Pheasant Berry.
You can divide shrubs in the same way that you divide perennials.
Just get the old trusty bread knife 🔪 and cut them in two.
Then pot them up in compost or topsoil.
This typical showery April weather is perfect for dividing plants at this time of year.
It's a good way of getting new plants for free.
I bought two bags of John Innes based compost from Aldi on Monday. It's 4.49 a bag and soil based.
They should keep me quiet for a few hours making new 🪴 plants 🪴.
It's much better than the cheap stuff which is nothing more than crushed bark or coir and forms a crust on the surface when it dries out.
Anyone else dividing their shrubs and plants at the moment?
A few of the plants I got last year are getting big, I have decided to let them grow this year and separate them next spring, I should have loads of new plants. I move my peony last year and potted a few roots, did the same with a hellebore. I also have dug up a couple plants I did not plant, thank birds, these will be offered to George's school for their new garden.
ReplyDeleteHi Marlene. I have often back plants that get too big and divide them. Phormiums are easy to divide this month. You did well to move your peony. They are one plant that doesn't like being moved. I found some laurel plants growing in grass yesterday. They must have been dropped hedge trimmings. I potted them up. I am sure the school will be delighted with your plant gifts. It's horrible and wet here today.
ReplyDeleteThe original peony came from my mums garden so is older then me, I moved it last year after flowering, it's now in a sheltered corner, I don't expect any flowers this year. It's sunny and dry here, still a bit cold.
DeleteHow lovely Marlene to still have your mother Peony. I have a purple rose my dad bought us before he died. I had to move the rose and it's none the worse for wear. I also successfully took cuttings of it and it's also flourishing in the new flower bed. It's very cold here. I need to chop firewood to light the stove tonight.
DeleteI need to take some lavender cuttings as our lovely big plant got a huge tree branch dropped on it on Friday and half of it was smashed. I don't think it's the right time of year yet so may have to wait a month or two.
ReplyDeleteI am surprised your lavender likes its feet in our horrible damp and wet climate JayCee. You can grow it from seed and also taking softwood cuttings in summer and hardwood cutting in winter. You could even cut your damaged lavender back and see if it grows back. I lost my lavender in the last very wet winters. They are Mediterranean plants and don't like our climate. Perhaps I will put one in a large pot and take it inside for the Winter.
ReplyDeleteI am not "diving" my shrubs and plants but I am considering "dividing" them Dave!
ReplyDeleteThanks for pointing out my typo YP. I am sure you have shrubs and perennials in your garden to divide?
ReplyDeleteJust as nature intended, division naturally takes place too. The soil is getting warmer.
ReplyDeleteYes just as nature intended Rachel. The pheasant berry self seed naturally like the Buddleia do. I have seen some wonderful specimens growing in the walls and railway tracks at Temple Mead station in Bristol.
ReplyDeleteI know the Pheasant Berry as Himalayan Honeysuckle..I have two at the edge of my front garden, beloved by insects of all kinds, and the berries by blackbirds and starlings. They go for them first, then the Rowans , Berberis and Fuschia berries
ReplyDeleteYes GZ. They attract the birds, insects and butterflies. My Sedums and Buddleia also attract them.
ReplyDeleteNo dividing but I've put the sage cuttings into small pots. I'll have to take some more. 3 people want some. Sage is not easy to find at a garden shop
ReplyDeleteYes you can propagate sage by cuttings or seed Linda. I divided my chives the other day. I love growing cuttings.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that you could divide shrubs like this! Just goes to show how much of a novice I still am when it comes to plants. This actually gives me so many ideas for what I can do in my yard. Thank. you so much for this information!
ReplyDeleteHydrangeas can be split this way Alex along with other shrubs and perennials. Good luck with your plant propagating.
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