walkswithwolves

I love iris and have 1 big raised bed of them. There is a hundred different colors in that 1 bed. They all have to be seperated this yr.

Just Me...

I have dug up, divided and re-arranged just like furniture before.....the ones coming back from my re-arranging last year seem much happier this year!

happynana

I have been in our house 10 years now. When we moved here there were several large trees and a few struggling hosta around one of them and a few mums along one side of the house. I now have mostly hosta around my house-started with the ones I transplanted from around the tree/who knew that they would thrive and grow to be 2' around. We have bought about 20 different hosta now, and I dig and move stuff every year. I also have a rose bed, Iris bed, day lilies, and a bunch of other assorted perenials. I play in the gardens 7 in all in the spring, moving sorting dividing. It is ever evolving. So pick a small area and work on that. If something doesn't work there either move it or give it away. I have given away all kinds of plants especially hosta which needs divided at least every couple of years. Enjoy your yard and your process.

june6995

If you have plants that will not be returned to your garden, be aware that someone else might enjoy them.
I belong to a local Freecycle group and am amazed at the generosity of the group members in sharing their abundance with others. Same thing happens in the late summer and fall when there is an abundance of garden produce.

June in Cincinnati

Edie

My perennial garden is over 40 years old now (that's how long we have been living here) and I have to separate every year, give them to the neighbors, add some new ones and like Vicki W says, annuals add a real pop of color - I am partial to zinnias, Million Bells and Moss Roses and of course, the ever-fragrant Sweet Alyssum.

KEEP THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One vote down two to go!!!! Edie

MaryAnnMc

Oh, y'all are making me green with envy! I am a displaced Yankee from upstate NY stuck in SW Florida, where I try to have a nice garden without any of my old beloved perennials. I will gladly trade bananas for peonies and orchids for lilacs. Guess I shouldn't have come south as a teenager, but too late now!

Most perennials don't last forever, although some seem to. Dig, divide, build up the soil, and replant. I think the one-section-at-a-time method iw the way to go. Good luck, and share photos! I haven't drooled on my computer yet today.

rainagade

I never start my perennial beds over. I can not get rid of what is in there. I can share when I divide things.
Plants do "wither" and loose beauty over a several year period.

I will change a border, add some height, a new color. Picks it right up!

BettyB

I love my "old garden" flowers, as you can see I dont spend much time working in my flower beds, I had rather quilt. My great grandson loves to eat my petunias lol

BettyB

oops left out picture of flowers

mim

Yes, old beds neeed dividing and relocating. I got my start with perrenials by offering to help an elderly neighbor divide her old beds. Put an ad in the paper offering to swap work for plants and you might find a willing worker
Mim