Dividing Perennials to Get Tons of Free Plants! 🌿🤑🙌 // Garden Answer
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I started watching your channel in 2020. My husband had just passed away (April) and I was watching UA-cam and Facebook videos to just get mindless.
Your videos were ‘recommended’ and I just decided to watch one. In that video you mentioned that you lived in Ontario Oregon. That peaked my curiosity because I grew up in Ontario California.
I was hooked immediately by your natural demeanor and kindness to your audience. So, after watching the one video, I went back as far as I could, and begin watching every video you had put out.
It just gave me a lot of peace. No drama just great content. I love watching home improvement videos anyway so watching garden improvement videos were right up my alley.
In August of that same year I went back to California to visit my family, I now live in Tennessee, and have lived away from California since I was married in 1976. I found out that my family was interested in moving to Idaho. So they took a quick trip to Idaho and came back and said we love it and we are going to move there.
My sister all her adult children and one of her adult grandsons along with all their families, moved to Idaho within a couple of months. My parents moved there also and lived with my sister and her husband. Sadly they passed away at the end of 2020. Both within 13 days of each other.
I immediately told my family about your channel and told them they needed to watch you to know how to take care of their gardens. They all love to grow flowers, plants and vegetables.
My niece and her husband ended up in Payette right near the border of Oregon, and Idaho.
She started watching your videos and visiting your parent’s garden center and just loves it.
On one of my visits there I also visited your parents garden center. It was great looking at everything I had seen on UA-cam for two years and now seeing everything in person was amazing.
I met a very sweet employee, and we had a great conversation and I told them how I had accidentally ran across your videos on UA-cam and then Lo and behold my family all moved from California to Idaho and are benefiting from your videos.
It’s been four years this month that I lost my amazing husband and so much has changed but I wanted to say thank you for being a part of my grief healing. Sounds crazy I know but it was such a blessing to watch your family grow and your garden grow too.
God used a garden channel to help me through long lonely days.
Now my life is normal and completely peaceful and busy….. But I’m completely hooked on Garden Answer!!
Thanks again for just doing what you love and sharing it with us! You made a difference where you never thought you would!
What a wonderful post. Bless you and your family❤
Blessings to you and your loved ones. Gardening can be very healing! ♥
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So sorry for your loss Jana. I totally get it.... I lost my husband when I was 32 (almost 30 years ago now) and since we didn't have You Tube back then my thing was all the shelter magazines, So. Living, BHG, Traditional Home. I would grab a huge pile of old ones at my mom's house and sit on my bed til 2 or 3am just looking at them. Eventually I was able to sleep again. Then I remarried (but not until over a decade later) and my life has been amazing. Lo and behold, I married a Marine at the beginning of the war, so once again I had some hours to fill, even with kids in the house. I would recommend watching "The Office" if you haven't seen it yet. Super fun and funny. It got me through some tough deployments. But hang in there. You never know what God has in store for you, and you will honor your husband by living the best life you can, no matter where it takes you! Hugs from Atlanta!
"That's the best thing about gardening. Just being out here doing it." Truer words have never been spoken.
I have an old bread knife I use for dividing that cuts through crowns like nothing! Take a clump of daylilies and turn them in to dozens!! Any perennial poking their head up, gets lifted, divided by at least a third, a little shot of organic fertilizer in the hole, and then planted back, and then I have more plants to put elsewhere, or share with the neighbor!
Me, too-works great. :)
Red Hot Pokers soon need dividing also
I just got a hori hori knife I can’t wait to try out!
I use a small drywall saw. It works really well dividing water lilies and bog plants.
Exactly! my weapon of choice also.
Laura, I assume you really understand how encouraging and helpful yours and Aaron's videos are, but I just needed to say thankyou once again for everything.
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I LOVE starting my day with your garden! May I suggest a tip with editing (and before everyone jumps on me, this is NOT in any way a criticism). When you are making cuts and things, I know speeding up the video can sometimes be necessary, but I notice the sped-up scenes recently are "extra" fast. More than your previous videos. Kind of hard to see what your doing. Honestly, what you may find mundane to watch, a ton of us enjoy! 😊 Much love to you and your family! ❤
Totally agree. Excessive FF and I’m only 1/3 through. I came to the comments just to see if I was the only one feeling that way.
I agree. That explains my constant rewinding lately and feeling like I had missed some steps. I appreciate you pointing it out, hopefully they see it…
I agree...made me dizzy lol
Agreed, too fast, not as enjoyable.
It’s probably the new editor, Taylor, I think his name is.
The other thing to do with dividing plants is to share and trade with friends to add diversity to your garden without spending more money
One of our older neighbors offered us free perennials for helping them divide theirs and weed their garden. A few other neighbors heard about our help and offered us the same deal! We now have lovely bearded white and purple iris throughout our garden and it was all for free!
Next best thing to planting more plants is planting more FREE plants. Love it. Can’t wait to see the play set go in. Your kids will love it. One thing I would suggest you do is prepare now for putting up shade sails at least until trees get bigger for shade. We put a set in for our grandkids and they love it. They will spend hours playing on it except when it is real hot. I live in high desert also. A shade sail or 2 angled just right will extend their playtime well into the hottest part of the summer and it will be more comfortable for the grownups that are watching the kids. Love all your videos.
Laura, you’re always so sweet too worry about us not being able to hear you, but my experience has been that I’ve never had a problem hearing you even when you think your mic is turned off. I think you must have really good recording equipment!
PSA PSA PSA… get the rings on the peony while you still can. GET THE RINGS. ON. THE. PEONY 🤣🤣
Thanks for this PSA. I need to do this!
Thanks!! 😂😂
I agree! Once they get to this size it gets really hard to get the ring around them.
Thank you so much for this. It will be my first time to divide perennials, and I appreciate this tutorial. Do you have advice on dividing daylilies?
Thanks! I'll get on this today!
I found my alliums(serenity or millennium) at HD and had been looking for more every year since. Planted mine a several years ago. Next to a young phantom hydrangea and only saw blooms the first 2 years. Last year, I finally realized the problem. My hydrangea had grown so large that it blocks the sun they love, but I was terrified to move them. I just got the courage a few days ago. Took 3 alliums and created 13 plants. Placed in full sun and I’m so darn excited to see blooms this year. Fingers crossed. US South Zone 8a.
I hear ya I’m afraid to move and divide also
What is HD?
I got alliums that I dug up from my husband’s grandmother yard when she passed..didn’t know what they were when I dug them up because they weren’t in bloom and there was tons of bulbs up and down her pathway. I planted a bunch in a rectangular oil pan I found in her garage and they have come up every year…I do feed all my bulbs spring and fall with bone meal. This year the oil pan corner broke apart from rust and the soil and bulbs spilled out and are growing underneath the leaves. Need to plant in containers and figure out placement later as we have a fence halfway done and I know we will be staining when the weather warms up. My fear is they will get trampled on while the fence is still being worked on. Thank you for your comment so I can get my alliums in containers.
❤️ from Seattle zone 8b
@@tinaknutsenHD is Home Depot
@tinaknutsen Hi Tina, HD is Home Depot for us living here in the US. It’s a major big box store that carries home appliances, tools, garden materials and plants etc. I know you’re in Seattle, but added more info on Home Depot for those who aren’t in the US and may read my comment and may have the same question.
What an incredible find at her garden. What a great idea to pot them up until the fence is finished. Good luck, I know they’ll look great.
HD Home Depot
Seeing dirt all over you made me happy! You just beamed! Kinda feel digging dividing just gardening is your jam ! Your joy is infectious!! Great info 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I love plant math. Dividing plants. FREE! Yes yes
I love to watch you do your garden jobs in fast motion, but I would also love to watch what you do in regular speed. Watching someone dig or plant is so relaxing and satisfying. So much of the videos are fast, fast, fast that I find myself being disappointed when the job is over so fast. That being said, this is still my favorite gardening channel.
Maybe having a slow motion video for members.🤣
You can change the speed of the video
I noticed the videos seem extra sped up about the same time they mentioned getting extra help with video editing. So maybe the new editor speeds these parts up a bit more than what Aaron and Ken used to?
I would like to see one in actual real time so it’s more clear on exactly what the process is. Then go ahead and speed up the rest of the same process.
The fast speed seems to make me anxious 🤪 I understand some of it needs to best fast ..but less is more! We all love their show and enjoy the sense of peace and feel of normalcy it brings during so much disturbing things going on in the world. Arron and Laura bring something very special to their friends on Garden Answers. We appreciate your sharing of life. 🍃🌷🕊️
💜🎶 Good morning Garden Answer .. hi Laura ..its 7:00 .. Thanks for being here .. 💜🎶🇨🇦
I am so happy for Benjamin and Samantha Grace to have a play center! Not that they don't have an exciting playground in your whole yard, but something that is just for them. Thank you for showing us how to divide perennials again, great reminder, and free plants!
Beautiful attention to detail & explaining how to divide perennials. Master class from Laura, so enjoyable & as always, Laura's enthusiasm is contagious. Spring is here!
Me too. Very grateful for the detailed explanation and then showing us how. I know I have struggled with the finer points on this topic.
This is how we have a spring plant sale at MSU Tollgate gardens! We dig up all the plants that need dividing and pot them up in gallon containers. We only charge $6 a plant in June after they have sized up in June. It’s a win-win for everyone-we make money to support the garden, the plants benefit and the customers get inexpensive plants. ☺️
Good morning all have a safe and blessed day ❤️
It made my day to know how hard it was to dig and divide that grass. I split one into 3 plants this past week and it took me ALL afternoon to get it divided. I was beat!
My husband used everything short of dynamite to dig our oldest grass clump. Really !
Good morning Garden Answer friends!
Those allium rootballs really showed the change from native soil to current on top. What a change!
Oh how fun! The kids will have their very own playground!
This reminds me of my mom and grandma. When I was a kid, they each worked in the yard and garden devising perennials and spread the plants out and traded between each other and the neighbors. I was lucky to be on the receiving end of my neighbor as she thinned out her iris.
I have to smile at the play area going in. It’s going to be so fun for the kids and their cousins and friends!!💚💚💚
After a quiet Winter, I am absolutely LOVING all of your Spring projects. And I can see that you are too.😀
Thank you for doing normal garden work again. It’s refreshing to see a break from the expensive buying (and gifted) and back to what made your channel so popular. Keep it up!
Ornamental grasses are so hard to dig up. But I think the most difficult thing I ever saw you dig up was that Redbud tree. Yet you both survived. It was a battle of the wills going on.😊
That video was hysterical!
Will never forget that stressed shovel & a very Defiant Laura!!!!😂
I loved this one, I can honestly say when I watch you do something it gives me the confidence to try it myself. I will watch the same video several times and then attempt it myself. Thanks Laura, just for being you and sharing! Someday I hope to be a master gardener like you. For now I just enjoy doing some of the little things. 🥰🌾🏵
I agree!!!
It's so valuable to see exactly how to divide different types of plants, so it's greatly appreciated how much detail you show us, and how close up the camera is. Thank you!
I enjoyed this video so much! Dividing plants is how my garden got started - pieces and parts of plants from my Mama, mother-in-law and grandmother. 💜 We still swap plants and I love it so!
We are still having snow here in AK!!!!! I can't believe how many plants and flowers are awake in your garden!!!!!!! So fun!!!!!
So glad to see a play set going in for the kiddos! Also love dividing plants and get “free” ones!
Oh!!!!! How wonderful a playset for the kids!!!!!!!!!
16:25 - seeing you care for your knees by using a kneeling pad makes me happy. It really helps as you get a bit older with your body movement. 👍😊
Afternoon Everyone 🥰🥰
Ooooh!!! The orange spray paint, in the grass, near the house makes me excited for new things to come! 👏🏼👏🏼
i almost missed that! exciting 😄
I did miss it. What part of the video, please?
Ok! I got suck in, so thoroughly I forgot I had something in my mouth. I was watching you divide the geraniums and making sure I didn't miss anything. 😮😊😅😂 When my son came walking in to see if I had found what he needed??? He was looking at me strangely & started laughing. I forgot to take the screwdriver to him. Great video. Thanks for sharing. Awesome play area for the kids & area for the parents while watching your kids.
Laura, thank you for reminding me that I can divide my flowers. I have lots of shade and lots of Hostas that need to be divided. I’ve done it before and it’s really easy. We’re now gettting some much needed rain in north Iowa and snow, which I can do without. Too cold here yet. Lots of work to do in one flower bed yet. I did get a lot done when we had our nice spring weather. Now Mother Nature says, not yet. Lol. Love that you guys decided on the playground for the kids. Have a great day.
I’ll take Laura with beeping in the background over no Laura any day!!
(Love seeing the wind blow your hair off your beautiful face)!
Wow Laura your eyes were really popping! Beautiful!
I'm amazed and a little sad to see the drone footage of when you first bought your home and how few neighbors you had compared to now and there is another new house being built.
Yay for them but, that means planting more arbs for you.
You have built a beautiful wonderful view for them to enjoy!
Have a delightfully blessed day!
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We are approaching the 2 year anniversary of being in this house…our first house with a yard, and during my gardening journey, the most exciting part has been diving plants in the spring to make more plants. Especially when you have lots of existing beds that need plants and unearthing future beds that are hidden under piles of leaves or overgrown vegetation. You realize that you need as many free plants as you can get.
That was an exciting video. I want to go out and divide everything now! 🌱 🌱 The drops of Jupiter surprised me. It hasn't been that long since you planted them!
Loved the motivation this gave me to get out today in 46 degrees sunny weather to begin my spring cleanup here in zone 7. I am newly retired, garden neophyte, with minimal experience but garden loving all my 66 years! My grandma had homegrown krout in her crock when she passed at age 98! My mom had her garden into her 80’s when her knees gave out, so I have some years to get this garden thing figured out! The birds are calling me❤️
Good morning Laura and family! So satisfying to see how many plants you can get from a clump. Love it!
I have a big patch of irises that need to be divided but I have to do it in the fall.
That's going to be a fun area for the kids!
Blessings 💞🙏🏻
My husband and I drove from our home in Washington to visit Andrew’s Seed Company and to our delight we saw your dad, mom, and your sister Monica’s. Your mom was so wonderful and helpful. We didn’t want to be imposing Garden Answer fans so we just shopped. I am coming home with a beautiful rose and a few things for my greenhouse and garden. Absolutely love their garden center. The lightning show this afternoon was a fun too. Very happy we took the time to drive over we had a wonderful day. Thank you for all you do I look forward to watching you each day.
This might be the most satisfying Garden Answer video I’ve ever seen!!! Dividing perennials makes me feel better about spending way too much money at the garden center this time of year!
it's a good thing I have to go to work now. Otherwise my back yard would be torn up and planted!! Much easier on back this way😉😂 Have a Great Day Everyone!
Good Morning, Laura! Wishing you a great day.
Morning all. I enjoy dividing plants too. Each spring something is divided and multiplied! You mentioned best to do on overcast day. It’s not pretty but on bright days I have put milk crates over transplants for a few days to shade them. I’ve even popped up the beach umbrella to shade the little babies. Works fantastically!
Great ideas!
Update on your mama’s renovation soon? Please?!?
She said in the sunday recap that they were going to do a full tour when it's finished, which is really close.
@@coloraturaElise thank you!
I am envious! Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada and I still have 18 inches of snow on my garden beds. A little grass showing through on the south side lawn. Dividing happens in early May if I am lucky. Annuals go in after the 24 th of May. A short but glorious summer in our zone 3 area.
IDK about others but I thoroughly enjoyed watching todays video. Great reminder that many plants are so forgiving and welcome a good division every now and then!
I've been watching you forever and my 5.5 acres is on it's way...thank you so very much. Because I'm 58 and you're still very young, the outdoors can be the enemy of our skin. For 41 years I've been using Olive Oil, YES, from the grocery store (light usually) on my skin. I notice you don't wear gloves often either. I helped make a Dermatologists wife very rich when I explained to him we need more soaps made of Olive Oil. Anyway, my Publix has BOGO Free Olive Oil every month and I cook a lot of Italian food. Olive Oil is good inside and out. Concerned about the smell, add some lavender oil to it. It's the best bathwater wonder, hair conditioner and it will heal ALL the callous' on your hands and feet. You get the idea😉. Happy Planting!
The hyacinth at 15:09 - So pretty! I imagine it smells divine!
I am feeling inspired to divide up my "monster" oregano plant! Happy gardening everyone!
I love dividing perennials. Spreading the beauty!
I have been waiting so long for the start of you planting and moving stuff around. Love this time of year and these videos, it never gets old.
Good Wednesday Morning!!! We just had tons of rain 🌧️ Garden is happy!!!
Seeing you in the flower shed is a nice change of scenery!
Love, love this video! Thank you Laura and crew!
So glad the kids are getting this playset and area!! What a fabulous life for them ❤
I LOVE dividing plants! It is unbelievably satisfying to propagate plants, whether by dividing or using stem cuttings. I have some elder cutting waiting to take root now and I can't wait to get more going!
It is such a good feeling when divisions take hold in a new section of the garden! All those plants getting a new start!
The play area is going to be so much fun for Benjamin and Samantha!
Your fruit trees are blooming!!!!!!! So beautiful!!!!!!
Good morning! Lots of projects happening! Looking forward to the progress.
I love learning about dividing and also propagating plants. I always have great success with both these processes.
Good morning Laura! The kids are going to be so excited!!!! Hugs from N.C..❤
I’m envious of all the sunny areas you have. My yard is almost completely shaded! I love watching you work in the garden and create beautiful spaces.
Hello Mrs. Laura, thank you so much for showing how you dig and devide plants! I have a couple of huge grasses that definitely need deviding to! Some drone footage of the playground area would be cool!
I bet the kids are so excited for the new play area!
But… what’s next ???????
A pool?
A Hot Tub?
Benjamin needs his own little 4 wheeler? 🏍
I can see him driving Samanatha around!!!
I love dividing plants. I love sharing them with others. It makes mine more productive.
That's great that theres something we can do that is both good for the plants and good for our pockets. Thankyou Laura.
Hi Laura and Aaron
It's wonderful to see the children get involved when you are working 😊❤❤💞
Enjoy watching plants being divided ! A play area for the kids, horses one day ! Laura, are y'all going to re-name the "homestead" ? Like SOUTHFORK or something ? Lol 😂 From Georgia with love ❤️
Laura...you certainly know how to get a fire under us. You get us motivated to get things done! Sidebar: With all the gravel drive/road on the property, you'll need to get the kids a two seater go-cart! It will make them both good drivers later in life....not perfect but well prepared with the fundamentals - especially hand eye coordination. Go-carts make some of the best childhood memories! 🌄⛲🏁 Can't wait to see the completed play area!
Major snowstorm headed our way tonight so not much gardening happening here. Watching you makes me happy as I anticipate the days when I will be outside in my garden.
I’m so happy for the kids! They will love it! 😊
Thanks for showing how to divide. Suppose to snow tonight here.
So happy to see the kids getting their own playground. We just did this for our kids too, and they’ve been on it nonstop for days!
This video was a blast! I enjoyed watching. So relatable!
I love watching your videos. I started planting flowers many years ago and found the joy gardening used to bring no longer did, but i continued going through the motions. Then about three years ago, i found your videos and you have inspired me to get back into being more active in my gardening, and I can't put into words the amount of joy I now get from it! Thank you for bringing the joy of gardening back into my life!
Yesterday I divided cats pajamas and their roots were tough and woody. Managed to get 9 new plants from seeds I had planted 3-4 seasons ago. This video was right on time! ❤
I was so glad to watch you divide plants. It is always awesome to share your plants and get new plants from others. Thank you for showing us how to do that.
Beautiful view in orchard!
Laura I love your channel, you’ll never know how much you’ve encouraged me in the garden. Thank you dear girl. 💐🙌🏻
Laura
I just love how excited you get about planting your beautiful garden. We all need to get that feeling about nature's little things. Thank you for being so positive all the time. Looking forward to seeing the results.
Kids will be excited about their new playground they are growing so fast.
Thank you
Have a beautiful day.❤❤❤❤
I loved this video!! So practical for the home gardeners!
Greeting's from Ireland, two years ago I decided to dig a new garden bed in the front garden and make the existing beds wider. I dug up plants and chopped them with a spade. Thankfully all are growing well and I have more plant's for pollinator's.
That was a busy day. Getting all those free plants from your own garden is satisfying it means you’re doing a good job growing the mother plants. The playground will be great for the kids fresh air and exercise keeps body and mind healthy.
Can’t wait to start planting. Another storm heading our way tonight!!! Gosh it learn so much from you Laura!!
Wow , the weather looks wonderful there. thanks for showing us how to divide perennials . Saves me so much money.
Good morning from chilly OKC. Great tips as usual. I always have the fear of killing my plants when I divide and you make it look so easy. Now I have a new task this weekend. Dividing and getting rid part of my 2 huge clump of pampas grass.
When dividing and transplanting on a smaller scale ~ we will just toss a basket over the plant for 1 to 3 days and it just gives the plant a bit of protection from the sun til it adjusts. Thanks for this timely reminder that I don’t need to run to the nursery. I have plenty of plants to divide😎💝
That is so sweet. The kids are going to love that. You own a big enough land now were you could also keep that play area for your future grandkids. Garden Answer Park.
Great video! I love how many plants you can get from one clump! A few years ago, I tried to divide some beautiful Autumn Joy Sedum. The next year, I quickly realized that was not a good idea. They no longer grow in a beautiful clump shape but more gangly looking stems. The positive note is that they make great cut flowers in the fall...so that's how I use them most. We just had snow yesterday morning but it all melted by dinner time. So glad to have the extra moisture!♡
I bet those iris' will bloom! And, I'm so happy you showed how to divide grasses. Thank you😊
What great memories are going to be made with your new family outdoor area ! Dont blink ❤️
Thank you for having your channel - It's so nice to have kindred spirits in one place, who love family and gardening as much as I do! great information always! wow on the geraniums!
Laura, thank you for this video. So helpful.
Dividing perennials that multiply very quickly is one of my favorite things! 👌 Bearded Iris is one of my favorite ls to do that with, given they are so expensive!
Wow what a way to stretch out plants with the plus that it's better for the plant. The kids play set will be so fun. This is an exciting year.