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Lifting Liatris

satrdayboysatrdayboy Posts: 56
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Can Liatris be lifted and stored over winter and then be replanted in spring. Took a gamble on them in a new bed as a gap filler and was surprised how much bees were attracted to them. Thanks 

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Never tried, but I don't think it will be a problem, if you wait till the foliage has died back.
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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited October 2022
    satrdayboy said:
    Can Liatris be lifted and stored over winter and then be replanted in spring. Took a gamble on them in a new bed as a gap filler and was surprised how much bees were attracted to them. Thanks 
    May I ask why you aren't leaving them in situ.
    The bulbs  take it cold.
    It is in  RHS hardiness H7.group..see below.

    H7. colder than -20 (< -4) Very hardy. Hardy in the severest European continental climates including exposed upland locations in the UK. This hardiness system was introduced by the RHS in 2012,

    https://www.google.com/search?q=liatris+spicata+bulb&client=firefox-b-d&sxsrf=ALiCzsZ3o5ocR_EQaf6FX9qWLYqo1wxcJw:1666015066273&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3utzhtef6AhULgFwKHccSDQUQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1280&bih=595&dpr=1.5
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Living in an exposed upland location I can vouch for them :)
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They don't need stored, as such, if you mean undercover in some way. Totally hardy.
    You can stick them in a pot if you don't have a spot for them just now to be planted into  :)
    I started removing a bed about a month ago. The clump of Liatris were lifted and potted up. The white ones were still flowering. They're absolutely fine.
    Slugs are the biggest problem, which is why they were poorer this year. They eat the growing tips so readily, and the 'non' winter we had meant there was an even bigger number of them than usual.  :/
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    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • satrdayboysatrdayboy Posts: 56
    Thanks for all the replies. I think i will lift and over winter in a pot. The reason I want to move them is that they are in the front of the border but too tall. I need to make room for them somewhere else in the border.
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