How to propagate Astilbe - A HIGHLY Underrated shade plant!!

[@B30pt87]

Awesome! Seriously, I can see how excessively cautious I have been about dividing plants. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge & skills.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@johannamarsh8464]

I have had astilbes for years. They are great. I never divided them but may try now. When i divide my plants I usually give to my children or neighbors. Thank you for the information.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Sure. thanks!!

[@Tea_and_thyme_2012]

Absolutely excellent video on how to divide. Thanks from the UK. I’m going to divide mine this week.

[@jlnriddick]

Wow, I loved this video! There's nothing like the feeling of actually knowing what you're doing in the garden, and you make it as simple as can be. I've never really liked Astilbe until I needed to fill a shady area, and now I love their textures and colors! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! I'm so happy to make more of these beautiful plants! New Subscriber!

[@12hunter100]

love your channel just found you today, i like how you show us and give us info. easy to understand

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Awesome, thank you!

[@sharonp.6505]

We are slowly creating a deep woodland garden (about 2 acres). We needed this info desperately! Thanks!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Wonderful!

[@ejfishes7610]

I appreciate how you explained the importance of propagating plants so you always have that constant supply on hand(in several of your videos). Have a great weekend- Eric

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Sure! thank you

[@ejfishes7610]

@@savvydirtfarmer One last question do you trim back any perennials you have growing in the pots to overwinter or do you just let the foliage die back and grow again naturally in the spring?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

@@ejfishes7610 I trim some of them just to clean them up a little, but for the most part, I just leave them be. If there's any dead leftover stuff from last fall, I try to cut that out before I sell them.

[@RCCRAYZ]

Wow thanks for sharing, defenetly going to keep my eyes open for this plant now

[@savvydirtfarmer]

You should!

[@trader_joan]

Thanks for this tip! love when I learn something new. Liked and subscribed.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Much appreciated -thanks for being here!

[@jkkelley7582]

I hadn't tried one of these before! They are lovely! Mainly because I have so many sunny flowerbeds but may have to find a shady spot for one! Love propagating!!

[@josieraimondi6763]

Excellent video. Information is great. Astilbes are hardy from zones 4-8. Bourgondien has astilbes on sale 10 for 10.75. Close-out for season, but of course you have to pay shipping.

[@chanticleer0714]

Love it! I'm not a backyard nursery, but I know I can't afford enough plants to cover the area I want to fill it! I'd rather split and wait a few years as they spread. :)

[@savvydirtfarmer]

YES!! Save yourself some money and propagate all of your own plants for your yard that you can!

[@anettek.3809]

Greatings from Germany. That was a big help for me.

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Craig, I'm curious, if you planted those two cut rhizomes, would they produce new top growth? I love astilbes, but I've never divided them. I hope you and your family have a very Happy Easter weekend. ~Margie

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I should have tried. I really don't know.

[@greenthumbelina7331]

@@savvydirtfarmer If you care to bother with them, they're probably still hanging out somewhere in your compost area.😀

[@DeJenerateTraveler]

I took advice from your channel and bought hostas and astilbe to start a nursery. My hostas are doing great, but every single one of my bare root astilbe have died. They through up leaves and died after a few weeks sitting in the same light conditions and same soil mix as my hostas. How do you trouble shoot a nursery failure when you have them? I'm not sure where to start.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

That is weird. Are you sure they are dead? Reason I ask is because after their nice early flush out and bloom, astilbes look terrible, at least mine do. I had several pots I thought were dead due to this horrific heat we've had this summer. Once we got rain and the weather returned to normal summer, they have all surprisingly leafed back out again.... I seriously thought they were dead. Maybe yours aren't??

[@DeJenerateTraveler]

@@savvydirtfarmer I hadn’t thought of that! We did just get rain after 67 days over 100 …maybe I’ll leave them and see if they wake up again. Thank you!

[@tracykometani4262]

Thanks so much for this video! If it's spring time in NJ can I just plant them in the ground?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Yes, absolutely

[@marlenemullet]

Thanks for the informative video! Do you fertilize your perennials and how often?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Usually fertilize one time when they are potted and that's it. Occasional exceptions.

[@suzetteccc]

I need to do this. Great video. Thank you!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

You should!

[@NickRoeder]

What zone are you in? Can they overwinter in zone 6? Looking for shade blooming plant ideas and being able to overwinter would be a bonus. Thanks! Great info.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Zone 7 and they should overwinter just fine wherever they are hardy, including zone 6.

[@NickRoeder]

@@savvydirtfarmer Thank you!

[@cottagesatreedycreek]

Love watching you guys. Keep them coming. Blessings +++

[@savvydirtfarmer]

thanks so much!

[@avalon3787]

I live in zone 4 in Canada. The leaves on our trees are not fully open as yet and we are still having frost in the night time. It takes my plant divisions 2 years or more to get to the size you get in 1 year or sooner. This takes up a lot of space in my small garden. Location and weather play a huge part in selling plants.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Wow. Can't imagine still having frost in Mid-late June! We're 65 days past our last frost date here. But, yes, location definitely plays a huge part.

[@SlipMahoneyBowery]

How old was the plant you cut up please? I’m curious how long it took for the Rhizome to grow to that size. Great video, thanks.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Not old. probably 2 years

[@SlipMahoneyBowery]

@@savvydirtfarmer cool. This fall mine should be good to propagate. Thanks

[@DillonGSmith]

Do you have any grow light indoor rooms or do you just sell outdoor overwintering hardy plants? This is my first year with grow lights starting tomato plants and they're going like hot cakes! ;)

[@savvydirtfarmer]

No indoor growing and /or anything that requires climate control for me.

[@thegmale]

Could you plant these directly into the ground if you wanted to? Would they be ok?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Yes, as long as the soil is loose and they get good shade, they should do great

[@athinamailicreations]

Great! And when you said you leave it like this, you don't water them at all?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Yes, of course they need water

[@RCCRAYZ]

What variety is this? I found Sonny boy, red sentinel and red fanel. Are they patented?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

This variety is Fanal Red and it is not patented.

[@RCCRAYZ]

@@savvydirtfarmer ok cool, do you know of a website we’re I can find out what plants are patented or not?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

@@RCCRAYZ When you order plants from a wholesale nursery, they are usually marked on their order forms if they are patented. Here's a place to search patents. www.uspto.gov/patents/search

[@RCCRAYZ]

@@savvydirtfarmer thankyou very much for your time and knowledge.

[@jeepgirl2791]

Can you divide and directly plant in their intended garden space? Or do i need to pot and grow them a year and then plant in yard. I did buy rather large and vigorous astilbe plants from my local nursery.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

You can divide and directly plant. You’ll have better results if your divisions aren’t tiny

[@teresaseggerman9402]

What do you do with them over winter? I am in zone 6b, central Illinois

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Nothing. They sit in pots out in the open like everything else I grow

[@joelallen9671]

Do you water after they go into the shade house of how often do you water them after separation?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

As needed, all depends on weather.

[@12hunter100]

do you sell plants only in spring and summer?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Pretty much any time besides winter. If I have plants that look nice, I will sell them.

[@rawlr9066]

Thanks, good info. I appreciate you

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I appreciate that!

[@Mary7Jean]

Can i divide what I buy from nursery in the spring and plant in diff areas of my garden? 6b part shade.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Yes, as long as your varieties aren't patented.

[@Mary7Jean]

@@savvydirtfarmer how would I even know that? It's not for selling just my own personal garden

[@redwood1957]

What size containers were they put into? Thank you

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Trade 1

[@miserymetalempress465]

What is the latest we can propagate astilbe? Is spring best or early fall?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Do it any time

[@John_GGG]

I love astilbe

[@dianepereira1860]

Can you also plant those rhizomes??

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Yes

[@dianepereira1860]

@@savvydirtfarmer 👍

[@sherryporter8647]

Can I transplant astilbe in June in zone 6b?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

"transplant," meaning dig out of the ground and move to another place? I wouldn't. I don't do that with anything unless they are dormant.

[@sherryporter8647]

@@savvydirtfarmer Yes, dig out. So I will wait . Thanks for answering!

[@dn744]

It's good to get many from 1.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Only way to do it as far as I'm concerned!

[@mobypicks2435]

Did you start these from cuttings or seeds?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I propagate them via division. Only way I know how to do it.

[@mynameisjulia100]

I love the red color...

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Me too! Can't wait til ours bloom in a few weeks.

[@wariyecadaala9626]

Thanks

[@ilonahannah6627]

I wish I could send U a photo of my finger B4 going to hospital & a doctor cutting it open & even after he drained it how huge it was from the infection. And when the nail fell off & grew back a tiny bit deformed due to the swelling causing a misshapen finger end. Been gardening since I was a kid & now a senior but it took a tiny break in the skin around my cuticle & the wrong bacteria in ordinary soil to meet & 3 days later I was in huge firey pain with this gross swollen yellow filled red bulb of an index finger. A few yrs ago a freind of my mothers had to have her pinky amputated after a rose thorn stuck it & tht black spot roses get got into it without her knowing even though she had washed her hands etc. So I always wear disposable gloves...sometimes inside cotton gloves in cold but that day, I was just going to work in the garden for a few minutes & was cheap! Pls don't take chances, especially with your kids. Wonderful that they help. And never allow any cats to .....in the gardens or soil pile if U live where cats are still allowed outdoors not tied up on short running lines or in wire enclosures. We had a feral cat problem tht year here after elderly couple were taken into hospital, then LTC.

[@Gnarmarmilla]

Thank you for sharing this. This is a glorious plant. Don’t let yourself get offended, but I have a question, have you considered that you are over pricing your plants and so depriving the world of a magnificent gift? I would sell these for 1 dollar since they are so easy to come by, then instead of 1 or 3 of these in a person’s garden you would see 5, 10 or 20 and the world would be a more beautiful place, all because you were more humble and because you longed not for money, but for that person to be blessed with the beautiful work of god. As it is written in The Holy Bible, “it is better to give than to receive.” I pray that God will guide you on this matter as I believe it is He who says these things through me. Amen

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I'd be out of business in a week. Bad idea. I'm not offended in the least, but business can't be run that way.

[@kimmyj1512]

Well he's giving out tons of free knowledge worth hundreds of $$ if you bother to apply it

[@tinaknutsen]

🌷😊❤

[@lizajane2971]

Not underrated to me! I love astilbe!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Me too!