Get Free Plants By Division
DIVISION
A lot of perennial plants can be grown by division. This is a lot easier than
taking cuttings, and if you have friends, who have large gardens. You can
usually get your plants for free, By dividing their plants up. You can get 50 to
100 little plants from one large plant, which means if you have a few friends
with biggish gardens, you can stock your whole nursery for free. Also
Perennial plants need dividing every two or three years. So you are doing
your friends a favour by having all these free plants off them.
When should you divide perennials?
The best time to dig up and divide perennials is late autumn through to early
spring. Personally I like to leave this until after Christmas, as the plants start
to shoot and grow in January.
How to divide your perennials
Dig around the plant and lift the root ball out of the ground shaking it. Once
you have got it out of the ground kick as much soil away as possible. Try
make it so you can see all the buds of the plant around the crown.
If possible pull the plant apart with your hands, If not use a sharp knife. For
larger plants you may need to sharpen a spade to use. If you read nearly
every other book it will tell you to be very careful, when you do this, and do
not damage any part of the plant. In reality whether you use a knife, a spade,
a fork or even a saw, 90% of the plants you divide will live. When doing it for
myself I chop these perennials Into very small pieces. I will sometimes get
200 small plants out of a large plant. The one thing to remember is try and
get a piece of root connected to a piece of the crown, if you manage this the
plants should grow.
PLANTS SUTABLE FOR DIVIDING
The easiest plants to divide are the perennial plants listed below Including:
Achillia, Aconitum, Agapanthus, Alcea, Alstromeria,.Anemone, Aster, Astilbe,
Astrantia, Bergenia, Campanula, Chleone, Crocosmia, Delphinium, Dicentra,
Digitalis, Echnacea, Erygium, Geranium (The perennial variety), Hellenium,
Helleborus, Hemerocallis, Hosta, Iris, Kniphofia, Liatris, Lupins, Monarda,
Paeonia, Phlox, Primula, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Sedium, Sidelsea, Tradescantai
Trollis, Verbena, Verbascum, Veronica
a lot of other plants will divide, if you are nor sure either look in the R.H.S propergation guide or just try some.
The advantages of dividing perennials rather grown them from seed, is you get bigger plants which have more growth and flowers on them.
This means you can sell the plant faster, and for more money.
A lot of perennial plants can be grown by division. This is a lot easier than
taking cuttings, and if you have friends, who have large gardens. You can
usually get your plants for free, By dividing their plants up. You can get 50 to
100 little plants from one large plant, which means if you have a few friends
with biggish gardens, you can stock your whole nursery for free. Also
Perennial plants need dividing every two or three years. So you are doing
your friends a favour by having all these free plants off them.
When should you divide perennials?
The best time to dig up and divide perennials is late autumn through to early
spring. Personally I like to leave this until after Christmas, as the plants start
to shoot and grow in January.
How to divide your perennials
Dig around the plant and lift the root ball out of the ground shaking it. Once
you have got it out of the ground kick as much soil away as possible. Try
make it so you can see all the buds of the plant around the crown.
If possible pull the plant apart with your hands, If not use a sharp knife. For
larger plants you may need to sharpen a spade to use. If you read nearly
every other book it will tell you to be very careful, when you do this, and do
not damage any part of the plant. In reality whether you use a knife, a spade,
a fork or even a saw, 90% of the plants you divide will live. When doing it for
myself I chop these perennials Into very small pieces. I will sometimes get
200 small plants out of a large plant. The one thing to remember is try and
get a piece of root connected to a piece of the crown, if you manage this the
plants should grow.
PLANTS SUTABLE FOR DIVIDING
The easiest plants to divide are the perennial plants listed below Including:
Achillia, Aconitum, Agapanthus, Alcea, Alstromeria,.Anemone, Aster, Astilbe,
Astrantia, Bergenia, Campanula, Chleone, Crocosmia, Delphinium, Dicentra,
Digitalis, Echnacea, Erygium, Geranium (The perennial variety), Hellenium,
Helleborus, Hemerocallis, Hosta, Iris, Kniphofia, Liatris, Lupins, Monarda,
Paeonia, Phlox, Primula, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Sedium, Sidelsea, Tradescantai
Trollis, Verbena, Verbascum, Veronica
a lot of other plants will divide, if you are nor sure either look in the R.H.S propergation guide or just try some.
The advantages of dividing perennials rather grown them from seed, is you get bigger plants which have more growth and flowers on them.
This means you can sell the plant faster, and for more money.
