blazing-star

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any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Gardening for Pollinators Genus or species Butterflies Hummingbirds Bees For Sunny Areas Anise hyssop (giant + + + hyssop, Agastache spp.) Asters (Aster spp.) + + Blazing-star, gayfeather + + + (Liatris spp.) Butterfly bush (summer + + lilac, Buddleia spp.) Goldenrods + + (Solidago spp.) Lavenders + + (Lavandula spp.) Mexican sunflower + + + Tithonia rotundifolia Milkweeds (Asclepias + spp, including butterfly weed, A.

Plant a garden for biodiversity: as the world's temperatures change, many species of birds, bees and butterflies will lose their feeding and breeding grounds. You can help these pollinators and, in turn the ecological cycle on which we all depend, by planning next year's garden as a source of food and shelter for these important creatures

* Add plants that provide nectar such as black-eyed Susans, blazing-stars, purple coneflower, goldenrod asters, ironweeds and wild bergamot.

Why you've seen so many monarch butterflies this year

* Add plants that provide nectar such, black-eyed Susans, blazing-stars, purple coneflower, goldenrod asters, ironweeds and wild bergamot.