Dividing and Planting on Perennials (Bergenia)
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Join horticultural expert Dan Ori as he divides up clumps of perennials.
Featured plant: Bergenia cordifolia
Learn how to divide herbaceous perennial plants, clean up, and plant on.
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Hi from New Zealand.
I rescued some of these from an abandoned garden a couple of years ago; pleased to see I divided them correctly.
Good to hear 💚
The information was helpful thank you, however a lot of the actions being described were not in the frame of the video!
Thanks I’m happy the information was helpful.
Apologies not everything is in shot, it was a solo effort using an iPhone and I had to crop it as I got the camera stand in shot!
I’m looking to do a new video soon shot with a camera… so watch this space.
Camera not on the action
Thanks for the feedback Deirdre. Yes I remember filming this one, I had massive issues with the filming and had to zoom in off centre during editing. I wasn’t going to post it, but decided to post and then film a new video Autumn (fall) 2021. As soon the weather turns I will be reshooting a video on dividing and replanting/reporting. Please comment with anything in particular you would like to see in a new video (other than the action in shot of course) . Warm regards Dan
Watching you saw through so near your thumb made me wince particularly as the camera wasn’t in focus 😲
sorry for the distress! I am happy to report I still have my thumb ;) ... and yes played back it looks closer than it was. I am hoping to shoot a better video soon as conditions were pretty challenging filming this one! I hope it was still useful.
I’ve found Bergenia to be extremely hardy. I’ve propagated mine many times, just by breaking off sections with a decent stem and sticking them into the ground…. nothing else required! 😂
I’ve done this quite a few times, sticking long stalks into other areas of my garden; I’ve done exactly the same in my mum’s garden and also my son’s garden too.
They don’t need existing roots, as they’re so vigorous. They all rooted themselves 100% successfully👍🏼 I never use fertiliser on them either. Bergenias are so easy to grow as they look after themselves, apart from a bit of minor pruning for to tidy up aesthetics.
That’s fantastic, they root easily as you say. Success will often depend on soil type, climate, availability of water/watering, the original plant quality, and presence of pest and disease. Sounds like you have a great environment for growing them 👍
oo this is so useful thank you
Glad you found it useful 💚
Thank you!!! Exactly what I needed to know!! :) :) :)
Glad it was useful 😀
Great little vlog 👍 & hi from CHIPS WORLD in Yorkshire 👋
Thanks 👍
Great video, just what I was looking for! Thanks
Thank you Caroline 💚
What time of year is best to do this?
Hi billiesrus in the U.K. the best time is autumn (Fall), or after flowering in spring.
How often do bergenias flower and after I propragate, are they likely to flower the same year again? I seem to remember when we moved in last July these were still flowering. Am I imagining it?
I am speaking from a perspective from gardening in the southeast of England, so flowering will differ depending on your region or zone.
I normally get a proper flowering every year on newly divided plants in spring if I divide in autumn (fall). If I divide in spring I get flowering sometimes in the autumn/winter but definitely in the spring. I am finding some years they are in bud and flower almost every month!
If they are in plant beds and boarders, I don’t have a set rule but I like to divide every two to three years. In pots and containers I like to divide every year or two years. If you have a regular issue with Vine Weevil you may want to do every year in autumn to remove the larvae eating the roots.