I have a dicentra which is dying down now. Can I split it now and transplant some of it to another part of the garden or is it the wrong time of year? Do I need to lift the whole plant in order to divide it?
Thanks @Lyn I'm new to dividing plants as I've only ever divided hostas. I just don't want to kill the plant. After all the rainfall over the last few days I thought now would be a good time. I suppose as the dicentra is quite large, at least 2 little plants should survive?
@Lyn could I also move dahlias now even though they are flowering? I've been growing them from seed, this year and last year as I want particular colours for the front garden......I always leave them in the ground, couldn't be bothered with lifting and storing tubers and bulbs.
Having said I move anything anytime, I wouldn’t move flowering dahlias, best thing is to tie a label on stating colour them remove them when they’ve died down after 1st frosts.
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I split one and got 9 plants from it.