Liatris spicata Bill Cawthon The great blue lobelia sends

The great blue lobelia sends up leafy spikes packed with inch-long

opens the fragrant white flowers typical of citrus in spring

well-drained spot

slender spires of scarlet

yet takes with surprising ease to ordinary garden soil

Liatris spicata Bill Cawthon The great blue lobelia sendsLiatris spicata, the blazing star or gayfeather, sends up rockets of feathery purple in the heart of summer, one of the great vertical accents of the North American prairie. The species is native to the moist meadows, prairies, and wet savannas of eastern North America, where the flower spikes once rose in their thousands among the tall grasses. Set against those horizontal sweeps of grass, the erect, bottlebrush spikes give any planting a jolt of