{"product_id":"perennial-liatris-blazing-star-smallhead","title":"Smallhead Blazing Star","description":"\u003cp\u003eScarcely reaching two feet tall and often remaining a bit shy of that, \u003cstrong\u003eSmallhead Blazing Star \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Liatris microcephala)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis a little-known perennial originating in the Appalachian Mountains. These perennials are slow-growing and long-lived, developing from corms (bulb-like structures) that get larger and produce more stems with age. Starting the season as a tuft of long, dark green leaves, Smallhead Blazing Star greets late-summer with one- to two-foot green spikes covered in light-green buttons. While most perennials open their flowers from the bottom of a still-growing stalk upward, Liatris grow the entire flower stalk and then bloom from the top down, opening a few buttons each day to reveal fuzzy magenta flowers. This can make them particularly interesting in a vase, as can their very unique floral form. These butterfly favorites provide a strong show of late-season color for otherwise tired-looking perennial beds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":54036078362917,"sku":"HC020139","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/liatris-micro-1.jpg?v=1793037803","url":"https:\/\/www.highcountrygardens.com\/products\/perennial-liatris-blazing-star-smallhead","provider":"High Country Gardens","version":"1.0","type":"link"}