{"id":492,"date":"2013-02-11T00:02:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T07:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=492"},"modified":"2013-02-11T02:16:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T09:16:27","slug":"liatris-for-butterfly-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/liatris-for-butterfly-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Liatris for Cut Flowers and Butterfly Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Also grown under the name Gay Feather or Blazing Star. The spikes may look like feathers but are a quite robust 1-2 feet tall. They flower blue, purple or white. I prefer a compact form like Kobold which requires no staking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3839122045\/\" title=\"Liatris 2 by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2534\/3839122045_fba1aa4664.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Liatris 2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Gardenerstips on Liatris spicata<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Liatris are long lasting, excellent border and cut flowers<\/li>\n<li>Liatris  scaricosa,  spitica , aspera and punctata are some of the species to consider.<\/li>\n<li> Plant 4-6 inches apart in clumps of at least 10 bulbs for maximum impact. These were planted singly and are just bulking up.<\/li>\n<li>The soil must be well drained over winter to stop the bulbs from rotting.<\/li>\n<li>Fully frost hardy<\/li>\n<li>Full sun to part shade Liatris species are used as food plants by butterfly and are magnets for insects particularly in late summer.<\/li>\n<li>Good for cut flowers and drying<\/li>\n<li>As a general rule divide a plant furthest away from its bloom time. So I would divide Liatris in spring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/liatris.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-493 aligncenter\" title=\"liatris\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/liatris.jpg\" alt=\"Liatris\" width=\"279\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/liatris.jpg 279w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/liatris-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Propagation from Seed<\/strong><br \/>\nSow February to July in trays, pots, etc of good seed compost in a propagator or warm place to maintain an optimum temperature of 70-75F (20-25C). Sow in well drained compost, just covering the seed with compost. Reduce the soil temperature at night during germination.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3839915050\/\" title=\"Liatris by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3466\/3839915050_7efc8559f0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Liatris\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also grown under the name Gay Feather or Blazing Star. The spikes may look like feathers but are a quite robust 1-2 feet tall. They flower blue, purple or white. I prefer a compact form like Kobold which requires no staking. Gardenerstips on Liatris spicata Liatris are long lasting, excellent border and cut flowers Liatris scaricosa, spitica , aspera and punctata are some of the species to consider. Plant 4-6 inches apart in clumps of at least 10 bulbs for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/liatris-for-butterfly-food\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}