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What did I plant? ID help.

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Posted by Dennis Plank on June 5, 2014 at 2:50 PM
What did I plant? ID help.
This flower finally came up this year, and I have no clue what it is. It has a basal cluster of sword shaped leaves about a foot long. The bloom stem is about 5' tall and the bloom cluster is about 2' long. I'll post a close up in the "larger image" Anyone recognize it? :confused:

Thanks a bunch,
Posted by Ian Wolfenden on June 7, 2014 at 6:27 AM
Dennis : this is a bit gf a guess really but I wonder if it might be Liatris spicata - the Floristan white variety. That has long pointed basal leaves and looks something like your image, though the pink centres may not fit.
Posted by Jake Dingel on June 7, 2014 at 7:47 AM
Don't know what it is, but I do not believe that it is Liatris spicata (blazing star), as I recall it is one of the few plants that bloom from the top to bottom.