Geum.!

[Barbara]

Does anyone know if they can be split, as I cant see where it would pull apart, or is there another way please.

Barbara.x

[Tig]

I've never tried to split one, just saved seed and grown them from that. Would have thought the best time, if it's a mature plant, would be spring or late autumn, when you can dig it up and divide it like any other hardy perennial

x Tig

[Amber]

Agree with Tig....chop it into bits in the spring i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif

[Barbara]

I'll try it's just not obvious where to pull apart. oh well I can but try. but not yet it's still beautiful. but it may not be next year.

[Jasmine]

Carol Klein says to wait until geums make a woody crown and then divide them using the 2 forks back to back method, throw away the old centre bit and pot up the little clumps from the round the edges. She says to do your splitting after the plant has finished flowering.

[Barbara]

Thank's for that Jas, tell Carol thanks as well. ;D I'll let you know how it goes in the Autumn.

[Jasmine]

I'll pass that on Barbara! ;D

[Auricula]

;D

[Ladygardener]

I've just been looking at this thread. Barbara, how did you get on with your Geum?

[Auricula]

Did it divide easily??

[owdboggy]

Did not see this. Geums are dead easy to divide. If the clump is spreading then look carefully at the new growth. It is on a sort of rhizome (not really, but easiest way to describe). If you look at the base of the stem then here are usually roots coming from it, albeit sometimes quite small. Those stems may be severed from the parent plant and potted on. They soon take off.
Many of the named ones do not come true from seed by the way.

[Tig]

Thanks for the info owdboggy - I shall keep having a look at mine, presume spring is the best time?

[owdboggy]

I am doing mine now rather than Spring, but I can put the babies in the poly tunnel over winter if need be. I reckon Spring is possibly not as good, but that might be just me. We are tremendously busy in Spring and things like that get left undone.

[Tig]

I'll go and have a look at mine (when it stops raining), see if I can find any 'rooty' stems - tyvm

[Ladygardener]

I've got a few Cooky that need dividing up as well.