Besides adding vibrant color to your flower beds year after year, perennials are a great choice for the garden because you can easily divide them for more plants to add elsewhere in your yard. That ...

Dividing plants is an easy way to keep your garden healthy and thriving, even as the colder months approach. November is a unique time because many perennials begin to go dormant, which makes moving ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Getty Images Spring weather brings an array of garden chores, such as bed preparation, planting, and winter cleanup.

CORVALLIS – While you’re weeding and seeding and planting and pruning, there’s one more thing to put on your plate: dividing. Dividing is a matter of digging up plants, prying them apart with your ...

As the blooms fade on your perennial plants, the opportunity arrives to propagate your favored specimens by through root division. The best candidates for this process will have been growing for at ...

Now is the time for all good gardeners to divide and multiply -- at least that's what the good folks at OSU Extension tell us. Dividing perennials invigorates overcrowded plants, and it's an ...

Dividing plants is not only a practical way to propagate your favorites, it also helps keep your mature perennials healthy and growing well. Over time, plants can become crowded, producing fewer ...

You've probably been pampering the plants in your garden for months now, fussing over just the right amount of light, just the perfect amount of water. With the Bay Area weather being so accommodating ...

The best time to work on digging and dividing plants in the fall is a few days after a good rainfall, when the ground is still soft but not muddy. Divide spring-blooming perennials such as irises, ...