Perennials That Don't Need Dividing!

Many perennials need to be divided every 2 or 3 years. If over time they are not divided and cleaned up, they start to decline in health and flowering ability. At first this isn’t too big a problem, but sometimes after a while you can wish you had planted something that requires a little less maintenance.

Now you can divide plants for propagation or to control size, but our requirements for the purpose of this article, are plants that don’t need to be divided to stay healthy, that won’t grow too thickly or crowd themselves out, or develop woody-type stems or roots that don’t over winter well.

So here are a few perennials that require no division at all and will give you some extra choices when you think about planting something new in your yard or garden.

Aconitum – Monkshood – Hardy to zone 3
Adenophora uehatae – Lady Bells – Hardy to zone 5
Aruncus dioicus – Goatsbeard – Hardy to zone 4
Baptisia australis – Flase indigo – Hardy to zone 3
Crambe cordifolia – Colewort- Hardy to zone 6
Dictamnus albus – Gas plant – Hardy to zone 2
Eryngium amethystinum – Sea holly – Hardy to zone 6
Gaura lindheimeri – Gaura – Hardy to zone 5
Gypsophila paniculata – Baby’s breath – Hardy to zone 3
Helleborus niger – Christmas Rose – Hardy to zone 3
Hibiscus moscheutos – Rose Mallow – Hardy to zone 6
Hosta - Hardy to zone 3
Paeonia – Peony – Hardy to zone 5

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