I've been giving a lot of thought recently as to how to balance nutritional requirements as clumps become crowded. Kind of tricky when space is limited.
In my part of the world, they go pretty dormant by this time of year (November) and will soon be blanketed with 3' or more of snow until March/April.
I've noticed more this season as we've not had the sort of November snow we usually get. They look almost ratty right now and smaller than I would expect. I'm assuming this is partly because they are sort of dormant - waiting for snow cover and then sleeping until Spring when their leaves will swell and begin to color up.
Or is the size determined by how crowded some of them have become?
