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How to Grow and Care for Peonies Introduction Peonies are renowned for their large, colorful, bowl-shaped, flowers and dark green foliage. Once established, these beauties are some of the longest-lived and most reliable garden plants. About peonies Peonies originate from Asia and have been grown for thousands of years as ornamental, as well as medicinal, plants. Known as the "King of Plants ... The Top Recommended Varieties of Peonies Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Sarah Bernhardt') This is a good peony for all climates, and especially for the South, because it blooms early before it gets too hot. By Mother's Day in May, these blooms are finished after giving a great early spring show. I have always had good luck with all of my peonies, FL, hybrid, and standard types, by digging the planting hole 8 or 10 inches deeper than required and sprinkling fertilizer in the bottom then covering it with soil before planting the roots. It gives the fertilizer time to dissolve and keeps the initial roots from possibly burning. The roots naturally grow toward the nutrients and gives them ... Plant care and collection of Peonies at Garden.org, with informative growing guides and 11,122 images of 1,987 varieties listed. A Glimpse of Other Tree Peonies Besides Chinese tree peonies, three other types have been in cultivation for many years in the West. The Japanese types are common, European and American hybrids are rare, and Itoh hybrids are extremely rare. Japanese tree peonies are descendants of Chinese plants brought to Japan in the early 17th century.

Have you always wanted to grow peonies, but hesitated because you saw floppy ones everywhere. A thread in the California Gardening forum, titled Growing Peonies in California