{"id":755,"date":"2007-08-11T06:04:39","date_gmt":"2007-08-11T10:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/08\/11\/rows-and-rows-of-liatris-flowers\/"},"modified":"2015-04-26T00:24:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T04:24:38","slug":"rows-and-rows-of-liatris-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/08\/11\/rows-and-rows-of-liatris-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rows and Rows of Liatris flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p><center><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"300\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><center> Grab the Scavenger Hunt code.<br \/>\nPhoto Theme. Join the blogroll. Visit participants. <\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">This weeks theme is <strong>Rows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/1001934337\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1426\/1001934337_a2eb5bf9e8.jpg\" alt=\"Liatris\" height=\"336\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you take a close look at many flowers or leaves you can see that there&#8217;s often a pattern to how it&#8217;s been formed.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds-->\n<p>I mean, take this Liatris stalk. When it&#8217;s in full bloom it just looks like a puffy floral stalk in the garden, but when you look a little more closely you&#8217;ll notice that the stalk is composed of many flower buds in tight rows. Each stalk must have at least 50 flowers on it.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t remember if this Liatris was about to bloom or if it&#8217;s blooms were fading when I took this photo, I believe it was finishing up it&#8217;s bloom.<\/p>\n<p>I have several clumps of Liatris throughout the garden.  I plant five to 15 bulbs or corms (I can&#8217;t remember which they are at the moment) in a circular pattern so that when the individual plants grow they form a natural looking clump.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>I&#8217;ve only been growing Liatris (Gay Feather) for a few years and I haven&#8217;t yet noticed if any of the bulbs have naturalized to produce more plants.   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