

A minimum shutter speed was specified so the camera had pushed the ISO up to the maximum set 6400 to try to comply. But the image came out surprisingly clean unlike the Canon RP we also use.

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

My Garden Flowers Part 2

All photos mine. The narrow-leaved sundrops photo is edited for colour since the camera apparently can't reproduce that intense of a yellow. Neither can any Photopea editing, but at least it's closer. It's the bright of highlighter yellow but more golden.

In order of appearance:

031. Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) A welcome "weed" I couldn't find available at any of the native plant places in Ontario (one in Manitoba carried it but it wasn't available) but she planted herself.

032. Canadian Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis) Another welcome "weed" that sadly didn't manage to reseed, but maybe one will turn up again.

033-034. Jack-in-the-Pulpit male and female flowers (Arisaema triphyllum) The male has one leaf set while the female has two. The babies only have a leafset and no flowers for the first couple years of their lives. Then they reach sexual maturity as males, the next year they'll be female and switch back and forth until the end of their lives.

035. Early Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dioicum) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. She's new. Hopefully next year.

036. Creeping Oregon Grape (Mahonia repens) First they gave me a non-native cinquefoil but thankfully rectified it by giving me two of these when I'd only ordered one. They've flowered before, but never so profusely as they both have this spring, and there are a number of berries ripening! They also made a baby from previous years, or else one of them suckered.

037. Three-Leaved Coneflower (Rudbeckia triloba) So...I planted her. She died. I swear she died, like root and all, she did not make the winter. Didn't come up in the spring. But now she is in several places! Managed to reseed herself? Perhaps. I don't recall that she flowered the year I planted her. Had dormant seeds in her pot with her? Coincidental present from squirrels? Either way, she's roughly in the spot I wanted her and is flowering well. Who cares how she got there?

038. Witherod Viburnum (Viburnum nudum cassinoides) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. Hopefully next year!

039. Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. She's a new milkweed species for me! If she makes it through the summer and then the winter I should have more flowers to post in a year or two. :)

040. Rosy Pussytoes (Antennaria rosea) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. Surviving, though, which is saying something because not even weeds grow there. It's a very dry spot and I've been kind of neutred from watering. But I read that she likes dry and that spot is dry. So good luck to her.

041. Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. Also surviving in said very dry area.

042. Ramps (Allium tricoccum) I really hope her seeds made baby ramps! They only flower after reaching maturity at seven years, which is why it's bad when people come and uproot the lot of them. And I mean, they taste nice but not where I understand why people do that.

043. Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) My native allspice substitute! Her berries are currently developing and will be red in the fall. Still hoping to attract spicebush swallowtails one day.

044. Bigleaf Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) Was supposed to be sundial lupine but definitely isn't. There is disagreement between VASCAN and the USDA over whether there is a single variant of one subspecies of L. polyphyllus that's native to Ontario. This one stays in my garden until that's settled. Anyway, she's a gorgeous plant but the reason to avoid intentionally planting it in Ontario is that it easily hybridizes with sundial lupine. The hairstreak caterpillar can only eat true sundial lupine leaves. I don't know if the variant that the USDA says is native is a misidentified hybrid (bad, but also doesn't seem like it because the variant listed by the USDA is Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus var. polyphyllus) or just a well-behaved variant (fine, just like there's a native subspecies of Phragmites australis). But again, I'll be leaving mine in until I learn for sure, and I won't be planting sundial lupine there to avoid hybridization.

045. Sweet Joe-Pyeweed (Eupatorium purpureum) Fuzzy flowers! She can get very tall. I'm also finding out she's a slow spreader as there is an individual nearby that I didn't plant.

046. Tall Bluebells (Mertensia paniculata) She survived several years and seemed to do well, but she didn't come up this spring. I'll need to get another one and try a spot that's not quite so tough.

047. Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. But this is her second year, so to judge by some of my other species she should do it next year!

048. Narrow-Leaved Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa) No flowers I've seen are as intensely yellow as those in this genus, and narrow-leaved sundrops and evening primrose in particular seem to just glow.

049. Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum) The coolest part of this plant is in the name: the bases of her leaf stalks wrap around the flower stalk to make cups at the joints. Water settles there and birds come to drink. I haven't seen this happen yet, but I'm waiting. The flowers, however, are quite sizable, very pretty, and attract lots of bees. She gets tall like some common sunflower cultivars.

050. Canada Violet (Viola canadensis) She barely came back this year after doing well for several. I think it was just a dry winter, but the point is for them to be able to survive all seasons any year, so I'm going to try somewhere else.

051. Stinging Nettle (Urtica gracilis) I'm assuming, anyway. She planted herself in my garden at my former apartment and I potted and took her with me when I moved. She's been doing okay. And bitey. She's very bitey.

052. Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) I didn't plant that, so free native plant for me! She's also made babies.

053. Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) Finally flowering this year!

054. Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) Not pictured as I haven't got pictures yet.

055. Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) A cultivar, though I can't remember which. I try to avoid cultivars and get the wild type if I can, but it's not always possible and not all cultivars are bad.

056. Lance Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris lanceolata) Selfheal is a common garden weed but unobtrusive and makes cute purple flowers. Not to mention edible and medicinal uses! This one is the subspecies native to Ontario proper, whereas her close cousin is common up here but apparently only native to the northeastern United States bordering southern Ontario.

057. Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) She's fuzzy. She's magenta purple. Bees love her. She's perfect.

058. Fairy Candle (Actaea racemosa) She's related to the baneberries and is herself poisonous but she does have some limited edible uses. And her delicate white flowerheads are lovely.

059. Star-Flowered Onion (Allium stellata) So glad I was able to get her before the place that sold her stopped shipping to my province. No one in my province carries this! But she is native, I have her, and she is an ever green plant that simply resumes growth as soon as the snow melts.

060. Wood Violet (Viola sororia) Other than V. odorata, which is invasive in North America, if you see the classic blue, purple, and white violets growing everywhere in the spring in North America it's probably this species. Yes, violets can actually be blue! Not the sky blue of forgetmenots, dayflowers, or bluebells, or the deep blue of lobelias, but blue.

[cllynnarts]

[faguscarolinensis]

Liatris spicata / Dense Blazing Star at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[lmaxell-plants]

Liatris Spicata - Marsh Blazing Star

native

Aster Family (Asteraceae)

Notes: Dr. Seuss ass looking plant. These are so fascinating to me and the pollinators love them. We have planted so many in this genus that it's going to be really special seeing them through the year. This one was also being bullied by the hibiscus and is really leaning trying to find sun. It's just the beginning of this one's bloom but I've been behind so we're getting the pic at this stage.

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 27 August 2024

The entrance to Inverness Botanic Garden has recently been landscaped with a great plant association of Liatris spicata (button snakewort, dense blazing star, Kansas gayfeather) and Liatris spicata 'Alba' with a groundcover, beneath these upright perennials, of Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow' (bugle). Both species grow best in moist but well–drained soil with Liatris spicata needing a sunny location.

Jill Raggett

[southernsolarpunk]

so since I've basically seen all the seasons at my house now I've got a decent understanding of the micro-climate of my yard, and i need to document it somewhere so here goes:

front yard gets scorched. straight up. it doesn't really let up until 2-3 pm so i need full sun drought tolerant plants in the front area. (i dug some swales to redirect runoff from the foundation of the house, so its a little more moist than it was when we first moved in) this can be slightly mitigated by planting a couple dwarf trees in the very front area of the yard but that'll only help a little. i got a hardy hibiscus 'dark mystery' (Hibiscus Moscheutos, native perennial) that i plant to take cuttings of next year that has been loving the heat. This area i also plan to plant a bunch of milkweed (current varieties I'm planning to get are sandhill milkweed [asclepias Humistrata] green milkweed [Asclepias Viridis] Purple milkweed [Asclepias Purpurascens]) I'm also planning to get some native ornamental grasses to place around the entire property (including the front yard) some other plants i planning to plant are cardinal flower (Lobelia Cardinalis), liatris (liatris Spicata), Gaillardia (Gaillardia Pulchella), prairie sage (artemisia Ludoviciana), mountain mint (pycnanthemum muticum). more to be decided after i put this wave in. (definitely want some bee balm)

right side of the yard (by the house) is dark, cool, wooded, and wet. the rhododendron i put in was doing great until my brother in law took a lawnmower to it. :( but at least i can replace it. this is also where i have my feijoas (he also ran over them but they bounced back). probably will just add some rhododendrons & hydrangeas. i need to look up some more native shade plants for this area.

left side of the yard (by the house) gets even more sun than the front yard. i want to get a green house eventually (i have to replace all the windows in my house so I'll repurpose those for it) so this is probably the best place to do it.

backyard is large, part is dry and sunny, and towards the back is wooded. this is where i plan to put the fruit & nut trees i want. i need to thin out some of the less mature trees because they're extremely dense at the moment. (got a battery-powered chainsaw. i would have just borrowed my stepdads tools but hes convinced i would break them if i used them. :/ but at least now my father-in-law can borrow mine if he needs it) in the center of the backyard is where i have 2 12x4 gardens beds, and in the future i plan to add 2 more. this is where i have a lot of passionflower maypop plants, i transplanted some to the fenceline but i want an archway trellis as well. (i have watched probably over a hundred gulf fritillary caterpillars turn into butterflies, they're everywhere) the right side of the yard is where i plan to put the taller fruit & nut trees, (wont block sunlight) but i also want to get some dwarf fruit trees to place around as well. also this summer i saw lightning bugs in the backyard (!!!!!!!) so i plan to put in some grasses around an area that's like 12x12 ft across that dips down a few feet. (this area literally looks like a dried up small pond) i looked up how to use clay to create a natural lining for a pond, so this area will be good for lightning bugs, frogs, toads, salamanders, etc. this is in the lowest part of the yard, so its an optimal place for it.

this is just some basic plans for the future- i got a lot of seeds online so its not too break-the-bank expensive, and i get a lot of bushes and trees from etsy which can be great for saving money, despite the slight increased risk for mislabeled plants. i save money with this so i can get some nicer varieties of fruit trees that i really want (fuji apples, hosui pears, bing & rainier cherry trees).

my father-in-law really enjoys canning and preserving so I'm growing all the trees so i can give him some fruit to preserve (he lives in a very low-laying area, and a lot of it is swamp so he doesn't have as much room for fruit trees, his blackberry jam is amazing) also a guy my partner works with is into gardening as well (dudes he gave us so many peppers literally pounds of them) so i want to be able to return the favor with fruit. :) my mom and stepdad also have some fruit trees but I'm hoping to grow some that they don't have so we can trade.

ultimately i just want to grow as much food as possible and give it away to everyone who wants it, while also hosting the ultimate butterfly rest stop.

if you read this and enjoyed it, I'm glad! I'll post about these projects as i do them (which will be slowly) so i hope maybe this will inspire some of you :)

[britt-kageryuu]

I don't fully know how into botany Rise Donnie would be, but I wonder what his favorite plants, flowers, and succulents are.

Because I at least see him having some fun with plant names, like Liatris spicata a interesting purple feathery flower. It's also known as Gayfeather or Dense Blazing Star.

I could actually see him possibly looking into flower meanings for the heck of it. Then sends a highly insulting bouquet to someone. Like Big Momma, or maybe Usagi at first, maybe the Purple Dragons.

Though he would double check the meanings just to be sure he doesn't send the wrong message.

[gardenvarietygay]

Sixty-four-ish plugs later and one little patch of my yard is starting to look like a garden. None of them look like anything right now besides the snow-on-the-mountain (Euphorbia marginata) which I got for free. Please ignore the weeds, I’ve done four major weedings in this area alone. The plan is that all of these plants will grow into each other so densely I won’t need to plant a ground cover (hahaha we’ll see). The rectangular whitish-grey lump in the middle of this bed is half of a trough planter that froze solid and cracked in half on the diagonal, I thought it was too funny to waste so I plopped it in here as a shelter for anybody passing through.

Also it’s hard to tell but my “lawn” is way too tall for this suburb. I keep the front much shorter but I’m the only person who sees lightning bugs in their backyard so I’m keep on not mowing the back. Eventually the front lawn will be replaced with shrubs and flowers anyway.

Because I'm a landscaper and work in a nursery, everyone assumes my own garden must be spectacular. It's... this. I put my clients' gardens first and if I have any time leftover, I tend my own. This is also my first real growing season in this house and I've spent a lot of it fixing problems previous owners created (invasive clematis on the fence, a huge pile of sand in the middle of the yard where they put a chicken run that they then took with them in the move, regrading the slope around the foundation, putting downspouts on the gutters, ripping out a half-formed brick patio made out of the wrong materials improperly set, etc. etc. etc.) I also inherited the "river rock landscaping" that you see in this photo. I hate rock mulch because it's hard on the plants growing in it but also because it makes everything hotter. I did my best to work it into the soil in this area and I'll continue topdressing with organic matter periodically to hopefully cover it up. Anyway, a lot of these plants won't bloom until fall so there's a good chance I'll get some flowers this year, even if it's in October. Hopefully next year I'll actually have something to show for my efforts.

The stars of this bed are:

Aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)

Blacksamson coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)

Blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis)

Dense liatris (Liatris spicata)

Flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)

New York aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii)

Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fascisculata)

Pitcher sage (Salvia azurea)

Showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)

Snow-on-the-mountain (Euphorbia marginata)

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii)

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

[charlesreeza]

In My Garden - July 22, 2023

Coneflowers, Hydrangea "Little Lime", Liatris spicata, one Snapdragon, one Lupine, and "Black Knight" butterfly bush

Photos by Charles Reeza

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

More flowers from my garden!

Desmodium canadense (showy tick trefoil)

Callirhoe involucrata (purple poppymallow)

Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia mountain mint)

Verbena stricta (hoary vervain)

Eupatorium purpureum (sweet joe-pye-weed)

Monarda punctata (spotted beebalm)

Solidago juncea (early goldenrod)

Verbena hastata (blue vervain)

Impatiens capensis (spotted jewelweed)

Helianthus nuttallii (common tall sunflower)

Symphyotrichum ciliatum (fringed blue aster)

Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mountains bee plant)

Actaea racemosa (black snakeroot)

Helianthus pauciflorus (stiff sunflower)

Liatris spicata (dense blazing star)

Hypericum punctatum (spotted St. John's wort)

Spiraea alba (meadowsweet)

Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed)

Agastache foeniculum (anise hyssop)

Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting)

Symphyotrichum laeve (smooth aster)

Lilium michiganense (Michigan lily)

Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris (common selfheal)

Symphyotrichum lanceolate (panicled aster)

Astragalus canadensis (Canada milk vetch)

Campanulastrum americanum (marsh harebell)

Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry)

Mertensia paniculata (tall bluebells)

Oenothera fruticosa (narrow-leaved sundrops)

Lilium philadelphicum (wood lily)

And cut off again. lol

[mutant-distraction]

Mexican feather grass (Nasella

tenuissima) is a fine textured grass

that forms mounds of hair-like

foliage. The delicate silvery green

blades sway in the wind. It is a

sun lover and is hardy to zones 6-

10. Here it blends well with the

upright purple spike flowers of

blazing star (Liatris spicata)

Photo by Laura McKillop

[faguscarolinensis]

Liatris spicata / Dense Blazing Star at the Juniper Level Botanical Gardens in Raleigh, NC

[pumpkinnkidd]

Hey pumpkin so umm I know this is a random ask question but which kind of blazing flower accessories that you put on frostpaw tail as a accessories was it the Blazing Star (Mentzelia lindleyi) the yellow colored one or the purple blazing star liatris spicata blazing star. That frostpaw wear in her tail?

the blazing star i drew her with isn’t exactly based on an actual flower, more the books description of the blazing star. i’d base it on the mentzelia though

[botanischer-garten-kiel]

Prachtscharte

Liatris spicata

[blogflores0]

Liatris Spicata: Origem, Cuidados e Significados da Elegante Flor-de-Cobra

A Liatris spicata, conhecida popularmente como Flor-de-Cobra ou Penas-de-Gaivota, é uma planta perene muito apreciada em jardins devido à sua elegância e simplicidade. As suas inflorescências verticais, compostas por pequenas flores roxas ou lilases, tornam-na uma escolha comum tanto para canteiros como para arranjos florais, devido à sua durabilidade e aparência peculiar. Além disso, a sua fácil manutenção e capacidade de se adaptar a diversos tipos de solo fazem dela uma planta versátil e ideal para jardineiros amadores e experientes.

Origem e Família da Liatris Spicata

A Liatris spicata tem a sua origem na América do Norte, onde cresce espontaneamente em zonas de prados, áreas húmidas e margens de rios. Estas condições naturais permitem que a planta se desenvolva de forma vigorosa, sem exigir muitos cuidados adicionais, o que explica a sua popularidade em diversos tipos de jardins. Pertencente à família Asteraceae, a mesma de flores bem conhecidas como girassóis, crisântemos e margaridas, a Liatris partilha algumas características comuns destas plantas, como a forma das flores e a sua durabilidade. A família Asteraceae é uma das maiores famílias de plantas com flores, com mais de 23.000 espécies distribuídas por todo o mundo. Esta família é conhecida pela sua diversidade e adaptabilidade, o que faz com que muitas das suas espécies sejam amplamente cultivadas em jardins ornamentais. Características Morfológicas A Liatris spicata é facilmente reconhecível pela sua forma alongada e esbelta, que pode atingir até 1 metro de altura. As flores crescem em espigas verticais, com pequenas flores em forma de botão que florescem de cima para baixo, criando um efeito visual único. As flores são geralmente roxas, lilases ou, em alguns casos, brancas, o que as torna uma adição atraente a qualquer jardim. As suas folhas são estreitas e lineares, lembrando um pouco as gramíneas, o que complementa a aparência vertical da planta. Ao longo da sua vida, a Liatris spicata desenvolve-se a partir de um sistema radicular robusto, que lhe permite suportar condições de seca e solo menos fértil. Nome Comum A Liatris spicata é conhecida em Portugal pelos nomes de Flor-de-Cobra e Penas-de-Gaivota. Estes nomes fazem referência à forma curiosa das suas inflorescências. As flores, ao desabrochar de cima para baixo nas hastes verticais, criam um efeito espiralado que lembra o movimento de uma cobra. Já o nome Penas-de-Gaivota remete para a delicadeza e leveza das suas flores, que, quando agitadas pelo vento, parecem flutuar como penas.

Condições de Cultivo e Cuidados

A Liatris spicata é uma planta extremamente resistente e de fácil manutenção, o que a torna ideal para quem procura uma planta duradoura, mas que não exija demasiados cuidados. Para garantir o seu bom desenvolvimento, é importante seguir algumas recomendações: - Solo: A Liatris spicata adapta-se a uma grande variedade de solos, desde que sejam bem drenados. Embora prefira solos ricos em matéria orgânica, a planta é capaz de prosperar em solos mais pobres, desde que não se acumule água nas raízes. Em solos muito húmidos ou mal drenados, o risco de apodrecimento das raízes é elevado. - Exposição Solar: Esta planta prefere locais com muita luz solar direta. Idealmente, deve ser plantada em áreas do jardim que recebam pelo menos 6 horas de sol por dia. Em condições de sombra parcial, a planta pode crescer, mas a floração será menos abundante e as hastes poderão ficar mais finas e frágeis. - Rega: Embora seja resistente à seca, a Liatris spicata beneficia de regas regulares, especialmente durante o período de crescimento e floração, que ocorre durante o verão. No entanto, é importante evitar encharcar o solo, pois o excesso de água pode prejudicar o desenvolvimento da planta. - Fertilização: A planta não é muito exigente quanto à fertilização. Uma aplicação anual de adubo orgânico na primavera é geralmente suficiente para garantir uma boa floração. Para quem deseja melhorar a qualidade do solo, pode-se adicionar um fertilizante de liberação lenta no início da estação de crescimento. - Manutenção: A Liatris spicata requer pouca manutenção ao longo do ano. Após a floração, é recomendável cortar as espigas secas para encorajar o crescimento de novas flores na temporada seguinte. No inverno, a planta entra em dormência, altura em que as hastes secam completamente. Nessa fase, pode-se podar a planta rente ao solo. Propagação A Liatris spicata pode ser propagada tanto por sementes como por divisão de touceiras. A propagação por sementes pode ser mais demorada, pois as plântulas precisam de tempo para se desenvolver até atingirem a maturidade. Por outro lado, a divisão de touceiras é um método mais rápido e eficaz, permitindo que novas plantas floresçam mais rapidamente. Para realizar a divisão, basta separar as raízes tuberosas no início da primavera e plantá-las diretamente no solo.

Significados e Simbolismo Além da sua beleza ornamental, a Liatris spicata carrega consigo uma série de significados simbólicos. No mundo das flores, é frequentemente associada a sentimentos de alegria, admiração e beleza duradoura. Devido à sua forma elegante e ao seu crescimento resiliente, é também vista como um símbolo de força interior e resiliência. Outra interpretação comum é a de que a Liatris spicata simboliza o amor eterno e a lealdade, o que a torna uma escolha popular para buquês de casamento ou arranjos românticos. A sua durabilidade e capacidade de se manter bela durante muito tempo, mesmo após ser cortada, reforça esta associação com a longevidade e a constância. Conclusão A Liatris spicata é uma planta ornamental extremamente versátil, ideal tanto para jardins como para arranjos florais. Com uma aparência única, facilidade de cuidados e significados profundos no mundo da simbologia floral, esta planta perene é uma excelente escolha para qualquer amante de flores. A sua resistência e beleza fazem dela uma adição valiosa a qualquer espaço verde, proporcionando cor, textura e um simbolismo que perdura ao longo do tempo. Read the full article