Flower Specifications
- Season: Annual
- USDA Zones: 3 - 10
- Height: 16 inches
- Bloom Season: Mid spring to early fall
- Bloom Color: Yellow
- Environment: Full sun
- Soil Type: Fast draining sandy type soils
Planting Directions
- Temperature: 55 - 60F
- Average Germ Time: 7 - 21 days
- Light Required: Yes
- Depth: Surface sow seed and lightly cover 1/8th inch
- Sowing Rate: 3 - 4 seeds per plant
- Moisture: Keep seeds moist until germination
- Plant Spacing: 15 - 18 inches
- Care & Maintenance: See: Mentzelia
Lindley's Blazing Star (Mentzelia Lindleyi) - This is a desert species from California and the deserts. Don't confuse it with the other "Blazing Star" that is a plains native and has tall spikes of purple flowers as they are two completely different flowers. Mentzelia needs to develop a tap root, so does best in loose, fast-draining (sandy) soils. This beauty with golden, star-shaped flowers was a food source for Native Americans. With the right conditions, this one is easy to grow from wild flower seeds.
Blazing star is an annual wild flower which means it just lives one year and then dies. It grows fast, blooms for a long period of time, and then dies off with first frost. If Blazing Star drops its flower seeds on bare ground, they will often germinate the next spring so you get new flower again.
