Liatris aspera Bastrop Fairy Garden Plants on Hong Kong's Lantau Island

on Hong Kong's Lantau Island

Clumps can thrive for decades with no care as long as they are planted in the right conditions

This is one of those hostas that just seems to grab your eye from a great distance

with very nice silver-patterned leaves

(aka: Iris virginica DeLuxe) This splendid Iris hybrid (Hewitt 96) between US natives Iris versicolor and Iris virginica quickly became one of our favorites

Liatris aspera Bastrop Fairy Garden Plants on Hong Kong's Lantau IslandRough blazing star is one of the shorter species in the genus liatris, topping out for us at 3' tall, when it bursts into flower for us in late June (NC). The zig zaggy stalks are clothed with wavy green leaves, held at 90 degrees to the stem. The flowers resemble large shaggy purple buttons along the top 2 3 of the stalk a wonderful garden specimen in our trials. This incredibly drought tolerant species is native through most of the central US, from