Dividing the perennials in the garden is very important.
After all, it keeps the plants fit.
But hobby gardeners should be careful with this.
The perennials include an innumerable number of plants.
These specimens are particularly suitable in the garden, because the right perennial can not only be found for every soil, the plants also decorate the garden for one or more years and, with the right care, bloom every year.
However, gardeners sometimes have to divide perennials to keep them vital and strong.
Incidentally, the perennials can also multiply.
Dividing perennials: this is how it works without damaging the plants
Perennials include every flowering plant that sprouts out of its roots.
It is therefore not uncommon for
some perennials to completely retreat into the ground in winter
and then to stretch their branches out of the ground again in spring.
Since the group of perennials has an almost manageable number of associated plants, the most important garden perennials are briefly mentioned as examples:
Sedum plant
Lady's mantle
Purple bells
Sun hat
Bellflower
Beard iris
Carnation
Cranesbill
Sun bride
Gold sheaf
Fall anemone
Catnip
This is of course only a rough overview of the realm of the perennials, but it is clear that one or the other perennial is hidden in almost every garden.
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In order to enjoy the perennial flowering for many years, the right care is required, such as
pruning in August
.
This includes, for example, dividing the perennials in autumn and spring.
According to
kraut & rüben
, this care
measure
is important because it rejuvenates the perennials and stimulates their abundance of flowers, gardening enthusiasts can remove root weeds and the perennial can be easily reproduced.
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Dividing perennials: this is the right time
Perennials can be divided both in autumn and in spring.
According to the
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
(NDR), the
decisive factor for the right time is
whether it is flowering perennials in spring or perennials which bloom in autumn.
Gardeners have to divide up
perennials that bloom in spring
in autumn.
Perennials that bloom in autumn
are not turned until spring.
The reason is that the perennials that already bloom in spring need all their strength for the flowers at the beginning of the year.
A division in the same period only weakens them unnecessarily.
Conversely, this also applies to perennials that bloom in autumn, which invest their strength in the flowers and in the deposition of nutrients in their roots.
The perennials that bloom in spring include, for example:
crying heart
Elven flower
Lungwort
Pasque flower
Cowslip
Lady's mantle
The perennials that bloom in autumn include, for example:
Asters
Autumn monkshood
High sedum
Fall saxifrage
Chrysanthemums
Cranesbill 'Rozanne'
Autumn anemones
Silver candle
Gardeners therefore have to remember when they are in bloom when they are planted.
This makes it easier to share later.
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Dividing perennials: this is the best way to proceed
According to
kraut & rüben
, gardening
enthusiasts first
begin by
digging up
the
root stock with a digging fork
.
The root ball should remain as intact as possible.
The subsequent division is easier if gardening
enthusiasts briefly shake
the
root ball
or wash it
off
with water.
So superfluous earth falls down and the roots lie more freely.
Then
cut off
fist-sized pieces
from the root stock with a sharp knife,
making sure that they still have several leaves and shoot buds.
Root weeds can now be removed wonderfully, just like broken or cracked root parts.
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Then the individual parts of the perennial that have been obtained come to their new place.
To do this, loosen the soil around the planting hole and upgrade it with compost.
Place the divided perennials in their planting holes, consolidate all around with soil and water well.
In this way, the divided perennials grow well and bloom again magnificently next year.
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