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Master Gardener’s Bookshelf: Nature’s Best Hope: Lessons for a Master Gardener
Our book reviewer, Susan Wilhelm, shares how reading Doug Tallamy’s most recent book, Nature’s Best Hope, has impacted how she gardens. Continue reading
Posted in Master Gardeners Bookshelf, Native Plants
Tagged Asclepias tuberosa, blazing star, Butterfly Weed, Doug Tallamy, fall blooming native asters, Gayfeather, goldenrod, liatris spicata, Nature's Best Hope, Solidago, Symphyotrichum spp.
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PERENNIAL: Liatris spicata ([Dense] Blazing Star, Gayfeather)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tall and upright, Gayfeather provides nice vertical form in a garden. Its purplish, feathery flower spikes contrast well with yellow-flowered, mound-forming plants. The dried spikes provide interest in fall and winter. Continue reading