Have you grown a Tree Peony??

Category: Organic Tips for your Garden | Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:38 pm

Many people ask me about growing tree peonies and one lady told me she had bought 2 peonies in consecutive years and they never grew , she wanted advice,

Defining insanity, is doing the same thing repeatedly, expecting different results.!

After a winter in cold storage, no fine feeder roots are`left, so it is best to plant in the FALL, when roots get a chance to become established. You need to plant about 6 weeks before the ground freezes.

Tree peonies are usually grafted onto a piece of herbaceous peony root. The root helps the tree peony to get established, takes about 2-3 years.
Good growers will wait to sell a plant when it is on its own root, but some others who are not so reliable, may sell them at a discount price with the herbaceous root still attached.

This only leads to a poor plant and sometimes the original peony root will start to put up its own stems.

Plant your tree peony 10-15 inches deep in perfectly drained, slightly acidic soil with protection from the sun, during the hottest part of the day.

The real key to success with these gorgeous plants , is to plant them at the right time, in the fall!!

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