Can I break big liriope into multiple pieces? (grown, grass, mowing)

[Baike]

Even a small plastic container of liriope costs $7 (before tax) in home depot, I need quite many for a small area of steep surface ground cover, I guess it will cost me around $200.

But I also have quite some mature liriope, can I break each of them into multiple pieces. One mature size can easily broken down into 6-8 pieces.

Will they survive after being broken down.

Thanks.

[greatblueheron]

Yes, just make sure each clump has enough root system to thrive...

[17thAndK]

Yes, this would be quite a common practice in fact.

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[Moth]

Yes you can. I procured a small clump with adequate roots from my neighbor. That clump has grown by leaps and bounds.

You can have some of mine if you want.

[nuts2uiam]

Every spring I cut mine down by mowing over them and then divided and replant.

[Izzie1213]

My mother in law had a bunch of that. Just buy 4 divide each one in two, plant in ammended soil and fertilize. Next year you can probably divide each in two or more. Dividing them accelerates growth.

[southernnaturelover]

I have over a hundred of them that came from just two huge clumps, it took me about an hour to break them down. Dunk the whole clump in a big bucket of water and give it a good shake to wash out as much of the soil as possible, this will make it easier to see where to divide.

FYI, I have done the same thing with pink Muhly grass and Fakahatchee grass.