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Blazing Star
Wild Flowers

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Our Stock

Seed is readily available in all the species we have included in this site.
If you require seed for a flower we have not included here, contact us as we have limited availability of many other species.

To view any of these flowers in more detail please click on the small image and you will be taken to a full view.

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White Cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta):
Creamy white/yellow center blossomed perennial, 30-75 cm. (12-30") tall, blooms June - July. Slightly branching plant but has appearance of a single stem.  Will grow in moist, low - lying areas or disturbed areas. Seed heads can be used in dried floral arrangements.

 

 

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Crocus (Anemone patens):
Blue/purple perennial, 10-30 cm. (4-12") tall, blooms mid-April to June.   Will grow on sandy loam soils in full sun to very light shade.  Seed in early June (stratify for 1-3 weeks) or late fall.  Slow germinator and grower but grows well once established.  Attracts: Goldfinches.  Attractive foreground plant.

 

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Cut-Leaved Anemone (Anemone multifida):
White perennial, 15-50 cm. (6-20") tall, blooms late May and June, followed by a white woolly seedhead.  Will grow in regular, well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Seed in early June (stratify) or late fall. Spreads by roots, can be invasive so best to contain it.

 

 

 

 

 

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Everlastings (Antennaria sp.):
Cream-white perennial, 2-5 cm. (1/2-2") tall, blooms May to June.   Needs full sun to light shade and poor to good soils.  Excellent for Xeriscaping and ground covers.  Seed in early June (stratify) or late fall.

 

 

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Fleabane spp. (Erigeron spp.):
Similiar to asters.  Blue/white/pink blossomed perennial, 10-50 cm. (4-20") tall, blooms May to July.  Will grow in light, infertile, well-drained soil.  Forms small clumps 30-40 cm. (12-16") in diameter.  Seed in early June (stratify) or late fall.

 

 

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Gaillardia (Gaillardia aristata):
Yellow/orange with red centre perennial, 20-60 cm. (8-24") tall, blooms July and August.  Will grow in well-drained soil in full sun.  Seed in early June (stratify) or late fall.  Companions: Blue Flax, Bergamot, Coneflower.   Excellent for meadows, xeriscaping, cut-flowers.

 



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Blazing Star Wild Flower Seed Co.
Lisa and Renny Grilz
Box 1496
Didsbury, AB
T0M 0W0
Phone: (403)335-4956
Fax: (403)335-9482
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