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Peonies
tomuchwork101

dividing peonies

tomuchwork101
17 years ago

i used a shovel to cut part of a plant to divide it. when i pulled the part of the plant out of the hole i noticed i cut off a large root coming from the main plant. will this kill the plant or will the root grow new plants

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