Liatris resinosa American Voices Colored Foliage with leaf spotting so dense

with leaf spotting so dense the foliage appears solidly reddish-violet

Just before the plants go dormant in August (NC)

strap-like leaves to 18" give rise

a breakthrough for gardeners in colder climates where most liriope fear to tread

is that it makes a superb container plant

Liatris resinosa American Voices Colored Foliage with leaf spotting so denseLiatris 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