Dividing Hostas

I had this beautiful mass of hostas that needed to be divided. Not only did the plants need to have more root space, their unique and beautiful color would make for good accent plants in my container garden. I wanted to divide them, but I was wary of how difficult the job would be.

They were so close together that none of the advice offered by youtube gardeners would work. An example was one video that said to shovel at any spot in the hosta mass and be "brutal." Just dig 'em up and tear them apart. I couldn't even get a shovel to penetrate this mass of hostas.

I decided to saw the roots. I saw an inexpensive saw at Aldi for $6.45. Mother Nature cooperated by soaking the hostas





I found cutting the roots to be surprisingly easy. The lower shot shows a closeup of the cut roots.

I transplanted them into window boxes and other containers. They are still undergoing a bit of a shock from having their roots cut, but they look surprisingly good.