Liatris Seed Harvest - Wisconsin Garden Video Blog 797
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- See More Garden Goodies: www.WisconsinGa... - - - It’s September 26, 2017 and it’s time for our fall Liatris seed harvest. If you would like some Liatris seeds, simply send us an enclosed Stamped Self-Addressed Envelope before by October 15, 2017. All seed requests will be filled in order of dated requests while supplies last. Before you place your request, please check with your state, county or country for any seed restrictions.
This purple beautiful Liatris spicata specie is also known as dense blazing star or prairie gay feather and is one of our favorite herbaceous perennial plants. We enjoy seeing these sturdy tall spikes of purple flowers that grace several areas throughout our gardens. It’s interesting to watch each one start by blooming from top downward in a series of small flowers that keep emerging until the entire stalk is in full bloom. Each Liatris stalk contains hundreds of husks with little feather-like hairs attached to each seed as a way for this herbaceous plant to propagate its future survival.
How ironic that I stumble upon this video a year and one day after you created it! I wanted to comment on how much I enjoy your videos. I find them all so informative and even relaxing. You seem like the sweetest couple! I enjoy how loving you treat one another as you create these videos together. Your garden(s) are lovely! I am envious but you give me inspiration for my own. Thank you for your efforts and beautiful work. Blessings from Kentucky.
Hi Paula. First of all, thank you for finding us. We deeply appreciate your very kind comments about both of us and our garden video blogs. When Richard first asked me to do a garden video I said 'No'. I was hot, sweaty and camera shy. Looking back, together with Richard's love and support, and all the kind comments we've received, I've gain much more confidence on and off camera and happy we decided to continue this project. So, thank you. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Hi Lynn, you're welcome! I'm delighted to have found you two out here. As a camera-shy, self-conscious gal myself, I appreciate you even more for stepping out of your comfort zone to share with all of us. Richard obviously knew what he was doing and his tenacity in convincing you to tolerate the camera lens has given us such treasures to watch and learn from. Thanks to both of you! I look forward to keeping up with all of your future endeavors! My best to you both.... Paula
Hi Paula. Looking back, I'm glad I took that leap of faith. It's been wonderful hearing from so many kind gardeners like yourself. That's an experience I would have never known had I closed that door. I'm so grateful. TKS Lynn & Richard
Hi Lynn, I was thinking that it must be amazing to you both, the reception that you've had. Years ago, before video cameras and the web/internet we may never had imagined the possibilities. Thank you for the sweet replies. I won't hijack more of your time :) (at least for now.) I bid you and your sweet husband a blessed and happy weekend. :)
May you too have a wonderful weekend, especially since the Green Bay Packers won. The fans were getting concerned so I wore my sweatshirt today and take a bit of credit. TKS Lynn & Richard
Hello. Thank you for your video. I live in Switzerland and for the first time I planted these beautiful flowers. I'm looking forward to multiplying them. In English, the name of these is Kansas Feathers. Best regards
Hello Sylko. I guess no matter where one lives on planet Earth, beautiful flowers always amazes the viewer who takes the time to appreciate. As mentioned, Liatris are one of my personal favorites and I'm known to collect thousands of seeds and spread them throughout our gardens every year.
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I found it behind our mailbox across the street and my garden group ID the plant that is why I came back on your channel!❤️💐
Glad you found it Lebby. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
What a sweet offer, from a very sweet couple with green thumbs up to the wrist. Thank you. Blessings
You are most welcome Wilma. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I have been watching your videos for a couple years. Some of the first gardening videos I ever watch. You two are adorable ❤️ Thank you for all the valuable information you share!
Hello Andrea. Thanks for all your long-term loyalty and very kind comments. Liatris harvesting will soon take place again this year. Hope you have some to harvest as well.
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I just bought the bulbs. I can't wait for the bulbs to grow!!
Hi Marcia. You will love this plant. It's has always been one of our perennial favorites. Often it takes 2 years before you see their full blossoms. The first year they often look like tall grass so don't cut them down thinking they are weeds. Plant the corms when the soil isn't soggy but somewhat dry and workable about 6" deep. They will spread so don't crowd them. Some gardeners plant the 12-15: apart in all directions. Plant the flat side of each corm on the bottom. You'll have to keep us updated on their development. Get ready to invite all the beautiful pollinators to your garden. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
@@WisconsinGarden Thanks for the advice!
You are most welcome. TKS Lynn & Richard
@@WisconsinGarden I just got the Liatris bulbs. Which side of the bulb is up? One website said to plant them sideways, if you cannot distinguish up from down. Another website said the pointy end is up, but this bulb does not have an obvious pointy side. Most of the bulbs are just bumpy!!! A few of the bulbs have tiny green sprouts and others have one white hair like stringy things. Thanks for you help!
You guys are such an inspiration.
Thank you for your kind words and for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Wonderful idea of sharing your beautiful flower seeds 💜 thank you 🍁
It's our pleasure. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I am also a huge fan of liatris. Thank you for having a video on seed collection. I cut my stems in the fall of 2018 and put them in a bucket in the basement where they have sat for 8 months because I was hoping I could grow more from the seed but I didn't know if that would work so I missed out on planting them before the first snow. Now that you've shown me everything I need to know I'll collect seed again this fall and hopefully have tons more in the spring! You and your videographer are very delightful people.
Ah yes, those amazing Liatris. One of my favorites as they seem to get fuller and taller each year. I don't think I could even begin counting all the clumps that have established themselves. We still have half a shopping bag full of seeds from last fall that we will scatter around the garden this summer. It's not too late. Perhaps the percentage of seeds growing may be lessened, but many seeds are still viable. Just find an open area of soil and sow the seeds, water and keep the soil moist now that summer has arrived, depending on which part of the globe your living. Thank you for all your kind comments and we invite you to visit our website www.WisconsinGarden.com where we have lots of other garden goodies to see, including our monthly garden tours. Thank you so much for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I thought mine had died... but they did come back finally! Later than usual probably because they are not full sun. I have some plants in pots too that I seeded last year but didn't get planted. I love liatris and will harvest yet this Fall. I start mine in a vacant flower bed in the Fall and let Mother Nature do her thing. It works very well! Anise hyssop gets seedy just like liatris, that is another favorite plant of mine, the color isn't as vibrant but they are super long lasting. I love purple in the garden :) - Jean
As you probably know from watching our videos, Liatris is one of my favorite herbaceous perennials. I love watching them grow and flower from the top downward as they remain very strong and sturdy throughout the summer and into the fall. The goldfinches love to land on them and eat the seeds. Thanks again Jean for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Try verbena bonariensis....totally wonderful in cuttings...
I would love to have some flower seeds from the Wisconsin Garden. I planted some liatris, but would love to have more they were beautiful. I have harvested some of my seeds, but it wasn't very many since this was my first year to plant them. You all are so sweet to offer the seeds to your viewers.
Will get my envelope in the mail soon.
Thank you so much for all you do
Kathy from Alabama
Hi Kathy. We look forward to receiving your request. As I have often said in our video, this is truly one of my favorite plants which I spread each year. We're glad we have plenty to share. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
WisconsinGarden
I planted them because you loved them so. You will be spreading your seeds all the way to Alabama.
Wonderful. TKS Lynn & Richard
Just put my envelope in the mail!! Such a sweet offer!!
We look forward to sending you some of our Liatris seeds. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
YIPEE I just received the Liatris seeds today in the mail, thank you so much 💜💜💜I am looking forward to planting them and watching them grow. Every time I look at the flowers I will think of you both 🌹
Thank you!!! I received my Liatris seeds yesterday. I can't wait to plant them.
Hi Lynn & Richard I received your Liatris seed yesterday Thank You
You're welcome. Thanks again for your request, and for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Are sure they were Chef Jeff's TomatoBerry plants from steins? www.ChefJeffsGarden.com As you just saw in part 4 of our fall garden, most of our tomatoes and peppers did poorly this year until the 80's & 90's returned in August and September. Our TomatoBerries did fairly well and were very tasty. We are already get a little bent out of shape knowing our plants are on their last legs until next year. As for Lily of the Nile. They are tropical so we were told by Dr. Woo, a neighbor, who grows them on the northeast side of town watches our video so he and his wife brought some to us. He places them in a slightly large container and fills 1/4 to 1/3 with water and places them in their unheated garage over winter then brings them out in spring. So we will see if our survive. He said if they didn't he had many more. They are just about to go to seed so we are going to try to harvest them before the birds get them or the wind blows them away. This is all part of our #EclecticExperimentalGarden. Thanks again Jean for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
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I had Meadow Blazing Star last year (Monarch's favorite nectar source). It died overwinter. I was able to get one seedling from it and I'm hoping I can keep it alive.
If you had a wet spring and summer like we have it may be possible they washed away. Hopefully you send us a self-addressed stamped envelope so we can share some with you. Thanks again JB for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Enjoyed your video Lynn your liatris is really pretty
Hi Jackie. Hope you've added some Liatris in your garden. If not, send us your stamped self-addressed envelope and we'll share some of ours with you. TKS Lynn & Richard
Hello from Alabama! Do you have any more of those liatris? Beautiful plant. Love all of your videos. Thanks for sharing
Hi Gayle. That video was from last year 2017. Perhaps we will collect more this year and post a video with another offer. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Hi Lynn and Richard
I hope all is well. I have a quick question I know you can help me with. After collecting my liatris seeds do I sow them directly in the ground before the first frost, or so I cold stratify them in refrigerator and wait till spring? I have so many seeds. They were spectacular this year and I want to do a mass planting in one of my areas for next Year.
I know they may not bloom the first year, so I am trying to figure out
The best way to get
Them started.
Thank you for all that you both do. I learn so much from you and love to see the videos of your beautiful gardens.
Best regards,
Betsy Weinberg
Hi Betsy. You can sow them in the ground now or store them in a refrigerator over winter till spring. The seeds must go through a cold winter (stratification) in order for the seed to sprout. If you are going to blanket an area, make sure to prep the soil so the seeds make direct contact. You may also want to protect that area to keep the birds and little critters from eating the seeds over winter by covering with straw or other physical deterrents. Have fun expanding your Liatris jungle. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
WisconsinGarden thank you so much for your help. Oooooo now the wait begins
Enjoy. TKS Lynn & Richard
Hi, you have a beautiful garden. Thanks for sharing the wonderful information. Do you have write color liatris? I have purple. I want to add some white color. Thanks
Hi Pansy. Yes, we have both purple and white Liatris. We're not sure where the white variety came from as we don't remember planting it. Perhaps some little bird saw it in a neighbor's yard and felt we needed some as well.
We truly thank you for taking time to watch our Wisconsin Garden video blogs. You’ll never know how much you help our garden mission by watching and sharing with family and friends. May you and your family and friends continue to enjoy healthy gardening seasons for many years to come. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Hi Lynn and Richard. Another great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with your eclectic garden. I received 3 Perennials this week, is it too late to now plant these?
Fall is always the best time to plant perennials and spring blooming bulbs. When the snow begins to fly, that's when it's probably too late. NASCAR Gardeners - "Start Your Engine Trovels." TKS Lynn & Richard
Good Morning Lynn and Richard
Loved the video* I am sending my stamped envelope to you today. I am so excited to get some Liatris seed. I have never grown this before and can't wait. That is very generous of you both. Are they planted in sun? shade? thanks so much both of you. Have a great weekend
deezie
We will gladly send you some Liatris seeds with some very easy growing instructions as soon as we receive your envelope. Enjoy summer again this week. Richard and I look forward to a slightly longer growing season in the 80's this coming week and finally some rain - 4 1/2 inches behind normal. We would have guessed after the constant rain in spring and summer. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Can you send seeds internationally?
Wow what a change in scenery since August. We've been having too much rain but at least the grass is no longer brown. It was very dry July and August. Love the beautiful colours of fall but don't like what it leads to 😔
Great question Latoya. There are so many restrictions in place governing seed exchanges even from state to state. We ask our viewers to check with their state and even counties to make sure their requests are lawful. We don't want anyone to inadvertently violate any restrictions. Unfortunately, the same holds true for sending any Internationally as we don't want to violate, or get a viewer in trouble due to any import laws of other territories or countries. So at this time we don't send Internationally. We hope you understand our concerns that may exist over this beautiful herbaceous perennial flower. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I planted a dozen liatris corms this spring 2018, bought from a well-known warehouse store rhyming with shmostco, because they gave 80 bulbs for less than 15$!
Bummerlingly, only 2 grew up and flowered, the rest just stayed "grassy". WHY?
That's typical for their 1st year of growth. Be patient. They will flower starting the 2nd year and begin spreading. You'll be ever so happy. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I did the same this spring, same warehouse too. 99% of them bloomed. Yours is a good question, and thanks WisconsinGarden for answering!! Very generous of you to offer free seeds. That earned you my subscription
I guess your garden soil is better thsn mine..mine only.get sbout 6.to 9 inches tall
One of a gardeners greatest skills is in building a nutrient rich and airy soil, especially for plants with shallow roots year after year. It's an on-going skill. Each year we add leaf mulch and lots of compost to all of our raised beds. We also add a small amount of Azomite when planting most of our vegetables to provide trace minerals often missing in most upper areas of soil. Native plants survive because they have very deep root that have access to all the goodies missing in upper soil areas. If a soil area is too compacted, we add Perlite and Peat Moss and till it into the soil. That allow plant root to breathe and allows soil to be well-drained. Keep working your soil and it will be much more productive. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Hi Lynn & Richard Thank you for the liatris seed.. I think I wa successful in planting the seed but now I can't tell the difference between the liatris and horseweed ( marestail) . I will have to wait until the flower blooms. Any suggestions before I pull the plant I think is marestail or horse tail ?
Hi Rosemary. We're pleased to hear you planted the Liatris seeds and that they are Please be patient with those little skinny seedlings that look like blades of grass, as it takes a couple of years before your Liatris will blossom. You can tell by carefully pulling a blade out of the ground because the bottom of the stem is red and if you carefully pull out the entire plant it will have a tiny bulb on the end. Take a look at some of our recent videos that often point out what these babies look like in their first year. Simply visit www.WisconsinGarden.com and watch any of our latest garden tours. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Hi, I bought a new house last winter. When I moved in the area beside my drive way was nice and clean. No plants, just dirt. Then in the spring growth started sprouting. I think one of the planting was of Liatris. When they died I cut them down low and then I was left with the green. Now that has died and withered and looks like straw. It looks messy and unsightly. I i am wondering how the previous owner made it look tidy. I tried to remove the straw debris but the bulbs are shallow and they pull out. Do you think this year when they regrow I should harvest the seed, pull out and dispose of the bulbs and sprinkle the harvested seed before the first snow?
Hi Lulu. Assuming they are Liatris, you can harvest all the seeds by placing your hand at the base of the seeds and gently pulling up to the top of the stalk with a handful of seeds. You can save the seeds in a paper bag or spread them to other garden areas most likely after the snow melts and they come in direct contact with soil.
As for all the unsightly stalks and leaf materials, simply cut off and put them in a compost bin. Avoid pulling the plant corms (bulb) out of the ground or you'll disturb future growth. By cutting them back to an inch or two above ground, the corms will continue to grow and expand, and new shoots will begin to grow.
New growth looks much like grass. To test, pull one out of the ground and if it has a small corm (bulb) attached, that is first year baby Liatris, and not grass. They will begin to flower starting the 2nd year.
Hope this was helpful. Stay healthy and #KeepTheLoveGrowing - Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard - See much more at www.WisconsinGarden.com
Did the Liatris bring in any hummingbirds?
Hi Silvia. The Liatris have yet to really open. We expect them to start early next week and continue for at least 2-3 weeks afterwards. The hummingbirds have been active with our other blossoms and feeders and always a treat to spot. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I was wondering what you were going to do with all those seeds.
They will not go to waste based upon the number of emails and comments left so far. We volunteer at several master garden sites and a local prairie that would enjoy what ever what remains. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
If I am having a hard time getting the pod open to expose the seeds, are they too damp, or not ready? Yours seemed to fall right apart.
Hi Jason. When your Liatris plant is fully mature, and not before, you will see some pods starting to open and see seeds on the ground. Wait until dry weather has occurred for several days otherwise wet seeds will be difficult to collect. That's when you cup your hand, starting at the bottom of the stem, and gently pull upward along the flower stem catching as many seeds in your hand as possible. It's very easy and without any struggle. Make sure to have a labeled bag handy, especially if you're harvesting more than one kind of colored Liatris. Here in Wisconsin, our Liatris seeds are still wet but probably ready in the next 2 weeks, depending on weather conditions. You really don't want to capture weeds seeds which could easily become moldy and destroy them. If ever collecting wet seeds, place them on a tray, spread them out, and keep moving and separating any clumps until they fully dry before putting them in storage bags or containers. We often use paper bags and keep them in cold storage, garage or refrigerator for stratification or they may remain dormant. As long as a seed maintains some moisture and not dry out completely they will continue to be less potent each year they remain in common storage. Keep us posted on your progress. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Hi there! Do you plant the Liatris seeds in fall or wait for spring? If you wait until spring. How do you store them? Thanks!
Hi Debra. You could do both. We prefer to spread them in fall after we clean the soil area and pat them into the ground. When we harvest, many seeds automatically drop to the ground. What the squirrel, voles, birds and mice don't eat a new plant survives. If we decide to store them we keep them in a open paper bag, shopping bag fulls, and keep them in our back porch over winter. The first year's growth look like grass but if you pull one out of the ground, unlike grass, they have a tiny little bulb attached. They begin blooming the second year of growth. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Can I still get some Liatris seeds if I mail you a paid envelope?
This video was taken several years ago. If we have more to share this year, we will probably offer them in an upcoming video providing the weather cooperates. Stay tuned. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard www.WisconsinGarden.com
Hi! Will it grow in zone 9 a CA? Thank you!
Most growers indicate Liatris is grown in zones 2-9. Thanks Yaz for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard