Dividing your hardy Geraniums is important for keeping the plants healthy and looking their best. If too much growth happens in the same spot it can lead to overcrowding and plants like Geraniums are perennials, which means in order to keep the plant vigorous and performing well year after year, you want to divide them every few years to provide them with enough growing space and revigorate them. When you divide them, you have the…
Ornamental grasses make wonderful additions to any garden and they can be divided very easily. Most are best divided every few years to keep them looking their best and growing vigorously, which is, of course, when they look their best. Dividing grasses serve multiple purposes. It helps prevent your plants from losing their overall health by getting too old and scraggly and of course, promotes fresh new growth. It also helps reduce the size of…
Crocosmias are a great way to add bright flowers to your border gardens, full of citrus coloured shades. There are literally hundreds of varieties to choose from, for example, the popular Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ with bright red flowers (as shown in the main picture) or the Crocosmia ‘Spitfire’ that produces fiery orange flowers, this is also a dwarf variety. So, you should be able to find a Crocosmia that is perfect for you and your garden,…
Delphiniums need to be divided regularly, usually every three years to get the most out of them. It’s important that you divide your Delphinium at the beginning of spring, right when you begin to notice the signs of new foliage. Doing so is important to the overall well-being of your garden. If you want your Delphinium to be a long-living plant that’s vigorous and healthy, make sure you divide them regularly. You can also take…
Crocosmias propagate themselves quite well, and they in fact flower much better when crowded together so don’t be hasty and divide too soon. When left to their own devices, they will propagate so quickly that they congest your garden but they usually don’t rush to propagate straight away. Now, this level of compacted plants will eventually inhibit air flow and sunlight which will hamper the overall health of the plants and, at its worst, reduce…
