How To Lift. Divide And Transplant Peonies, How To Lift, Divide And Plant A Peony

[@RawLondonGardener]

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[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@RawLondonGardener appreciate the watch, thanks

[@Tea_and_thyme_2012]

Great timing Ian I have a peony that hasn’t done much for the last year or so and I was thinking of binning it. Instead I’ll dig it up and see if I can divide it. Cheers

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@Tea_and_thyme_2012 Hi Deb. They are funny plants as they are absolutely amazing for a few years and then all of a sudden just seem to stop being any good. Splitting the clump does wonders to reinvigorate them so it is definitely worth doing. Plus you get a load of spare to use elsewhere 🌸🪴

[@Tea_and_thyme_2012]

@ thanks for that Ian. I’ll be doing that tomorrow as the weather is so nice at the minute. I also dug up a dahlia tuber today and it’s absolutely massive, can I divide that now or should I leave it until next year? It’s a couple of years old now. Deb

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@ Yeah the weather has been great today, sunny but cool. You can divide the Dahlia tuber now or in spring. It depends on space available or if taking cuttings. Whatever you decide don’t wash the tuber as you will cause it to rot.

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@ Probably also worth taking some cuttings from the dahlia to improve the vigour

[@Tea_and_thyme_2012]

@ I’m not 100% sure how to do that I’ll google it. Thanks

[@stroud901]

I was disappointed that you discarded all the pieces that had 1-2 eyes and nice feeder roots because over time these would have developed in to nice peony plants. Rather than discarding them you could have just planted them in pot and given them away.

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@stroud901 Hi. Thanks for watching and your message. From the clump that was dug up in this video I re-planted 3 sections and then potted 15 other pieces to develop new plants to give away or plant elsewhere. I have found that there is little point in keeping all the weak sections or sections where the rhizome is old / rotten as they take a long time to make a plant, and only produce a plant that is still not as healthy as the good sections I wanted to kept. Years ago I would have tried to nurture all pieces but have found that it’s a rather wasted effort, and you end up with far too many plants to look after. I hope your plants divide up well and you get plenty of new plants to grow on and give away. All the best with your gardening 🪴🌼