Blazing Star (Liatris) Live Plant — photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Blazing Star (Liatris) Live Plant — photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perennials

Blazing Star (Liatris) Live Plant

Zones 3a–9bLive Plant
$8.00
$11.00
$8.00
(-27%)

Blazing star sends up vertical purple wands that bloom top-down in midsummer heat, pulling in monarchs and swallowtails from across the yard.
Blazing Star (Liatris) Live Plant

Pot Size: 4" Pot
Quantity
Blazing Star (Liatris) Live Plant — photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perennials

Blazing Star (Liatris) Live Plant

$11.00 $8.00
Blazing Star (Liatris) Live Plant — photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perennials

Blazing Star (Liatris) Live Plant

$11.00 $8.00
Pot Size: 4" Pot
Description

This tough native prairie perennial grows from a corm, handles Alabama drought and clay once established, and returns reliably every year. The stiff spikes give borders vertical structure and make excellent cut and dried flowers. Leave the seed heads standing into fall for goldfinches. Shipped in a 4" Pot, well-rooted from our Lineville, Alabama nursery.

Specifications
  • Mature size: 2-4 ft tall and 1-1.5 ft wide
  • Grows best: Outdoors - Hardiness USDA 3-9
  • Pet safety: Non-toxic to cats and dogs
  • Sourcing: Nursery-grown by Wade Greens; ships healthy from our Lineville, Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.
Care Instructions
  • Light: Full sun
  • Water: Low once established
  • Soil: Needs well-drained soil, especially in winter, since wet ground rots the corms.
  • Feeding: Little needed - a spring topdressing of compost is plenty, and rich soil causes floppy stems.
Growing Zone

Hardy in zones 3a–9b. Outside that range it can still be grown in a container and overwintered indoors.

Full colour is zones 3a–9b, where this plant is hardy in the ground. Lower 48 shown — that's where we ship. 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, via the PRISM Climate Group.

Questions & Answers

How big does it get?
2-4 ft tall and 1-1.5 ft wide

How much light does it need?
Full sun

Is it safe for pets?
Non-toxic to cats and dogs

How is it shipped?
Packed to arrive healthy and shipped from our Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.

Shipping & Returns

Ships to all 48 contiguous states from our farm in Lineville, Alabama.

What it costs

Based on your order total: $12.95 under $35 · $16.95 to $75 · $21.95 to $125 · free over $125.

Ship days

Mondays and Tuesdays only — see below.

Getting it ready

1–3 business days to pot up, water back and pack.

Where we can't go

Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. boxes, and outside the United States.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.

Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Moderate

Water when the top inch of soil is dry. Evenly damp, never standing wet.

Mature Size

1-3 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Foliage

Herbaceous

Soft-stemmed. It dies back to the ground and returns from the roots — the top going brown is the plan, not a failure.

Works As

Border & Bed

Traits

  • Attracts PollinatorsOpen, shallow flowers with nectar a generalist bee can reach. These are the visitors that set fruit on everything else in the garden.
  • Attracts ButterfliesFlat or clustered flowers give a landing surface, with nectar deep enough for a proboscis. Adults feed here; their caterpillars still need a host plant nearby.
  • Native to the SoutheastEvolved in this region's heat, humidity and rainfall pattern, alongside the insects that feed on it. Less input from you, more value to the wildlife around it.

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