How do you separate perennials?
I bought a couple of bunches of perennials and would like to plant them in different parts of my flower garden. I have heard that you don't pull perennials apart (from a flower pot) while the flowers are in bloom. Should I wait until the blooms die, then dig them up, separate them and plant them in the areas that I want them in?
Update:They're Shasta daisies
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Unless you tell us which ones, no one can answer. Some are rhizomes, bulbs, single plants, clusters, etc.
A lot of perennial plants can be grown by division. This is a lot easier than taking cuttings, and if you have friends, who have large gardens. You can usually get your plants for free, By dividing their plants up. You can get 50 to 100 little plants from one large plant, which means if you have a few friends with biggish gardens, you can stock your whole nursery for free. Also Perennial plants need dividing every two or three years. So you are doing your friends a favour by having all these free plants off them.
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