The appearance and fragrance of peonies evoke the best memories of Southern gardening. My mother had a bed of peonies along the driveway that made you roll down the window or stop the car to enjoy ...

Enticing fragrance, showy flowers, and easy care are just a few reasons to include peonies, Paeonis spp., in your landscape.

where the roots can take over, and flowers burst into action each late spring into early summer. It’s nice and easy to plant peony bare roots; you must first pick a spot with well-drained soil ...

Be wary of bare-root plants sold in retail settings where they may have been out of the ground for weeks. Keep them moist. As soon as the plant arrives, check to make sure its roots have not dried ...

Bare root planting is the easiest and most cost-effective way to plant trees and shrubs. Pictured above is witch hazel, bare root on left and with container on right. Photo courtesy of Turnbull ...

The appearance and fragrance of peonies evoke the best memories of Southern gardening. My mother had a bed of peonies along the driveway that made you roll down the window or stop the car to enjoy ...