Perennials: Just ordered blazing star, other prairie seeds, 1 by Leftwood

Leftwood wrote:
Prairie plants are great! Most grow really, really, really deep roots. And they grow them in unaccordance with the top growth. That is, they grow a substantial root system before they grow much top growth. Consequently, some don't transplant well. All grasses transplant fine. Liatris (Blazing Star), fine. Many different species of Liatris go under that common name. Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa), not a good transplanter, even at the young stage pictured. It doesn't die, but is stunted severely. Leadplant transplants ok from pots where the root is forced to stay short in the pot, but don't try to dig it up from the ground.

This pic is Butterflyweed on the left, Leadplant on the right. They are about 2 months old from seed. (They are so cute, aren't they?) You wouldn't think Butterflyweed would be that particular, especially since it develops its sausage-like tuber so early in life, but it is very finicky. You can see how the Leadplant root goes down down down, so be aware.