| I love my garden because of its beauty and the | | | | hands or a small garden spade or rake keep the |
| value it adds to our property. While my wife is a | | | | roots moist while the plants are waiting to be |
| lover of all things colorful I am more of adding | | | | replanted. You may ask how many divisions I get |
| balance to the landscape type person. I am also | | | | from a Hostas. Well the answer is not quite that |
| notoriously cheap and like to find creative ways to | | | | simple. |
| improve our ever growing garden with as little money | | | | If you want to have larger plants to start out with |
| as possible. | | | | you will want to limit the number of divisions. If you |
| One of the ways I go about doing this is by growing | | | | are working with a 4 or 5 year old plant and want to |
| and dividing Hostas to add some ground covering and | | | | have larger beginning divisions that 4 or 5 divisions |
| a splash of color to the garden While we started | | | | are a good number to start out with. |
| with a small garden with a few Hostas and divided | | | | If you are willing to wait a year or two for the |
| them our garden grew in size there is no reason why | | | | Hostas to fill in then you can get as many as 10 to |
| you can't use them in a well established garden. | | | | 20 divisions from a single 5 year old plant. The choice |
| It is best to use 3 or 4 year old plants so if you go | | | | is really up to you and your needs for your garden. |
| to your local garden center look or these middle aged | | | | The best time of the year to divide Hostas is usably |
| plants are they will be better suited for dividing than | | | | towards the end of the summer up until just before |
| older or younger plants. | | | | the first frost. This will of course differ depending on |
| Once you're ready to divide the plants make sure | | | | the part of the country your from, for me it is |
| you have the holes dug and a hose or bucked of | | | | between late August and early November. |
| water handy. You want to moisten the roots and | | | | As you can see if you're a frugal gardener dividing |
| break away some of the soil from the clumps before | | | | Hostas is a great way to stretch your budget and |
| dividing them to make it easier on you and the plants. | | | | still add some ground cover and color to add balance |
| Once you have gently divided the clubs with your | | | | to your garden. |