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I have just bought a Echinacea purpurea plant
Please tell me what to do with the plant after is has finished flowering ?.


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You can leave the dead flower heads on, as they make a nice feature in the winter, and the birds like them, too. In the spring, just cut the stem to ground level and wait for new growth from the plant.

26 Aug, 2010

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