Dividing perennials not only gives you more plants, it also maintains the health and vigor of the plants. Of course, it depends somewhat on the perennial. Many perennials, such as irises, daylilies, ...

The method to divide fractions is to keep the first fraction the same, turn the divide sign into a multiply and turn the second fraction upside down. This is known as multiplying by the reciprocal.

Early fall is an excellent time to divide perennials. Dividing doesn’t just multiply your supply of plants (or give you extras to trade with other gardeners for something new). It also can be a way to ...

Coneflower (Echinacea) should be divided every three to five years if it has declined in vigor or the center is dying. Purple coneflower, Echincea purpurea, is a popular waterwise plant. Color forms ...

Multiplication is working out how many groups of something you have altogether. Division is working how many you get, after sharing a number between another number. You can use place value charts to ...

Now that daffodil bloom time has passed, some gardeners might be wondering where their flowers were. If some plants remained all leaves, with few or no flowers, why was that? It might be that ...

Some spring-flowering perennials bloom better if the plants are thinned every few years, and some perennials will decline if they are not divided on a regular basis. Irises are in the first category.

A lot of students begin by finding a common denominator for the dividend and divisor when dividing by a fraction. And a lot of teachers intervene by saying, “Remember, you only need a common ...