Dividing perennials is the most frequently used method of vegetative propagation of plants in amateur cultivation.From one overgrown specimen, you can obtain several or even a dozen or so plants suitable for further cultivation.
It is easiest to divide species of shallow-root perennials, such as autumn asters. After digging their clumps, we can easily tear them apart with our hands.We will not have a problem with the multiplication of perennials that form stolons or rhizomes, e.g. bokkoni, lungwort, delusions, osprey, bugles.
Some perennials forming dense clumps, such as paniculate, daylilies, bedbugs, tongues, tawułki or funky, are easiest to cut with a sharp spade or a large knife.You can also divide them with a sharpened peg, which is hammered into the center of the dug clump and tilted to the sides until the clump loosens.After dividing, shorten the roots depending on the size to a length of 12-20 cm, and when dividing perennials during growth - also leaves and shoots.
