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zelda_marie
April 19, 2009
04:15 PM Post #6433121
| I started Sweet William from seed for my granddaughter’s “pink” container. Everything was going great until I realized that this is biennial plant. It was taking up way to much room in the container so I moved it to the garden.
It did not bloom last year but is coming up nicely in the garden (zone 4). However, it is way to large (12-14” x 8-10”) for her pink container this year. Can it be divided? And if so, how ?
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Smokey_SC
Piedmont, SC
(Zone 7b)
April 19, 2009
04:56 PM Post #6433275
| This plant is a prernnial here. It stays evergreen here and most of the time has at least a few blooms in the winter. I just dig up a plant(getting as much of the root ball as possible) and cut it apart with a large sharp knife or a small gargen saw. I just dug up a very large Spider Wort plant. I cut it in half, then took 1/2 and cut it into three pieces. I will get six plants out of one. Part the stems first because you don't want to cut off any more stems than you can help. I hope this helps. |
Jaywhacker
Kerrville, TX
April 19, 2009
09:10 PM Post #6434513
| I have had the same experience's as smokey with dividing the sweet williams. This is the result of dividing 4 plants last year and these are planted much to thick in these containers. By the time these get divided this fall...I will have a bunch of them. 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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zelda_marie
April 21, 2009
02:06 PM Post #6443042
| Smokey_SC
Thanks for your help. Hopefully, I will get some better weather for gardening soon so I can get back to it and divide the Sweet William. Also, your advice to part the stems first was extremely helpful. ….Don’t know that I would have done that.
You also made me curious about the Spider Wort plant. Did some research and a “Little Doll” may be a perfect solution for a wet spot I have in one corner of the garden.
Thanks again and happy gardening!
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zelda_marie
April 21, 2009
02:12 PM Post #6443070
| Jaywhacker
Thanks for your post and pic. I have two Sweet William plants in the garden and look forward to getting them divided and one of the appropriate size in my granddaughter’s pink container.
Thanks again and happy gardening!
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lrwells50
(Lynn) Paris, TX
(Zone 7b)
May 02, 2009
04:37 PM Post #6494139
| My Sweet Williams is perennial here also, probably need to divide it 
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zelda_marie
May 09, 2009
04:47 PM Post #6527082
| Irwells50
Thanks for sharing your pic...can't wait to see mine with flowers...no buds yet! |
threegardeners
North Augusta, ON
(Zone 5a)
May 09, 2009
04:57 PM Post #6527115
| If you break off a stem when you're dividing it, stick it in some soil somewhere shady and it'll root as well. |
zelda_marie
May 22, 2009
06:39 AM Post #6582072
| threegardeners,
Thanks for the tip...used it, now I'm waiting to see if it works for me too! |
zelda_marie
August 17, 2009
01:28 PM Post #6957088
| threegardeners,
It worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
threegardeners
North Augusta, ON
(Zone 5a)
August 17, 2009
01:28 PM Post #6957090
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