Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistylis) 72-pack of plugs
Can be shipped.
What’s better than a few Meadow Blazing Star flowers to attract monarchs? 72 of them. Plant these in your yard and be amazed.
What are plugs? Plugs are plants grown in a 72-cell tray; each soil plug is 1.6” wide x 3.2” deep, and the tray measures 21” long x 11” wide. They are a great option for planting large gardens. We plant all of our own projects with plugs.
These trays of Meadow Blazing Star plugs were grown from 2nd year plants—they were started last season, overwintered, and then brought out of dormancy and transplanted into 72-cell plug trays. This means they are larger than normal seedlings. Some may bloom this year, but most will bloom next year.
These Meadow Blazing Star attracts swarms of monarch butterflies during their August and September migration. If you plant it at your house—even in the middle of the city—you will see more monarchs that you ever thought possible. It’s nicknamed “The Monarch Magnet” for good reason.
Milkweed is an important host plant for eggs and caterpillars, but late-summer blooming plants like Meadow Blazing Star provide nectar during the fall migration.
How many should I plant to attract monarchs?
Plant a few and you’ll get a few monarchs each day. Plant dozens and you’ll get dozens of monarchs. Plant hundreds and you’ll get hundreds of monarchs! In our seed production plots with 6,000 Meadow Blazing Star plants, we get thousands of monarchs every day for weeks and they even congregate into huge roosts in the trees at night.
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Medium-Wet, Medium-Dry
Height: 5 feet
Blooms: Aug, Sept
Color: Pink, Purple
Spacing: 1-2′
Spreads: A little by seed
Zones: 3-7
Benefits: Butterflies, Pollinators, Birds, Hummingbirds
Design Tips
Like most natives, Meadow Blazing Star likes a mulched, weed-free garden. They look like grass leaves the first year before they bloom so it’s especially important to stay on top of the weeds so you don’t accidentally pull them. Meadow Blazing Star is incredible in large masses, especially with all the monarch butterflies it attracts. The tall flower spikes of Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistylis) look great when planted among short grasses and sedges. You will never regret planting too much of this plant, and your neighbors will also benefit from all of the monarchs flying around the neighborhood.
Companion Plants
Blue Wild Indigo
Marsh Milkweed
Prairie Blazing Star
Orange Coneflower
Prairie Dropseed
Fox Sedge
