How to Replant Divided Hostas
Hostas are common plants in home landscaping that grow in circular clumps with large bushy leaves and can reach several feet in diameter. If you want to increase the number of hosta plants in your yard, it is possible to divide and replant divided hosta sections to propagate new plants. If you have planted divided hosta plants, you may decide that you want to rearrange them or make more divisions to create more plants. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Dig around a hosta plant, leaving six inches between the shovel and the base of the plant. Hosta's have large compact root clumps that should be kept intact to keep them healthy.
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Pry out the hosta plant and place it on the ground.
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Use the shovel to divide the hosta again, if desired, by making a cut straight down through the root clump. Large hosta plants can be divided into four or more smaller sections.
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Dig new holes for each plant division, placing the dirt in a wheelbarrow. Dig holes that are just a little larger than the entire root clump of the section you are going to plant. The hole should be deep enough that he whole clump is below the surface of the ground.
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Place the hostas in the new holes with the leaf stems pointing straight up. Divided hostas can be more like small wedges of a clump than a full half circle or even a quarter of a circle. Consequently, it can sometimes be confusing as to how to orient the clumps. Consequently, the leaf stems can serve as guides.
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Fill in the holes around the hosta clumps with dirt from the wheelbarrow.
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Use any excess dirt to fill in the hosta's original hole.
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Water the newly-planted divisions thoroughly.
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Tips & Warnings
Hosta plants are very hardy and often can survive months or years without being planted in the ground as long as they receive water and the root ball is intact. Since hostas can handle a lot of abuse, don't be afraid to move them around, replant them or make more divisions as necessary to get your hosta beds the way you want.
