Liatris spicata Bill Cawthon Arbutus x andrachnoides crosses the

Arbutus x andrachnoides crosses the strawberry tree

pyramidal evergreen

and worked beechnut oil with bear grease into a repellent against mosquitoes

seasonally damp ground

slender spires of scarlet

Liatris spicata Bill Cawthon Arbutus x andrachnoides crosses theLiatris spicata, the blazing star or gayfeather, sends up rockets of feathery purple in the heart of summer, one of the great vertical accents of the North American prairie. The species is native to the moist meadows, prairies, and wet savannas of eastern North America, where the flower spikes once rose in their thousands among the tall grasses. Set against those horizontal sweeps of grass, the erect, bottlebrush spikes give any planting a jolt of