How to transplant iris bulbs. Easy tips for transplanting and dividing iris bulbs. Best time to plant iris bulbs, and how deep to plant iris bulbs.
Daffodils are easy-to-grow perennial bulbs that need dividing and transplanting to multiply. Learn how to divide and transplant your daffodils successfully.
Transplanting Perennials is such a fun part of gardening! If you don't like where a plant is, you can just move it. Learn how to transplant and divide plants with these easy tips..
Daylilies are fabulous plants. Learn how to transplant daylilies, to spread these beautiful flowers throughout your garden.
Separating large hosta plants is the perfect way to get free plants for your garden, but the trick is knowing how to divide and transplant hostas correctly!
Transplanting Perennials is such a fun part of gardening! If you don't like where a plant is, you can just move it. Learn how to transplant and divide plants with these easy tips..
When is it safe to move plants? These spring-flowering perennials are ideal for moving in fall, whether you need to divide a plant or simply give it a new location in your garden.
Springtime is the perfect time to divide and tranpslant hostas, and a great way to add additional plants to your landscape for free!
When is it safe to move plants? These spring-flowering perennials are ideal for moving in fall, whether you need to divide a plant or simply give it a new location in your garden.
Not sure how or when to divide your perennials? You can find out the details for each specific plant with this handy guide to dividing 45 different perennials.
Knowing when it's time to move your plants can be a challenge sometimes. Do you want to transplant your columbine but don't know whether it's ready for a new
If you like early-blooming hellebores, you need to learn how to divide your plants to make more, and save money doing so. Learn how now on Gardener’s Path.
Transplanting Perennials is such a fun part of gardening! If you don't like where a plant is, you can just move it. Learn how to transplant and divide plants with these easy tips..
September - the harbinger of fall. The chores start to add up while the days get shorter and cooler. It is time to start cleaning out landscapes and cutting back fading summer plants. It is also the time to give your peonies some attention. Labor Day is the signal that it is time to cut back peonies for the year. Did you know the peony is one of the few perennials that actually prefer to be transplanted and divided in the fall? Not to be confused with daylilies and hostas that perform better when transplanted in the spring, transplanting peonies just after Labor Day is usually the ideal time to complete this task. There are several reasons for dividing and transplanting peonies. Peonies prefer a good amount of sun, but can tolerate some shade. If the peony’s location is heavily shaded by a tree or large shrub, the flowering can be reduced. Transplanting the peony to a spot with more sunlight will increase flowering. Another reason to transplant and divide peonies is overcrowding. Sometimes older, more established peonies can become overcrowded and as a result will produce fewer flowers. Dividing the peony will refresh and invigorate the plant. After the stems have been cut to near ground level, begin digging around the plant. It is best to dig straight down, about 6 inches from the plant using a sharp spade or shovel. If you are transplanting the entire plant, make a few passes around it, digging deeper with each pass (to about 14 inches) and at more of an angle. If you are dividing the plant, determine how much of the plant is to be removed and dig through the plant, segmenting the portion to be divided. Now you are ready to begin prying the plant upward. It is normal hearthe snapping of the roots at this point. After all roots have been cut or snapped off, the plant can be lifted out of the hole with a shovel and carefully turned over so that it rests on its stems Carefully loosen and remove as much soil as possible by either rinsing with water or using a sharp stick or screwdriver. If you have an assistant like Tobias, the paws come in handy for this step! Once soil has been removed, the plant can be cut and divided into sections with at least 5 “eyes” each. The eyes are the small pink nodes along the roots that are the stem buds for the next season’s growth. Each section is now ready to be planted. Dig a hole that is slightly larger than the root mass to be planted. (This is another task that Tobias is quite helpful with!) At the end of this step, the eyes should be planted at a depth of just 1-2 inches below soil level. If they are planted too deep they will fail to bloom for a few years. Peonies prefer well drained soil that is rich in organic matter. Adding peat moss or compost to the soil that is removed during this step is a good idea, but is not required. Place the root mass in the hole and begin to backfill the soil. Once the eyes are covered with soil, add a 1-2 inch layer of mulch to protect the plant from extreme freezing and thawing through the winter. In the spring the mulch can be removed after the threat of a hard freeze has passed. Even if the peony is planted at the correct depth, poor flowering should be expected for the first year. After two seasons the plant should be back to full flowering potential. Love peonies, but disappointed in the short bloom period? Tobias suggests planting several different varieties of peonies. Selecting early and late season peonies can lengthen the bloom period to about 6 weeks! Now that your peonies have been put to bed for the season, it is time to start thinking about bulb planting. Be sure to check back in October for more on planting tulips and other spring-blooming bulbs. Tobias can't wait to dig in the dirt! Happy Gardening! Rachael
When is it safe to move plants? These spring-flowering perennials are ideal for moving in fall, whether you need to divide a plant or simply give it a new location in your garden.
Transplanting Perennials is such a fun part of gardening! If you don't like where a plant is, you can just move it. Learn how to transplant and divide plants with these easy tips..
Want to start rhubarb in your garden? This tutorial will show you how to split rhubarb crowns from already existing rhubarb plants!
Peonies are easy-to-grow perennial plants with a long lifespan. If you'd like to divide your peonies up and plant them in a different spot, make sure that spot has lots of sunlight and well-draining soil. When you divide the peonies, each...
Have an overgrown clump of irises in the garden? Learn how to divide irises and replant, as well as know when they're ready to be divided.
Tips for growing and dividing daylilies.
Dividing your plants is a simple process which gives you bigger, healthier plants. Find out how and when to divide lilies.
For irises to bloom every year, they need to be transplanted every few years. This is an easy process that will ensure beautiful blooms each season.
Springtime is the perfect time to divide and tranpslant hostas, and a great way to add additional plants to your landscape for free!
Peonies are easy-to-grow perennial plants with a long lifespan. If you'd like to divide your peonies up and plant them in a different spot, make sure that spot has lots of sunlight and well-draining soil. When you divide the peonies, each...
When is it safe to move plants? These spring-flowering perennials are ideal for moving in fall, whether you need to divide a plant or simply give it a new location in your garden.
Flower growers know that lilies in the garden naturalize and produce more and more blooms season after season. The secret is dividing lily plants. Learn the tips on how to transplant lilies and divide
Transplanting Perennials is such a fun part of gardening! If you don't like where a plant is, you can just move it. Learn how to transplant and divide plants with these easy tips..
My stubborn attempt to overfill my garden with more plants on a shoestring budget continues throughout the rest of fall. Or at least for as long as the weather allows it. One of the tasks
Need help dividing and transplanting hydrangeas? Read this comprehensive guide to help you get the most out of your beautiful blooms.
Dividing and transplanting daylilies is a great way to spruce up your garden game! You'll need to divide them at the right time and pick a good spot for the new transplants to grow. Uprooting them requires basic garden tools and a little...
Want to start rhubarb in your garden? This tutorial will show you how to split rhubarb crowns from already existing rhubarb plants!
A question for Dan Gill: I would like to divide some clumps of crinums. Is now a good time? Will the small bulbs bloom? -- Margaret Collins
If you like early-blooming hellebores, you need to learn how to divide your plants to make more, and save money doing so. Learn how now on Gardener’s Path.
When is it safe to move plants? These spring-flowering perennials are ideal for moving in fall, whether you need to divide a plant or simply give it a new location in your garden.
Today we will talk about how to divide perennial phlox also known as phlox paniculata, garden phlox, tall phlox or border phlox. Its easy!
Dividing hellebore plants is not necessary, but it can enhance flowering in older plants. Division is not only a great way to propagate hellebores that have become old, but you can also easily repot t
Transplanting Perennials is such a fun part of gardening! If you don't like where a plant is, you can just move it. Learn how to transplant and divide plants with these easy tips..
See how to divide your daylilies this spring and create additional plants to fill your flowerbeds and landscape - all for free!
Peonies are easy-to-grow perennial plants with a long lifespan. If you'd like to divide your peonies up and plant them in a different spot, make sure that spot has lots of sunlight and well-draining soil. When you divide the peonies, each...
Moving a lavender plant to a new location isn’t difficult as long as you prepare the new spot carefully. For tips on transplanting lavender, click here.
Transplanting Perennials is such a fun part of gardening! If you don't like where a plant is, you can just move it. Learn how to transplant and divide plants with these easy tips..
Transplanting Perennials is such a fun part of gardening! If you don't like where a plant is, you can just move it. Learn how to transplant and divide plants with these easy tips..
The answers to frequently asked questions about transplanting hollyhocks. Dividing hollyhocks, how to transplant them, and growing hollyhocks in containers.
Before we get into how to divide hosta, the question is should you. Most hosta take about 5 years to reach their mature size.
Lilies are lovely in the garden and also as cut flowers. True lilies are in the genus Lilium and grow from bulbs. Over time, the bulbs grow baby bulbs, termed offsets, that ultimately grow to full size and overcrowd the bed. You need to divide and transplant the bulbs about every three years.
Daylilies are fabulous plants. Learn how to transplant daylilies, to spread these beautiful flowers throughout your garden.
Separating large hosta plants is the perfect way to get free plants for your garden, but the trick is knowing how to divide and transplant hostas correctly!
Learn the easiest way to divide hostas & transplanting tips to landscape other areas of your yard and gardens! DIY gardening tips to separate hostas.
Not sure what to do in the garden this fall? Here are some fall gardening tips that answer where to start.