Episode: SA Easter Special
Date: 10th April 2009
Story: Plants on the cheap
Presenter: Kim Syrus

Kim shows which plants are easy to divide and how to do it properly ? turning one plant into lots to fill the yard.

Featured Plants

African Lily, Agapanthus orientalis

• One of the easiest plants to divide and replant.
• Put spade under clump and lift.
• Remove ratty leaves.
• Using secateurs, divide large tuber into smaller pieces.
• Plant straight into ground and water in.

??Evergreen giant?, Liriope gigantea

• Great bordering plants. They are extremely tough.
• Grab spade and give plant a lift.
• Divide by chopping through roots with spade, leaving reasonable amount of root on each piece.
• Trim back top, and put straight into ground or pot up for planting later in spring.

Roses, Plumbago, Viburnums

• Can be grown from cuttings.
• Cut a piece of new growth, strip off bottom leaves, remove any flowers and keep a few leaves on top.
• Poke cuttings into a pot with seed raising mix and once they?ve developed roots, repot or plant out after winter.

Spineless Yuccas, Yucca elephantipe

• Are easy to propagate.
• Cut off good length with pair of loppers, strip/cut off lower leaves and put in dry spot for a few days.
• Once cut has healed over, pot up.
• Cutting back plants like yuccas is good, as they quickly recover from the trim and send out multiple growths from that point.

Daffodils, Hyacinths

• Growing plants from seed can be very economical.
• Bulbs are great addition for winter colour.
• They will live, grow and multiply on their own.