{"product_id":"floristan-white-blazing-star-bare-root-plant","title":"Floristan White Blazing Star - Bare Root Plant","description":"\u003cp\u003eFloristan White is a white form of our native blazing star. Its tall wands of creamy white flowers open from the top down, a habit unique to liatris, and make a strong vertical accent in the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlants grow 3 to 4 feet tall with grassy leaves up to 10 inches long at the base. It is a staple of cutting gardens, adding bright, upright lines to bouquets, and it dries well. Bees and butterflies flock to it, and deer seldom do serious damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTall, dense, bottlebrush-like spikes of small, fuzzy, creamy white florets that open from the top of the spike downward. Several spikes rise from each clump on straight, upright stems. Leaves are narrow and grass-like, up to 10 inches long at the base and shortening up the stem, in mid-green. The plant forms an upright clump about 36 to 48 inches tall and 16 to 20 inches wide. At peak the clump is a cluster of fluffy white wands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlazing star enjoys the same sun and well-drained soil as lavender, and its upright wands echo lavender's spiky form while adding height behind it and feeding the same bees and butterflies in midsummer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant in full sun in average, well-drained soil; it tolerates poor soil and some drought once settled, but the corms can rot in wet winter ground. Hardy in zones 3-9. Cut stems for bouquets as the top florets open, and leave spent spikes standing for seed-eating birds or cut them back in fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Liatris spicata\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower color:\u003c\/strong\u003e Creamy white\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upright clump\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36 in–4 ft tall × 16–20 in wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA hardiness zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3–9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom start:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early-July\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeak bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-July\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom pattern:\u003c\/strong\u003e Single Flush\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderately resistant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizes and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","offers":[{"title":"Bare Root Plant","offer_id":67776495583528,"sku":"GLLF-PER-9B8D6F9E-BR","price":10.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/floristan-white-blazing-star.jpg?v=1790892229","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/floristan-white-blazing-star-bare-root-plant","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}