Find out when to plant peonies as bare-root starts, then use these tips to get your plants off to a strong start. You may be in harvest mode in autumn, but don’t forget there’s still planting to do ...

Plant bare-root peonies 2–4 weeks before frost for earlier blooms the next spring. Fall-planted peonies quickly grow strong roots and often bloom their first growing season. Peonies can be planted in ...

Pruning your peonies isn't difficult. “Simply prune off the dead leaves and cut back the stems so they're only a few inches ...

Peonies, with their huge, look-at-me blooms, are one of the glories of early summer. They’re also one of the easiest, most durable garden perennials. “Once it’s established, a peony plant may live for ...

Many signs that spring is arriving are coming up. In my garden it’s a fernleaf peony. Fernleaf peony is one of the earliest peony and garden bloomers. It always makes me laugh when I see it emerging: ...

This fall, when you buy bare-root peonies, take a chance on yellow or coral-colored hybrids. Your garden will thank you. By Margaret Roach “The garden starts orange,” Kathleen Gagan was saying the ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, coleus, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. The peony ...

The recent warm weather paves the way for plenty of early season bloom this year and Therese Sprauer of Brooks Gardens reminds us that peonies are long-lived, low-maintenance, deer-resistant flowering ...

Q: I recently bought a new peony for my backyard. This is in addition to a couple of peonies I already have. The problem is neither of my existing peonies have had as many flowers as I hoped they ...

My peony has blossomed for more than 10 years, until this year. This year it broke ground and only got about 2 inches high, and of course, no blooms. I dug up the roots and root pieces, but what can I ...

RANDOLPH — Few would have guessed that a California girl would end up growing peonies near Beaver Dam, but the peony itself has an equally remarkable — even similar — story. Michelle Ovans and husband ...