Comments on: How I Divide A Hosta http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-i-divide-a-hosta/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fred http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-i-divide-a-hosta/#comment-76813 Fred http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-i-divide-a-hosta/#comment-76813 I agree completely. If you're going for looks, wait to divide those plants because they won't look as good for a while after you do divide them. You might get lucky and have two complete root systems, but usually you will have to cut and that will leave a misshapen hosta. So I would wait. I agree completely. If you’re going for looks, wait to divide those plants because they won’t look as good for a while after you do divide them. You might get lucky and have two complete root systems, but usually you will have to cut and that will leave a misshapen hosta. So I would wait.

]]> By: Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-i-divide-a-hosta/#comment-76812 Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-i-divide-a-hosta/#comment-76812 Kurt, I would wait to divide the plants if you want them to still look their best during the garden tour. It really depends on the hosta, but usually it will take a while to look its best again after being divided... especially if you cut it apart. Kurt, I would wait to divide the plants if you want them to still look their best during the garden tour. It really depends on the hosta, but usually it will take a while to look its best again after being divided… especially if you cut it apart.

]]> By: Kurt http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-i-divide-a-hosta/#comment-50063 Kurt http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-i-divide-a-hosta/#comment-50063 Hello, I was reading your post on dividing hostas, which I know how to do but this year I have a bit of a dilemma,...I am a landscaper and have a property on a garden tour this summer...and although I know about plants and dividing them...I am finding myself sitting on the fence about dividing hostas and sedum this summer...I have a few that are huge...probably over three foot diameter and by the time they have bloomed...the sedum is falling over...so I am trying to decide if I should let it go another year...or divide it this year...my concern is losing the dramatic affect of the large plant...it is stunning until it flops...I fear if I divide it...I will end up with fine plants...but in the end...three or four average looking plants. Any suggestions?...do you think if divided into thirds, that it would still be a large plant, and do you think it will fill out to the nice mounded shape the first growing season?...I should know this..but I usually try to get as many plants as possible when dividing.(usually divide into quarters)..so I know the plants will be much smaller the first year. Like I said...im just stressin cuz of this garden tour...I don't want to take the drama out of the gardens as well as have it look like a newly planted landscape. Thanks for any in put you might have. Kurt ps...also facing the same issue with a hardy hibiscus, some large fountain grass, and hosta...need to be divided...but am I shooting myself in the foot if I do it this spring? I don't want to lose the drama that I have created and have everything look flatline...not too mention...that a few of these really take over others when they are in full bloom. Hello, I was reading your post on dividing hostas, which I know how to do but this year I have a bit of a dilemma,…I am a landscaper and have a property on a garden tour this summer…and although I know about plants and dividing them…I am finding myself sitting on the fence about dividing hostas and sedum this summer…I have a few that are huge…probably over three foot diameter and by the time they have bloomed…the sedum is falling over…so I am trying to decide if I should let it go another year…or divide it this year…my concern is losing the dramatic affect of the large plant…it is stunning until it flops…I fear if I divide it…I will end up with fine plants…but in the end…three or four average looking plants. Any suggestions?…do you think if divided into thirds, that it would still be a large plant, and do you think it will fill out to the nice mounded shape the first growing season?…I should know this..but I usually try to get as many plants as possible when dividing.(usually divide into quarters)..so I know the plants will be much smaller the first year. Like I said…im just stressin cuz of this garden tour…I don’t want to take the drama out of the gardens as well as have it look like a newly planted landscape.
Thanks for any in put you might have.
Kurt

ps…also facing the same issue with a hardy hibiscus, some large fountain grass, and hosta…need to be divided…but am I shooting myself in the foot if I do it this spring? I don’t want to lose the drama that I have created and have everything look flatline…not too mention…that a few of these really take over others when they are in full bloom.

]]> By: Hadias http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-i-divide-a-hosta/#comment-1818 Hadias http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-i-divide-a-hosta/#comment-1818 I try not to let my hostas get too big. I have purchased about 8 of them for division purposes. This is my frugal gardening method. I let them grow for about 2-3 years and then divide into roughly six pieces each. I love Hostas. I saw a white Hosta a black and a blue that would look uniquely exotic in my garden. I am watching the price on them since they are more costly than the green Hosta's. this post is very helpful. There are also some great videos on youtube.com showing how to divide a Hosta. I try not to let my hostas get too big. I have purchased about 8 of them for division purposes. This is my frugal gardening method. I let them grow for about 2-3 years and then divide into roughly six pieces each.

I love Hostas. I saw a white Hosta a black and a blue that would look uniquely exotic in my garden. I am watching the price on them since they are more costly than the green Hosta’s. this post is very helpful. There are also some great videos on youtube.com showing how to divide a Hosta.

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