It mostly comes down to personal preference! If you don’t like the look of the dried seedheads in winter, then you can cut them down. Otherwise, they make for a nice snack for some bird species.
Leaving them also allows them to seed themselves, so if you don’t the plants to spread at all, that could be another reason for chopping them down in the fall.
It mostly comes down to personal preference! If you don’t like the look of the dried seedheads in winter, then you can cut them down. Otherwise, they make for a nice snack for some bird species.
Leaving them also allows them to seed themselves, so if you don’t the plants to spread at all, that could be another reason for chopping them down in the fall.