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Gayfeathers bloom from the top down. Once it has finished blooming, you can either cut the stalks back to the base or leave them to provide seeds for the birds.
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Hi, this is my first time posting here and hope I can share some thoughts about gayfeather (liatris). They dry wonderfully and are big butterfly attracters (guess you've probably seen that this season, eh?). Only problem I've ever had with mine are voles chewing on the rhizomes. (Mine are in the ground). So I had to replant them inside hardware cloth cages. But, if you're gonna leave the liatris in a pot overwinter, make sure you plunge pot in the ground or some mulch to prevent soil in pot from freezing and killing rhizomes. Hope I didn't ramble too much for my first post! Plants: 4 | Registered: Sep 2002
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I'd like to reach you directly but there wasn't a link next to your post for a personal reply. Of course I'm also very new here so I don't know how it all works yet either.
Your suggestions and information were invaluable but a little difficult to implement in my urban setting - I'd like to toss about some alternatives with you.
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(Mine are in the ground). So I had to replant them inside hardware cloth cages. But, if you're gonna leave the liatris in a pot overwinter, make sure you plunge pot in the ground or some mulch to prevent soil in pot from freezing and killing rhizomes. Hope I didn't ramble too much for my first post! 
Printer-friendly view of this garden