Fall is the best time to plant peonies, especially when starting with bare-root plants. Plus bare-root plants are usually less expensive than potted peonies, and a better selection of varieties is ...

Peonies put on a show in springtime with their beautiful and fragrant blooms. But the best time to plant peonies is in the fall. Learn more about planting and caring for peonies.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." [table-of-contents] stripped Lush, fragrant peonies are one of the most breathtaking perennial flowers, ...

Peonies are colorful flowering plants that can be a great addition to your garden. They are easy to grow, with not much upkeep required to thrive. These hardy perennial plants can survive severe ...

Gardeners rarely bicker among themselves. It's just not part of the gardening theme. But ask people the correct way to pronounce peony, and you get as close to raucous as gardeners can get. With the ...

Driving along a country road this time of year, you might be lucky enough to spy an abandoned farmstead where peonies are blooming. The house and barn can be falling down, the human and animal ...

Can you grow peonies in Tallahassee? If you scale back your expectations, yes. Three years ago, I went to a wedding in Rhode Island where the bride’s bouquet and all the tables were decorated with ...

Peonies may only have a fleeting period of flowering, but they are highly anticipated by many gardeners and are one of the crowning moments of late spring or early summer. The big, blousy blooms may ...

Immediately after I completed my horticultural training back in the mid-1970s, I took a job restoring, as best I could, a beautiful old estate on the Palisade cliffs of the Hudson River. Designed by ...

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 ...

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 ...