Winter plant propagation by division
June 30, 2020
Clone or duplicate plants by dividing. May also be useful to reinvigorate or restart aging plants.
The exact process will differ for each species but generally involves digging up part or all of the plant, carefully separating or cutting rooted sections before removing most of the leaf surface area and replanting in new locations. Post care includes watering and weeding as required.
The exact process will differ for each species but generally involves digging up part or all of the plant, carefully separating or cutting rooted sections before removing most of the leaf surface area and replanting in new locations. Post care includes watering and weeding as required.
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Chinese licorice
Common name Gan Cao, Chinese licorice
Botanical name Glycyrrhiza uralensis
Family Fabaceae or Leguminosae
Height (m) 0.4
Diameter 0.60
Forest layer rhizosphere
Seeds / nuts / tubers
Edible
Perennial
Nitrogen fixer
Shade / Sun Full sun - part shade
Comfrey root pieces for growing
Botanical name Symphytum officinale
Details Easily grown from root pieces, comfrey is a valuable and popular addition to any food forest garden. Widely used in organic and permaculture gardening, this plant is a fantastic soil improver and mulch producer. Suitable for a wide range of conditions and situations.
Perennial
Price $5.90
3 root pieces
Diameter 1.00
Jerusalem Artichoke
Common name sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple
Botanical name Helianthus tuberosus
Family Asteraceae or Compositae
Details Easy to grow, highly productive plant that needs little care or watering. Produces tall leafy stems above ground that can act as living support for climbing beans.
Masses of knobbly, edible tubers form below ground and can be harvested in late autumn - early winter when tops die off.
Eaten by pigs and chickens
Masses of knobbly, edible tubers form below ground and can be harvested in late autumn - early winter when tops die off.
Eaten by pigs and chickens
Forest layer rhizosphere
Diameter 0.60
Height (m) 2.4
Flowers Yellow
Edible
Perennial
Seeds / nuts / tubers
Soil type Most
Wind tolerance Good
Propagation method Tubers
Moso / Chinese timber Bamboo
Details Cold hardy bamboo with large diameter stems
Botanical name Phyllostachys edulis
Height (m) 28
Forest layer vertical
Edible
Perennial
Propagation method Division
NZ Bronze Flax
Common name NZ Bronze Flax
Date July 15, 2012
Details Broadly spreading, evergreen. Broad drooping or stiffly erect bronze to purple blades. Erect flower stalks attract tuis and bellbirds.
Evergreen
Forest layer shrub
Height (m) 2
Botanical name Phormium purpureum
Wind tolerance High
New Zealand Flax
Details Useful to tying materials. Loved by bell birds and other nectar feeders.
Botanical name Phormium tenax
Height (m) 2-4
Forest layer shrub
Evergreen
Propagation method Division
Wind tolerance High
Shade / Sun Full sun - Shade
Soil type Most
Flowers Orange
Rhubarb
Details The stems of this easy to grow perennial can be used as a fruit or vegetable.
Botanical name Rheum rhabarbarum
Family Polygonaceae
Height (m) 0.5
Diameter 1.00
Forest layer herbaceous
Edible
Perennial
Propagation method Division
Shade / Sun Full sun, Partial shade
French Sorrel
Botanical name Rumex scutatus
Common name French sorrel, buckler sorrel, shield-leaf sorrel
Details As a culinary herb, it is used mainly in salads. The flavour of French sorrel is slightly bitter or tangy, spiced with a hint of lemon; the sharp flavour is due to oxalic acid.[4] French sorrel is hardy in most regions, tolerating frost, full sun and short dry spells.[5] It grows quickly to a clump up to 1 metre in diameter, with long leaves up to 10 centimetres in width.
Forest layer herbaceous
Diameter 1.00
Edible
Perennial
Creeping Raspberry
Details A native of Taiwan, this spectacular, fast-growing, evergreen groundcover is from the same family as Strawberries and Raspberries.
Common name Creeping Raspberry
Botanical name Rubus hayata-koidzumii
Height (m) 0.3
Forest layer ground cover
Evergreen
Edible
Fruit / berries
Perennial
Drought tolerance
Propagation method Division
Shade / Sun Full sun - part shade
Soil type Most
Liquorice
Common name Liquorice, Cultivated licorice
Botanical name Glycyrrhiza glabra
Family Fabaceae or Leguminosae
Height (m) 1.2
Diameter 1.00
Forest layer herbaceous
Edible
Perennial
Nitrogen fixer
Propagation method Sow pot / tray
Wind tolerance Moderate
Shade / Sun Full sun - part shade