Liatris
Liatris
Liatris, also known as Gayfeather, is an exotic variety that adds tactile texture to your late summer display. Opening from the top of the stem downwards like a bottlebrush, the tiny starry blooms give these plants a soft, fluffy appearance.
Loved by pollinators, Liatris varieties also makes exceptional cut flowers. Thrives in sunny, well-drained conditions, showing impressive drought tolerance once established.
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Floristan Alba
M6511
With plumes of pure white, fluffy blooms like tufted goose down, Liatris ‘Floristan Alba’ is also fittingly known as ‘Gayfeather’. The tower of tiny, starry blooms with elongated wispy petals gives these plants a soft, fuzzy appearance when viewed from afar.
Opening from the top of the stem downwards like a bottlebrush, Liatris ‘Floristan Alba’ adds tactile texture to your late summer display. The tall spires lend vertical interest and will punctuate your borders with expressive exclamation marks.
Exceptionally hardy and drought resistant, this North American native is a reliable perennial performer.
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30 top sized Liatris Spicata and Floristan Alba
CAM44
Strong Spires. No Staking. No Fuss - The Late Summer Lift Your Garden Needs
Often, our gardens look fine in June, then lose energy by mid-July. You as a gardener are no doubt aware of this. Your early flowers fade and your later flowering plants have not yet budded, or maybe you notice a patch near the path showing bare soil for a few weeks.
Liatris with its quiet strength is the answer to these familiar gardening issues.
Liatris corms look misshapen, unusual and nondescript in your hand, yet they pack a punch like no other. Hard to imagine tall spires rising from such modest shapes. Press each one into free draining soil, roots down, tip up. Add grit on heavy clay. Choose full sun. Then leave them be. The results will astound you,
This offer is for THIRTY top sized corms 14/+ cms of Liatris (15 x Floristan Alba & 15 x Spicata). Retail price for these top-quality corms normally £26.80 with postage. Your price WHILST STOCKS LAST is £14.70 and FREE delivery.
15 x Liatris ‘Floristan Alba’
Stands like a row of white tapers held above green blades. Each stem carries a soft, feathery glow which cools hot borders and sharpens deeper colours nearby. In evening light, spires seem almost silver, giving late summer gardens a calm, upright presence without noise or excess.
15 x Liatris spicata
Brings bold vertical rhythm to open ground, sending up firm green stems which rise clean through surrounding planting. Dense violet flower spikes draw constant movement from bees and passing butterflies. Clumps thicken with each season, building a stronger display, while narrow foliage keeps a crisp outline at soil level.
Once planted, Spring brings slim green shoots, straight as pencils with no flopping leaves. By high summer, the stems carry tight buds from base to tip. Then colour begins at the top and travels downward day by day. The flowers open in slow order, turning each stem into a living ‘brush’.
Bees are attracted. Butterflies hover. Your borders gain height without bulk. Grass like foliage keeps neat form at ground level, so your roses, echinacea, and lavender sit comfortably beside your liatris.
Perhaps tall perennials have let you down before. Rain bends the stems. Wind breaks them. Your liatris stands firm through any passing summer storms. No staking. No constant checking. Just upright spires holding their shape whilst other plants succumb.
Year after year, clumps grow broader. More stems rise. A single planting becomes a loose drift, natural yet controlled. In our British soils, winter causes little trouble if your liatris roots have drainage.
Plant once this Spring. By July, a sweep of colour hums with life and vitality. Simple corms. Sophisticated return. A border elevated to new heights this summer.
de Jager liatris large corms bring upright colour, yearly returns, and a border alive with bees, butterflies and beauty.
Delivery late-March ready for planting.
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Spicata
M6512
With wisps of fine, extended petals giving the impression of a fluffy façade, the spires of Liatris ‘Spicata’ resemble soft feather dusters. Spicata’ means ‘spiked’, and the tall towers of vivid violet will add a colourful vertical accent to your borders.
The RHS includes this variety in their ‘Plants for Pollinators’ scheme: hundreds of miniature blooms burst open from the top downwards, warmly inviting bees and butterflies to a feast of pollen and nectar.
Despite their exotic appearance, these North American natives are exceptionally hardy, drought tolerant perennials. Boasting a long vase life, Liatris ‘Spicata’ will also make a fascinating feature amongst your floral arrangements.

