Liatris mucronata Purple Hays United States Hybrid frost tolerant show of 1

frost tolerant show of 1

one of the best North American native woodland groundcovers we've ever grown

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The dark purple stalks support the mottled foliage

The flowers age to cherry pink on the second day

Liatris mucronata Purple Hays United States Hybrid frost tolerant show of 1Liatris mucronata 'Purple Hays' is a 2025 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of the central US (Canada south to Texas) native gayfeather blazing star. Our offering is grown from seed we collected in the most southern part of its range in Hays County, Texas, where we found it growing on a steep caliche slope. The 3' tall, unbranched, cinnamon brown stalks, burst forth with bright purple flowers, starting for us in late September, followed closely by a