I just divided two blue mammoths - they were so big it took about an
hour each to get them out of the ground. No teasing these roots loose -
I took a knife and cut and cut and cut. Abd cussed and

I did this very early this spring and they are in a new location
unfolding and getting bigger leaves than they had before (I do not
understand this but maybe with the extra space?). Each piece had 3-5
eyes but the new growth is showing more, so I would expect your older
growth will take off also.

They say you can move then spring or fall but in the spring you might
not get the nicely rounded look. Mine are looking beautiful and rounded.

Indyrose wrote:
I'm currently re-doing an area where the hosta have been living for
nearly 10 years without being disturbed. There are layer upon layers of
crown before one get's to the actively growing area. I tend to
carefully peel back these layers instead of hacking them with a shovel
(sometimes I have to use a knife) and keeping as much of the roots
together.

Will these pieces of older crown that have been buried under the new
growth begin sprouting eyes again now that I've "liberated" them? -- or
will they remain forever dormant? It appears that they have all that is
needed to get going again, since they are no longer crowded out.

Indyrose