Peonies are cold hardy, deciduous perennial shrubs that offer a host of features that let us choose the one best suited for ...

There are three kinds of peonies—herbaceous, tree, and intersectional—that have different care needs and uses. Use peonies as in flower beds, mixed beds, along borders, or as statement pieces ...

Unlike an herbaceous peony, the tree peony does not die back to the ground. Impressive credentials. So why don't more of us grow these plants? First, the popularity of the herbaceous peony seems ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners. Here on the farm, it is always around Memorial Day that my grandmothers’ peonies ...

Peonies come in many excellent varieties, including herbaceous cottage types in all sorts of colors (and varying fragrances) as well as larger-growing tree types. I would never scold anyone for ...

Well, Itoh had a unique idea. Rather than dust tree peony pollen on a herbaceous peony like everyone else (in the wild, tree peonies tend to bloom before the herbaceous species) he forced a ...

Some gardeners consider peonies to be the queens or divas of the garden. Not because they take a lot of fussing over but because they add bold and color to the late-May garden and herald the start of ...

This fall, when you buy bare-root peonies, take a chance on yellow or coral-colored hybrids. Your garden will thank you. By Margaret Roach “The garden starts orange,” Kathleen Gagan was saying ...

Peonies can be a great addition to gardens. These are ancient plants, estimated to be under cultivation as early as 1900 B.C.E. in China. Early cultivation is thought to have been for medicinal ...