Forum home› Problem solving
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Sedum division

GunStreetGirlGunStreetGirl Posts: 62
in Problem solving
I have 3 sedum that I absolutely should have lifted and divided by now. They are way too crowded. Would you still do it now, or leave them to it this year? 

Posts

  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    Are we talking sedum spectabile? They are probably getting a bit too tall to hack around now but bearing in mind that by dividing them you will get more plants, it couldn't hurt to experiment with one of them. Providing you have a decent root system on all the pieces and you cut the plant back a fair bit, you might get lucky.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Sedum covers a wide range of plants.  One has recently been renamed Hylotelephinium.  There are different answers depending what it is.

    Please give us its full name, or send us a pic.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • GunStreetGirlGunStreetGirl Posts: 62
    @bédé I have no idea what type they are, sorry.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited April 2023
    OK, they are the new, to botanists not gardeners, Hylotele...

    They are very robust.  They are succulents, which means that they can hold on to water and remain detached from their roots for ages.

    Split them any time.  Leave them a while, it doesn't matter. Replant them when you are in the mood. You could also take bits of stem as cuttings and they root quickly.

    I practice a technique known as the "Chelsea Chop".  Cut off the top 6in of say half the shoots; now, or during the forthcoming flower show, they will flower late and prolong the display.  You can at the same time root the cuttings.

    There are not many easier plants to begin the practice of propagation.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've poked bits that I've knocked off by accident into the ground. They always take. Hence, I have more than I need😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    I would do it now, absolutely. I'd use a sharp kitchen knife to section them up.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • GunStreetGirlGunStreetGirl Posts: 62
    Thanks everyone, I may do it tomorrow. I've never done it before, so fingers crossed I do it correctly!
Sign In or Register to comment.