Peonies are hardy in USDA growing zones 3 to 8. Bulbs perform best when planted in late summer into autumn from August through October, extending into November in southern climates. Set them out ...

Once you have your container and soil, you can choose healthy peony tubers or a store-bought peony plant. For tubers, position them with the buds facing up, no more than 2 inches below the soil ...

Peonies produce huge, delicate blooms that often seem to appear out of nowhere. One day, they’re a tight-knit ball of green, busting at the seams—and the next, they’re as big as your hand ...

leaving three to five eyes on each tuber. Plant peony tubers that have been ordered online in fall at least a couple of weeks after working organic material into the soil so it can settle ...

This mistake, in fact, might be the top reason that peonies fail to bloom. The tubers should lie only an inch or two deep; otherwise, the plant will grow but not flower. If you plant a potted ...

Plant the peony tuber in the hole with the uppermost eye not more than 2 inches below the surface. Be sure you have purchased tubers that have at least three to five eyes. Tubers with few or no ...

But, well, that’s a whole other story. The common garden peony (Paeonia lactiflora) grows from a tuber that looks like a small sweet potato. And just like a potato, the tuber has eyes or growth ...

Your peony flowers will likely return to their usual ... we’ve had problems with the top sides of our potato tubers being green when we dig them. I’d like to do whatever I can to prevent ...

The peonies start to bloom with their bulbs during the spring season throughout the summer months, then die off in the fall before growing again in the springtime. In addition to the long rows of ...