liatris

“Now be sure not to miss the rose achillea, and my goodness, there must be a dozen varieties of aquilegia … oh, and liatris …” Ms. Evelyn called after Athen as she trudged up the hill in the direction Callie had previously scampered.

A Different Light Mariah Stewart 2010

I was contemplating putting a new liatris variety in that spot, decided to put it elsewhere and then a couple of weeks later the aesclepius put in a spring appearance and I said to myself, Whew!

Late April Mish Mash « Fairegarden 2010

So pefect with that contrast of liatris and the willow.

Year End Wrap Up 2008-Part Two « Fairegarden 2009

The liatris are almost unnoticeable in front of the bee balm.

Archive 2005-09-01 Pat 2005

The liatris are almost unnoticeable in front of the bee balm.

Note to self Pat 2005

"I have known myself entertained by a single dew-drop, or an icicle, by a liatris, or a fungus, and seen God revealed in the shadow of a leaf."

The Last Harvest John Burroughs 1879

With autumn came a glorious abundance and variety of asters, those beautiful plant stars, together with goldenrods, sunflowers, daisies, and liatris of different species, while around the shady margin of the meadow many ferns in beds and vaselike groups spread their beautiful fronds, especially the osmundas (_O. claytoniana, regalis_, and _cinnamomea_) and the sensitive and ostrich ferns.

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876

You can also plant summer bulbs such as onions, potatoes, lilies, liatris, acidanthera, gladiolus and montbretia.

KUSA-TV - 2010

Some bulbous plants of this type are hostas, day lilies, Joe-pye weed, agapanthus, lilium and liatris.

The Seattle Times 2009

"There's pale purple coneflower and liatris - that's blazing star."

Minnesota Premier Publications - Southwest Journal Stories 2009