If you have an extremely large plant, you may have to divide it several times before you have new plants of an appropriate size. Simply repeat the steps above.
Perennial Gardening - How To Divide Perennial Plants
By Marie Iannotti, About.com Guide
Your Perennial Plant Has Now Been Divided into Two Plants
Splitting Apart Perennial Plant Divisions
Keep pulling on the handles until the plant has completely split into two plants. If the resulting plants are a good size for replanting, meaning not so large you'll have to divide again next year or so large that they don't fit into the space you've allocated, you are done dividing and ready to replant.
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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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