Dividing Perennials

What does it mean to 'divide' perennials?

To break it into smaller pieces and we can take those smaller pieces and place them in a larger section in the garden or place them in a different section in the garden.

When should I divide perennials?

There's sometimes a rule that used to be said that we divide spring-flowering plants in the autumn and autumn-flowering plants in the spring. So that's a general rule, but I do a lot of divisions in the spring because we do not have a reliable snow cover, and we have a lot of fluctuating temperatures over the winter. We have some problems with autumn divisions if they're done too close to cold temperature, so we'll do a lot of plants in the spring when they're anywhere from three to four inches in height.