Wow, what a job. That is some Sagae. Your two large divisions are bigger than mine!

Wow! That was a big job and I'm sure your family and friends will be thrilled to get a piece of that beautiful hosta.

A thorough and comprehensive division - a job well done!

Your hard work paid dividends with a harvest of hosta!

Lucky friends and family to be receiving such healthy off-cuts!

Hopefully your back is none the worse for your labour.

BC

sagae is such a wonderful hosta. it keeps its color well in the shade, and if you bring it into the sun, the cream color changes … making it seem like two dif. vars. ...

Great job, nice dissection! I wish mine would grow as vigorously as yours has, mine is still two eyes after three years.

Couldn't you hear Sagae pleading, "Put me in the ground, I want to go hang out with The Empress!!!" Just kidding, Dave, nice surgery you have performed. Now you have a whole squad of Sagae : )

Dave, how does one go about getting to be your friend?

Well that sure was a beast! The best kind of beast.

Job well done, Dave. How long have you had that beauty? I just added mine last season, it was 2 pips, I have three pips poking up now.

Sherry

What a lot of nice divisions you got from your big Sagae. Thanks for the pictures. It's always helpful to see how other people accomplish things like this. I've been debating getting a second fork.

Thanks for all the nice comments.

Sherry, it's probably around 9 years old.

Jon, any hosta addict is a friend of mine !

I thought it would make a nice tutorial for newbies who might be worried about dividing and give them the confidence to have a go.

I chickened out of dividing this Paul's Glory as I have several.

I've found a shady corner to plant it in the ground. Will post pics as it develops. Sub zero temps overnight still so not much happening at the moment.

Dave

Nicely done project and generous of you to document it so well for the newbies!

I just did the same thing yesterday with my Earth Angel. Had to break the wooden container to get it out. I cut it in half with a serrated knife, repotted half into a new larger pot and placed the other half in the ground. I had noticed that the leaves were getting smaller each year as it got more root-bound. I am really looking forward to seeing how it likes all the free-roaming root space in the ground. Hoping for a good year! Congrats on your Sagae. Mine always looks spindly - I should probably move it.

Wow, you guys are tough on containers. I would try wetting everything down to make it a little slippery and then try a little persuasion on them.

Jon

Thanks for sharing this.Great info and so well documented.

Sum and Substance that was a good size (Not near the size of
your Sagae Dave). It was on the corner lot and pretty well neglected
and ignored) I took a spade to it (last Fall) and planted a couple of divisions to
replace two Blue Hawaiis that were in too much sun and put them in more
shade).

Yesterday I noticed two big hosta pips along my property
line. I wondered what the heck was going on.

Walking over to them I remembered (duh) that I had planted
two additional divisions. A nice little surprise.

Jon

BONUS! :D

It's like Christmas in April !

Yeah and we got the snow to go with it today.

Dave

No snow......yet, but temps in the 30s for 3 of the next 4 nights. The forecast is like a broken record.

Jon

Thanks you for thinking of the newbies .Dave I really appreciate this information.