How to Divide Perennials


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Oct 1, 1999


When NOT to Divide

  • Avoid dividing if conditions in your garden have been very dry, stressing out the plants in your garden. Wait until plants have recovered from drought before dividing them.
  • If autumn has come very quickly and it seems unseasonably cold, postpone perennial division for the year. New divisions may not be able to get ready in time for winter.
  • Your mother plant should be healthy. Treat any bug or mildew infestations before dividing, and if you can't cure the problem in time for dividing, wait until next year.
  • Never divide a plant that is blooming.

       

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9.   Nov 19, 1999 1:05 AM
I haven't forgotten the parsley, but keep it inside. I've actually thought of bringing some sage inside. If that song were about my area it would also mention winter fat, a beautiful plant.

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-- posted by max_read
8.   Nov 17, 1999 1:28 PM
Hi Max

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-- posted by Jojo
7.   Nov 17, 1999 12:58 PM
I'm still in the planning stages of my xeric landscape, but you've listed a number of plants I'll be putting in: lavender, rosemary etc. Perhaps the most interesting to me is the thyme. Mother of th ...

-- posted by max_read
6.   Nov 8, 1999 3:34 AM
I forgot where I put my query about the Campanula!! I think that I have it planted too deep would it kill it to dig it up and raise the crown,one way to find out I guess,it is nt going to thrive as it ...

-- posted by Mary_Wise
5.   Oct 24, 1999 9:53 PM
Hi Mary

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-- posted by Jojo



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