Give your new division plenty of room to expand. Remember the divisions will all be smaller and will require less deep holes than the original plant.
Perennial Gardening - How To Divide Perennial Plants
By Marie Iannotti, About.com
Know Where the New Perennial Divisions Will Go.
Preparing Perennial Plants for Division
Along the same lines as watering your perennial plant well before digging and dividing it, having the new planting hole prepared before you dig will limit the plant's time out of the ground and the stress on the root system.
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- Deciding When Division is Necessary
- Preparing the Perennial to be Divided
- Know Where the New Perennial Divisions Will Go.
- Digging the Perennial Plant to be Divided
- Using Pitch Forks to Divide Perennial Plants
- Begin the Dividing Split
- Your Perennial Plant Has Now Been Divided into Two Plants
- Dividing Densely Rooted Perennial Plants
- Dividing Perennial Plants without Digging the Original Plant
- Maintaining Recently Divided Perennials
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