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Dividing Hellebores

bookmonsterbookmonster Posts: 399
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I'm not sure I can post a photo from my phone, but I have a large and thriving hybrid hellebore that I've had for just over two years. It has to be my favourite plant in the garden, but I don't have the space for it to expand forever. The leaves appear to be evergreen, they don't die down. Would you divide it, and if so when? Thanks!
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  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,251

    @Verdun

    "mpc" what is it?

  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,352
    Multi purpose compost image
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,251

    Thanks, Topbird. I expect this abbreviation is well-known by British gardeners, but I'd never come across it.image

  • bookmonsterbookmonster Posts: 399
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    Thanks for the tips! If you say September is best Verdun, would you leave it 'til this coming one or give it another year? I'm not desperate to do it, just starting to think. It's obviously in an ideal location, it's several times its original size. As you can see it's a substantial plant, I'm guessing it was a few years old when I bought it. It won't be that long before its size is causing issuies.

  • StillLearningStillLearning Posts: 261

    Hi Verdun, mine have got pretty large and like them that way, will it do harm if I never divide them?

  • WintersongWintersong Posts: 2,436

    Everything Verdun has advised is exactly as I have done. I had to move my three yr old hellebore so decided to chop it up at the same time. They are now springing into growth apart from one unlucky piece knocked by big feet and eaten by slugs image

  • CharlieBotCharlieBot Posts: 208
    I had one much smaller than that and I chopped it in half with a spade (not knowing what it was I confess) late last spring. Both parts have thrived and flowered this year.
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