Skip to Content
Blazing Star Gardens
The Native Plant Store
2025 Twin Cities Plant Sales
Design A Pollinator Garden Tool
Visit Our Farm
Free Designs and How To's
Bloom Charts for Native Plants
Lawns to Legumes Native Plant Grant
Step-by-Step Guide: Make a pollinator garden
Beginner's Guide to Native Plants
About/Contact
Login Account
0
0
Native Plant Store
Blazing Star Gardens
The Native Plant Store
2025 Twin Cities Plant Sales
Design A Pollinator Garden Tool
Visit Our Farm
Free Designs and How To's
Bloom Charts for Native Plants
Lawns to Legumes Native Plant Grant
Step-by-Step Guide: Make a pollinator garden
Beginner's Guide to Native Plants
About/Contact
Login Account
0
0
Native Plant Store
The Native Plant Store
2025 Twin Cities Plant Sales
Design A Pollinator Garden Tool
Visit Our Farm
Folder: Free Designs and How To's
About/Contact
Login Account
Native Plant Store
Back
Bloom Charts for Native Plants
Lawns to Legumes Native Plant Grant
Step-by-Step Guide: Make a pollinator garden
Beginner's Guide to Native Plants
The Native Plant Store Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) 3-pack of pots
1 / 10
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (4).jpg Image 1 of 10
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (4).jpg
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies-2.jpg Image 2 of 10
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies-2.jpg
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1) Image 3 of 10
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1) Image 4 of 10
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1) Image 5 of 10
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1) Image 6 of 10
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1) Image 7 of 10
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1) Image 8 of 10
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1) Image 9 of 10
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies-roots.jpg Image 10 of 10
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies-roots.jpg

Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) 3-pack of pots

$15.00

Can’t be shipped.

Attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, pollinators, and the human eye! Every sunny garden needs a Blazing Star and this Rough Blazing Star is a good choice. Not too tall, with slender stems that aren’t top heavy. Perfect for dry soils.

Also available in 12-packs of plugs here

Details

Perennial
Sun:    
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture:    Dry, Medium
Height:    3 feet
Blooms:    July, Aug, Sept, Oct
Color:    Pink, Purple
Spacing:    12-18″
Spreads: A little by seed
Zones:    3-8
Benefits:    Butterflies, Pollinators, Birds, Hummingbirds

Design Tips

Plant Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) in large drifts with short grasses scattered in-between. The tall flower spikes rise above the grasses.

Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!

Companion Plants

Nodding Onion
Butterfly Milkweed
Lead Plant
Narrow-leaved Coneflower
Aromatic Aster
Prairie Dropseed

Size: 3-pack of pots, each pot is 3" wide x 3" deep

These pots can’t be shipped — pickup only!

Quantity:
Add To Cart

Can’t be shipped.

Attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, pollinators, and the human eye! Every sunny garden needs a Blazing Star and this Rough Blazing Star is a good choice. Not too tall, with slender stems that aren’t top heavy. Perfect for dry soils.

Also available in 12-packs of plugs here

Details

Perennial
Sun:    
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture:    Dry, Medium
Height:    3 feet
Blooms:    July, Aug, Sept, Oct
Color:    Pink, Purple
Spacing:    12-18″
Spreads: A little by seed
Zones:    3-8
Benefits:    Butterflies, Pollinators, Birds, Hummingbirds

Design Tips

Plant Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) in large drifts with short grasses scattered in-between. The tall flower spikes rise above the grasses.

Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!

Companion Plants

Nodding Onion
Butterfly Milkweed
Lead Plant
Narrow-leaved Coneflower
Aromatic Aster
Prairie Dropseed

Size: 3-pack of pots, each pot is 3" wide x 3" deep

These pots can’t be shipped — pickup only!

Can’t be shipped.

Attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, pollinators, and the human eye! Every sunny garden needs a Blazing Star and this Rough Blazing Star is a good choice. Not too tall, with slender stems that aren’t top heavy. Perfect for dry soils.

Also available in 12-packs of plugs here

Details

Perennial
Sun:    
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture:    Dry, Medium
Height:    3 feet
Blooms:    July, Aug, Sept, Oct
Color:    Pink, Purple
Spacing:    12-18″
Spreads: A little by seed
Zones:    3-8
Benefits:    Butterflies, Pollinators, Birds, Hummingbirds

Design Tips

Plant Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) in large drifts with short grasses scattered in-between. The tall flower spikes rise above the grasses.

Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!

Companion Plants

Nodding Onion
Butterfly Milkweed
Lead Plant
Narrow-leaved Coneflower
Aromatic Aster
Prairie Dropseed

Size: 3-pack of pots, each pot is 3" wide x 3" deep

These pots can’t be shipped — pickup only!

You Might Also Like

Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum) 12-pack of plugs Allium-cernuum-Nodding-Onion-Flowers (Copy) Allium-cernuum-Nodding-Onion-Flowers-Buy-Minnesota-Native-Plants-native-plant-plugs.jpg Allium-cernuum-Nodding-Onion-Flowers-Buy-Minnesota-Native-Plants -bulb (Copy) Allium-cernuum-Nodding-Onion-Flowers Sprouts (Copy) Allium-cernuum-Nodding-Onion-Flowers (Copy) Allium-cernuum-Nodding-Onion-Flowers Seeds (Copy) Allium-cernuum-Nodding-Onion-Flowers Boulevard (Copy) Allium-cernuum-Nodding-Onion-Flowers (Copy) Allium-cernuum-Nodding-Onion-Flowers Seedlings (Copy)
Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum) 12-pack of plugs
$25.00
Sold Out
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) 3-pack of pots Fragaria-virginiana-Wild-Strawberry-Native-plants-lawn-alternatives (1).JPG Fragaria-virginiana-Buy-Wild-Strawberry-Edible-Native-Plants-Groundvoer-Lawns (1).jpg Fragaria virginiana Wild Strawberry.JPG Fragaria-virginiana-Buy-Wild-Strawberry-Edible-Native-Plants-Groundvoer-Lawns-Picture-of-Roots.jpg
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) 3-pack of pots
$15.00
Sold Out
New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) 3-pack of pots Ceanothus-americanus-New-Jersey-Tea-Buy-Native-Pollinator-Plants-Minnesota (2).jpg Ceanothus-americanus-New-Jersey-Tea-Buy-Native- Buy new jersey tea for sale Ceanothus-americanus-New-Jersey-Tea-Buy-Native-Pollinator-Plants-Minnesota Buy new jersey tea for sale Ceanothus-americanus-New-Jersey-Tea-Buy-Native-Pollinator-Plants-Minnesota Buy new jersey tea for sale Ceanothus-americanus-New-Jersey-Tea-Buy-Native-Pollinator-Plants-Minnesota Buy new jersey tea for sale Ceanothus-americanus-New-Jersey-Tea-Buy-Native-Pollinator-Plants-Minnesota Buy new jersey tea for sale Ceanothus-americanus-New-Jersey-Tea-Buy-Native-Pollinator-Plants-Minnesota (1) Ceanothus-americanus-New-Jersey-Tea-Buy-Native-Pollinator-Plants-Minnesota-Picture-of-Roots.jpg
New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) 3-pack of pots
$18.00
Sold Out
Lance Leaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) 3-pack of pots Coreopsis-lanceolata-Buy-Lance-Leaf-Coreopsis-Minnesota-Native-Plants (1).jpg Coreopsis-lanceolata-Buy-Lance-Leaf-Coreopsis-Minnesota-Native-Plants.jpg Coreopsis-lanceolata-Lance-Leaf-Coreopsis-Buy-Native-Pollinator-Plants (11).JPG Coreopsis-lanceolata-Lance-Leaf-Coreopsis-Buy-Native-Pollinator-Plants (26).JPG Coreopsis-lanceolata-Lance-Leaf-Coreopsis-Buy-Native-Pollinator-Plants (7).JPG Coreopsis-lanceolata-Lance-Leaf-Coreopsis-Buy-Native-Pollinator-Plants (21).JPG Coreopsis-lanceolata-Buy-Lance-Leaf-Coreopsis-Minnesota-Native-Plants-Picture-of-Roots.jpg
Lance Leaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) 3-pack of pots
$15.00
Sold Out
Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) 3-pack of pots Buy-Mountain-Mint-Pycnanthemum-virginianum-native-plants-online-minneapolis-plant-sales (2).jpg Buy-Mountain-Mint-Pycnanthemum-virginianum-native-plants-online-minneapolis-plant-sales (3).jpg
Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) 3-pack of pots
$15.00

About Us
Shipping Information
Pickup Information
Contact us

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up to be notified when pre-orders start to be accepted each year and for any sales we might have.

Thank you!

© Blazing Star Gardens LLC

Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (4).jpg
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies-2.jpg
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies (1)
Liatris-aspera-Rough-Blazing-Star-Buy-Plants-for-Monarch-Butterflies-roots.jpg