Liatris resinosa American Voices Cercidiphyllum that thrive for us in

that thrive for us in both sun and light shade

which arose as an open pollinated seedling of Canna 'Wine and Roses'

glossy evergreen clump has new foliage that emerges with a pink flush and is topped in late spring with 20" arching spikes of large

adorned with large tobacco-like leaves edged in white

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

Liatris resinosa American Voices Cercidiphyllum that thrive for us inLiatris 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