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Dividing Plants With Surface Roots

By Janet Macunovich
Dividing Plants with Surface Roots
Janet Macunovich demonstrates how to divide plants with surface roots (or just below surface) by cutting between stems where they have formed new crowns and roots. Plants in this group include bee balms, rudbeckia, creeping sedum and speedwells.
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      Some perennials have roots that run on or just below the surface of the soil. They form new crowns and roots when they reach open spaces or make contact with the soil. If you cut between any of the stems as you would cut a piece of sod from a lawn, you will have a division with its own stems and roots. In this video, author and instructor Janet Macunovich demonstrates how to divide plants with surface roots.

      Plants with surface roots include bee balms (Monarda spp. and cvs., Zones 4–9), black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9), creeping sedums (Sedum spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9), creeping speedwells (Veronica spp. and cvs., Zones 3–8).

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