Re: [SG] MORE on Astilbe plantings

I think need for regular division also has to do with their being greedy
feeders and depleting the soil right around them....anybody else observed
this?

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Kay Dye <Kdye1@AOL.COM>
> Date: Saturday, January 09, 1999 7:48 AM
>
> Bobbi,
> You brought up another good point about astilbes that hasn't been
mentioned
> yet.  They do seem to need dividing regularly to do well.  I think it's
the
> nature of their roots.  They seem to be woody, almost.  They make almost
a mat
> of roots very quickly and that probably prevents water from getting down
where
> it is needed after a couple of years.
>
> Kay Dye, Edelstein, IL Zone 5
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