What kind of flower is this?
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I like these flowers I saw at my sons office building. I was wondering what they are and if they are annuals?
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That looks like a very nice stand of blazing star, also known as gayfeather (Liatris species). They are native, and perennial, and attract birds and butterflies.
Douglas Hunt
on Jul 24, 2014
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Fantastic Douglas i'm always looking for flowers that attract birds or butterflies. So this is perfect do they have a sense?
Jennifer Chasser
on Jul 24, 2014
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I LOVE Liatris!
Jeanette S
on Jul 24, 2014
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Jennifer they have no scentbut they do attract butterflies and once in a while a Hummingbird, I have them in my yard they multiply very easy.
Luis
on Jul 24, 2014
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I planted purple liatris, but this year, half of them are white! what is with that? ideas?
Pam Park
on Jul 24, 2014
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Liatris Spicata Monarch Butterflies feed during migrations. They used to be a very prolific wild flower blooming in October here in Texas. I bought bulbs from another state and they are blooming now in July. They can be quite tall and grow in the worst soil. After the flower blooms save the dried flowers,look close it is seeds which fall to the ground then eventually becomes the bulb and the cycle begins again. They are magnificent.
Fra42152
on Jul 24, 2014
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They come in purple, white and a bluish pinky sort of color, are bulbs that are native to the prairies, will set and drop seed which will then grow into blooming sized plants within a couple years (usually don't bloom until 2nd or 3rd year from seed). Like a wide variety of soils, tolerate moderately damp conditions but do better in fairly dry, handle some really cold winter weather (think Alaska) and hot summers, prefer sun rather than shade.
Dorothy
on Jul 25, 2014
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