Liatris resinosa American Voices Erysimum Bletilla formosana

Bletilla formosana

This mutation of the southern Arizona/California native Agave simplex forms a 20" tall x 3' wide rosette of grey green leaves

Well-drained soils are best for all Salvia greggii

poorly drained soil

Flowers are often bi-colored and quite beautifully snowflake shaped

Liatris resinosa American Voices Erysimum Bletilla formosanaLiatris 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