How to Divide Hostas!

Many hostas will form a clump after several seasons and become crowded. When the new leaves of your hostas begin to emerge in the spring they can be divided. The plant will benefit from getting a little extra growing room, and you will enjoy a surplus of hostas!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Hostas should be divided in the spring when the new leaves begin to emerge. If the new leaves don't look like a single rosette, your hostas need to be divided.

2. Lift the entire clump of the hostas and shake off the loose soil until you can see the base of the foliage and the attached roots. Gently tease these roots apart with your hands. Very crowded plants may need to be cut apart. Be sure roots are attached to each division.

3. Place plants in a prepared garden bed. Space them to touch when they mature to about the same size as the clump you divided.

4. You should water the divided plants well while their young roots are being established.

Tips & Warnings

• You can divide daylilies, chrysanthemums, asters, and Siberian iris the same way.

[missbeth]

on 5/5/2009 Very helpful information! I need to divide and relocate several of my older hostas this spring and want to be sure I do it right. Thanks for sharing here. 5*s