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Mon, Aug 11, 14 at 17:45
| When you divide snow in summer ( I was told this can be done in summer ....do you agree ?) When you divide do you cut the foliage down to the ground? I didn't and the gray foliage all died. I thought well perhaps it is wrong time to do this or perhaps I need to cut it down to ground. Your thoughts are so appreciated. Thanks |
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- Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 11, 14 at 18:29
| mary .. mary.. mary ... if you can figure out how to kill it.. email me ...lol that said it wont be pretty if you do it in august ... ken |
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| Yes, you can cut it down to the ground. As Ken said, it will come back almost no matter what you do! Just get a big chunk of roots dug into the new location, and behold, you will have completed the task successfully. |
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| I probably should wait til end of summer or early fall when temps are cooler. If I do wait til fall do I still cut back to ground ? Thanks Ken and Karin for your help. |
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| I always cut my plant, if not all the way to the ground at least 1/2 of the plant. Doing this, in my opinion, helps the roots recover quicker from the transplant (less to try to revive and try to keep alive) and there is less of an eye sore (no dried up droopy foliage) I got mine from a friend 2 summers ago, dug it up in July from her garden, planted it in mine a few days later. The next season you couldn't even tell it was a new transplant. You CAN NOT kill this plant. . . |
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| Okay that's what I was doing wrong. I didn't cut it back and it looked horrid! I will go ahead and cut it to ground. Thanks so much. |
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