I love mine. No matter how much I neglect them, they just keep doing their thing, year after year! I think I might have baby bunnies living under mine this year unless the momma bunny decided not to have them there. Hope they're safe, where ever they are!
Oh, I finally know what those beautiful flowers are called! I've seen them around and have always thought they looked other-worldly. This one is gorgeous! Like tissue paper, only better.
My new house came with two small peony bushes, but I don't think they get nearly enough sun or water where they are. Peony season is well over here, and neither of them bloomed.
That's too bad! I'm never sure whether sun or shade is preferable to them. I've had them under both conditions, and it never seemed to matter. I love the tiny random streaks of red, too. :D
Nine years ago I transplanted two peonies from my front yard, where the tree had clearly expanded its canopy, into my backyard.
Shade generally only reduces the flowers, but the buds being set too low in the ground will stymie them. You might want to get to know the neighbors and see if they know if they've bloomed in the past.
(I'm suspecting that you are much more southernly than I am.)
I'm in Illinois, less than an hour north of the Kentucky border. Technically we're zone 6b, but most years it's more like gardening in Tennessee.
The previous owners are friends of ours -- I can ask if the peonies ever bloomed for them. If they've been there for decades and soil has built up over the crown, would that have the same effect as planting them too deep, I wonder? There wasn't a single bud on either of them.
Thanks! The timing was off for some of my early spring flowers. We warmed up sooner than usual and that brought out blossoms before the snow threat was gone, unfortunately for them.
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My new house came with two small peony bushes, but I don't think they get nearly enough sun or water where they are. Peony season is well over here, and neither of them bloomed.
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Shade generally only reduces the flowers, but the buds being set too low in the ground will stymie them. You might want to get to know the neighbors and see if they know if they've bloomed in the past.
(I'm suspecting that you are much more southernly than I am.)
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The previous owners are friends of ours -- I can ask if the peonies ever bloomed for them. If they've been there for decades and soil has built up over the crown, would that have the same effect as planting them too deep, I wonder? There wasn't a single bud on either of them.
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I was fortunate that the white peonies bloomed the very next year after their fall move many years ago. It took more time for the magenta to recoup.
btw, you might be far enough south to need to concern yourself with assuring afternoon shade even for full sun plants.
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