Liatris resinosa American Voices Erysimum This mutation of the southern

This mutation of the southern Arizona/California native Agave simplex forms a 20" tall x 3' wide rosette of grey green leaves

the clumps are topped with 20" spikes of tubular vermillion-orange flowers that tower high above the foliage

Each flower is composed of a large

Bletilla formosana

poorly drained soil

Liatris resinosa American Voices Erysimum This mutation of the southernLiatris 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