🍂 Blooms mid-summer to fall
📏 Up to 5 feet in height
🌱 Easy to grow
☀️ Full sun to light shade
This plant spreads non-aggressively by rhizomes and is an ecological powerhouse.
Dense Blazing star is a specialist host for several moths, meaning they feed exclusively on it. Blazing star also feeds butterflies, such as the Monarch, and provides winter food for songbirds that eat its seeds.
These seedlings are from seeds from the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library.
Photo 1 by Agnieszka Kwiecien, Nova, Photo 2 by Stan Shebs, Photo 3 by Chrumps 🍂 Blooms mid-summer to fall
📏 Up to 5 feet in height
🌱 Easy to grow
☀️ Full sun to light shade
This plant spreads non-aggressively by rhizomes and is an ecological powerhouse.
Dense Blazing star is a specialist host for several moths, meaning they feed exclusively on it. Blazing star also feeds butterflies, such as the Monarch, and provides winter food for songbirds that eat its seeds.
These seedlings are from seeds from the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library.
Photo 1 by Agnieszka Kwiecien, Nova, Photo 2 by Stan Shebs, Photo 3 by Chrumps