LIFT AND DIVIDE HERBACEOUS PLANTS
There is a temptation when planting the herbaceous border, to put in large clumps when these are available, probably with the idea that quicker results are obtained from them than from smaller plants. To do this is a great mistake, especially if you are dealing with perennial sunflower, Michaelmas daisy, pyrethrum, iris, paeony, trollius, to name sis popular herbaceous plants. It is not the number of shoots a clump produces that counts, but the number that can be given room and full exposure to air and light so that they can flower well. These herbaceous plants grow away
from the centre, so that the most vigorous and useful portions are on the outside. Although a plant with one bud or i“crown” may seem rather small and jinsignificant, it will give excellent results. It will soon recover from the check of removal. Dividing herbaceous perennials is not mere haphazard cutting up of old clumps, you must cut with care, and select only the outside pieces for replanting.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 714, 13 July 1929, Page 14
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