The muted colors of purple
that thrive for us in both sun and light shade
glossy evergreen clump has new foliage that emerges with a pink flush and is topped in late spring with 20" arching spikes of large
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'Fanny's' can benefit from a hard cut back in early to mid summer if it grows in a more sprawling habit than desired
The 3' tall x 8' wide giant clump is composed of 5' long
Liatris resinosa American Voices Cercidiphyllum The muted colors of purpleLiatris 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