In the past I have grown Liatris and they have always been a pink variety so this white one caught my eye when I was mooching around a garden centre. The label said its growing habit was 60cm height x 30cm spread. I repotted it into a somewhat larger pot and now it is about 140cm high. I take it that it likes its new home.
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| Liatris 'Floristan' - August 2025 |
I have to tell you that Floristan took quite a bashing not long ago when we had very strong winds here high on the Pennines of West Yorkshire but it didn't break and there was no damage at all. The pot is in a position where it couldn't fall over but perhaps other plants and containers also protected it to some degree.  |
| Liatris 'Floristan' taller than expected |
The label describes it as "Bottle brush spikes of white fluffy flowers standing proud over clumps of narrow linear leaves. Loved by bees and butterflies." It achieves a "height and spready of 60cm x 30cm - 24" x 12")" and it likes to be planted in containers and borders in full sun and a moist but well-drained soil. Although the label, strangely, did not mention the flowering period, other sources say it flowers from August through September, which appears to be the case. Liatris are unusual in that they flower from the top of the stem downwards.  |
| Liatris 'Floristan' ready to be repotted - mid June 2025 |