Liatris pilosa (Grassleaf Blazing Star)
grows 1-3 ft. tall
grows in light shade to full sun
prefers dry to medium soils
blooms purple from August-November
natural habitat: sandy, rocky soil with good drainage and tolerates heat and drought. Long leaf pine sand-hills, streams, pine barrens, sand ridges, other xeric forests and woodland, fields, and road banks
host plant
not deer resistant
companion plants: Aromatic aster (Aster oblongifolius), Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Anemone canadensis (Meadow Anemone), Aster novae-angliae (New England Aster), Aster puniceus (Purple Stemmed Aster), Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower), Helenium autumnale (Common Sneezeweed)
grows 1-3 ft. tall
grows in light shade to full sun
prefers dry to medium soils
blooms purple from August-November
natural habitat: sandy, rocky soil with good drainage and tolerates heat and drought. Long leaf pine sand-hills, streams, pine barrens, sand ridges, other xeric forests and woodland, fields, and road banks
host plant
not deer resistant
companion plants: Aromatic aster (Aster oblongifolius), Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Anemone canadensis (Meadow Anemone), Aster novae-angliae (New England Aster), Aster puniceus (Purple Stemmed Aster), Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower), Helenium autumnale (Common Sneezeweed)
grows 1-3 ft. tall
grows in light shade to full sun
prefers dry to medium soils
blooms purple from August-November
natural habitat: sandy, rocky soil with good drainage and tolerates heat and drought. Long leaf pine sand-hills, streams, pine barrens, sand ridges, other xeric forests and woodland, fields, and road banks
host plant
not deer resistant
companion plants: Aromatic aster (Aster oblongifolius), Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Anemone canadensis (Meadow Anemone), Aster novae-angliae (New England Aster), Aster puniceus (Purple Stemmed Aster), Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower), Helenium autumnale (Common Sneezeweed)