Liatris resinosa American Voices Cercidiphyllum Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'Fanny's' can benefit

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

where we found it growing in a low flood plain alongside Serenoa repens and Rhapidophyllum hystrix

adorned with large tobacco-like leaves edged in white

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

Liatris resinosa American Voices Cercidiphyllum Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'Fanny's' can benefitLiatris 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