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from time to time is to lift and divide our plants. Large, congested clumps need gently lifting completely, like with my hardy geraniums, hostas, phlox, campanula and others.Healthy, young outer portions can be teased or cut away to be replanted

Snowdrops transplant well when they are in leaf and even in flower and the bulbs can also be divided at the same time - a method known as 'in the green'. You can then replant new clumps of snowdrops in other places around the garden; it's a simple

iris that develops into a tight clump within a few years. Mine hasn't been divided for some time, so when the weather warms up in spring I really must lift the whole clump and split it up before replanting. There will probably be enough to give away a

well during the summer. In colder areas protect the rhizomes from frost from January onwards with cloches, horticultural fleece or a thick mulch of straw or compost.Growing tipsLift and divide schizostylis rhizomes from mid- to late-spring every two

be divided into more plants. When dividing bromeliads, it's best to wait until the babies are at least 10-15cm long.Lift the main plant out of its pot to remove the individual baby plants, being careful not to damage any roots attached to the new plants. Pot

of my favourite plants, one that is very much in evidence at this time of year (there were lots at the Chelsea Flower Show last week): the comparatively humble geum. Most of the garden varieties can trace their pedigrees back to either the Chilean Geum

clumps of this and that from my mum, who is very understanding of having her established perennials lifted out of the ground and brutally divided with a spade. My bird boxes and feeders have been up for a while, but there’s been no sign of any birds

herbaceous perennials, and seed-sown annuals. Perennial displays can be created from lifting and dividing established plants from borders (no such luck for me, at the moment), while bedding staples, such as French and pot marigolds, salvia, bidens, lobelia