I had one which was about 1m in diameter, probably the most expensive individual plant I've ever bought ( £45 ) some years earlier,it took 4 men to haul it out of the ground then I dumped it. I ended up hating it.
They can look quite intimidating, for want of a better word @Hostafan1 The problem with the variegated ones is that they lose the variegation if you don't divide them.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gosh, it’s looking like a bit of a problem to move 😥. I have a big garden to accommodate them but I’d moved them from one bed to another but at the front
Don't worry about them too much. It's certainly easier if you have someone to help, but I don't, and I've moved quite hefty ones myself. Just do a bit at a time, and if you dig round the roots with a bit of force, you'll loosen them. If you only save a small piece, and the rest gets damaged in the process, you can grow that bit on in a pot, and plant out next year in the spot you want. It'll soon bulk up
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I love them and have about a dozen. Never split one though. I don’t know if I’d agree about the variegated ones losing variegation, mine just don’t grow anything like as big as tenax which are huge and my favourites. My variegated ones stay colourful but stay small. Well...smallish.
I've got two in pots and they are getting too big for them. I don't really like them when they get huge so I suspect they will be heading for the green bin soon.
@a1154- it's not true of all variegated ones, but there are lots which start to revert a bit if they get too big, and it can be worthwhile splitting them. There are so many varieties now though. I have Cream Delight which needs hacking back a bit most years to keep it contained, and it certainly keeps it's colour. The other, similarly coloured one I have, whose name I've forgotten, loses it's colour if it grows too readily. I have one bit which I split off from the main plant and it's got it's colour back. There's a house near me which has two bog standard tenax ones at their front door. They were obviously getting a bit big for the space, so went down the interesting route of chopping them horizontally about half way up. They have since recovered
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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The problem with the variegated ones is that they lose the variegation if you don't divide them.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If you only save a small piece, and the rest gets damaged in the process, you can grow that bit on in a pot, and plant out next year in the spot you want. It'll soon bulk up
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have Cream Delight which needs hacking back a bit most years to keep it contained, and it certainly keeps it's colour. The other, similarly coloured one I have, whose name I've forgotten, loses it's colour if it grows too readily. I have one bit which I split off from the main plant and it's got it's colour back.
There's a house near me which has two bog standard tenax ones at their front door. They were obviously getting a bit big for the space, so went down the interesting route of chopping them horizontally about half way up. They have since recovered
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...