When should I divide my daylilies? What about iris and other perennials? As a general rule, most perennials can be safely moved either in the early spring, after the ground is warm and the plants are ...

Fall is the best time to divide perennial plants that flower in the spring or summer months. Discover the benefits of plant division and which plants respond well to regular division.

A wise gardener once said, “Beginners worry about making plants grow. Experienced gardeners know the real trick is keeping them under control.” While gardeners love to commiserate about how many ...

Q: I have several perennials that look very healthy but have stopped flowering. Should I divide them? How can I do this without killing the plant? A: When an otherwise healthy-looking perennial plant ...

Dig a hole about two to three times the size of your division. Place your transplant in the hole at the same depth it was originally, backfill the soil, tamp down, and water well. Don’t fertilize ...

Most of my favorite plants are herbaceous perennials. I love trees and shrubs, and could not live without my short-lived annual flowers. But the variety of plants that excite and dazzle me for nearly ...

Q: I have several perennials that look very healthy but have stopped flowering. Should I divide them? How can I do this without killing the plant? When an otherwise healthy-looking perennial plant ...

We hear that when flower production decreases that perennials need to be divided. There are other reasons to divide them, including to control the size of the plant — dividing keeps plants that spread ...

Starting in mid-July and through the fall is a time of the year when even the most inexperienced gardener can practice vegetative propagation of new plants from existing plants. For most gardeners, it ...

As a general rule, most perennials can be safely moved either in the early spring, after the ground is warm and the plants are just starting to come up, or in the fall after blooming is finished.