Early fall is a great time to dig up, divide, and transplant perennials. Ginger Hudson of the Jensen-Olson Arboretum explains why and how to do it.
Ginger Hudson displays a digging fork, her preferred tool for removing plants from the ground without cutting their roots Early fall is a great time to dig up, divide, and transplant perennials. Plants can better adapt to new locations when the weather is cool and they are finished blooming.
“If you use a shovel — that’s a big knife. You’re just going to cut a lot of roots,” Hudson said. “So a digging fork leaves as many roots intact as possible.” “You want a healthy mass of roots with the plants that you transplant,” she said. “You want large feeder roots, you want little thin hairy roots coming off those bigger roots.”Some other perennials that can be divided this time of year are Primula florindae and Primula denticulata, popular varieties that grow well in Southeast Alaska.
Hudson says Juneau is renowned for being a great habitat for primulas, and the arboretum has a nationally recognized collection.
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