Whether you maintain a home garden, botanical garden, community garden, or any other garden, dividing perennials can be a great way to keep plants healthy and augment the size of your garden.

It's funny how, on the one hand, you can't wait for the spring to fox-trot in and relieve you from the wintry drab. But once it does, the relief is quickly overcome by a feeling of overwhelm. After ...

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 ...

Herbaceous perennials (those that die back in the fall and emerge with new growth in the spring) are commonly divided for three reasons: to control size, to rejuvenate plants and to propagate a prized ...

Dividing perennial plants such as hostas and daylilies is a way to get more plants for free. But there are two other reasons for dividing: to control size of vigorous perennials that grow so rapidly ...

Last week this column discussed when and how to divide overgrown perennials. This week we will go into more detail on the dividing process. New growth is emerging and it is easier to see what you are ...

These can be mass planted in your garden or potted up and given to family and friends. Use a really sharp spade to dig out a clump of the selected plant and divide into pieces that have growing points ...

What’s the one spring garden chore that costs you nothing, and yet earns you free plants? If you answered dividing perennials, then give yourself a nice pat and keep moving. It’s go-time with your ...

The second week of March is your chance to divide and multiply late summer perennials. Dig up overgrown daylilies, asters, mums and coral bells now and use an ax or sharp shovel to divide large clumps ...

If you’re looking to fill in bare spots in your garden this season, dividing your plants is a good way to do it. Not only is it free, you’ve also got more of the plants you already love. Take a look ...

September is the best month to divide and transplant perennials, but you can still be successful in early October. This is a good time to see the plants that are not healthy and to assess your garden ...