Many of us have. The problem with liatris is that many of the seeds are not viable. Search around and see if you can find the thread - I think it was from Donn. Then, the sprouts look like grass and they are easily yanked if you don't know what they are. Otherwise, I have germinated them and grown them successfully.

It is very easy to germinate. In fact, I have a lot of self sown seedlings in my garden. :-)

I WS Liatris pychnostachya and Liatris ligulistylis (sorry, don't know common names) this year. These are tall Liatris, one is a spikey kind and the other is the button kind. They are supposedly much loved by the butterflies.

I got very good germination with both and they were all planted out throughout the summer. They didn't grow much in the first year though, they look like a few blades of grass.

They reseed quite well in my gardens!! Now I make a point of cutting the seed stalks before they invade the area. :O) So definitely a good winter sowing candidate!

I have had good germination with fresh seed, but I have to be careful not to weed them out. I've found taht wsing them in 2L's and then planting the whole 2L chunk has been an effective measure to help me remember where I put them.