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bellflower are cottage garden classics , whether the variety shows chirpy , just hotshot - shaped flowers or bears demure , drooping bells , which give wage hike to the plant ’s colloquial name – bellflower .
Although these flora might not count it , they are also impressively rugged and can easy be lift and divided .
Lift and divide campanulas by accompany these steps :
This process is excuse in more profundity below :
When To Divide Campanula
Lift and divide bellflower on a late spring morning a few hebdomad after the last frost of the time of year , as Horticultural Consultant Colin Skelly excuse :
“ The rule of thumb with dividing perennials is to divide summer flowering plants in outpouring and outflow flowering plant in summer .
“ However , I incline to separate in fall because of the increase preponderance of hot , dry weather in leaping progress to establishment more knotty .
“ I find that the warmer but pie-eyed autumn are honest for build clumps of perennials prior to the next produce time of year . ”
Before dividing , make certain that the soil is practicable .
1) Prepare The Ground & New Planting Area
Water the earth around the plant to be lifted with a watering can or hosepipe as you stab at the earth with a little hand pick , garden mattock , or garden branching to prep and loosen it .
I ’d recommend wearing gardening glove for this task .
In the replanting surface area , dig holes , cultivate the land , pre - irrigate the ground , and do whatever other job are necessary at the spot you have selected for the fraction campanulas .
2) Cut Into The Ground
Drive a spade or pitchfork into the ground all around the plant you want to divide , staying a beneficial 15 - 20 cm away from it .
The gash you make into the ground should be about 30 cm deep .
3) Lift The Campanula
Pushing down and pivoting up the nigger or fork as you go around the plant , slowly prize up the clump of ground to bring up the bellflower , root and ground , and raise it all out together .
4) Divide Clumps
Use your gloved hand , or the bound of a hand jigaboo or a gardening trowel , to separate the works vertically from the foliation down to the stem .
assay to pull and split up or thin through cleanly but it ’s okay if some roots seem to deplumate along the vertical as you divide .
Just make indisputable to split up into practicable clumps that have enough foliage and root .
I ’d say about 15 - 20 cm across will be more than enough for a thumping .
5) Re-Plant The Divisions & Treat Them
Re - plant the divided clumps in the holes you had dug and backfill as necessary .
ensure that the soil story is at or , preferably , a bit below what it to begin with was on the shank of the plants .
Water the disunite plant very moderately .
Treat them to a conservative quantity of irksome - outlet plant food or liquid fertiliser .
Dilute as demand and keep the fertilizer away from the rootage crowns , then water again generously .
