Every third garden, it seems, has herbaceous peonies, but you could go from one end of any town to the other and never see a tree peony. Their scarcity is due at least in part to some myths and ...

M.B. Any off-color or unusual growth coming from the base of a grafted plant such as a tree peony sounds like a sucker. Time to make a surgical strike against the invader with a sharp knife and steady ...

If you want to plant some peonies pick them out now so you can see the colors of the blooms. For many years I have had a tree peony in my garden. It is in the front of my house in a garden that we ...

Peonies have a long and storied history, beginning some 2,000 years ago in Europe and the Far East, where they were propagated for medicinal purposes. But peonies are most highly revered for their ...

I wouldn't say that tree peonies - those "other peonies" - prepare you for the show of the herbaceous ones soon to come. No, with quivering golden stamens enveloped in a dish-sized whorl of silky ...

I saw your column on peonies. I have always wanted to grow them as they are so beautiful in June. Do you have any advice for someone who has never grown them? Where to place them, soil, sun (or not), ...

I wouldn't say the flowers of tree peonies — those "other" peonies — prepare you for the flowery show of the more common herbaceous peonies that come soon after. No, with quivering golden stamens ...

Peonies are blooming now around the Lawrence area, and their colorful blossoms are an inspiration to add them (or more of them) to the garden. Peonies perform reliably for decades in the landscape ...

You can't beat the big, blowsy blossoms of the common peony, unless it's with the silky flowers of a tree peony. And you can't top a tree peony, unless it's with the flowery yellows and oranges of a ...

For many years, I have had a tree peony in my garden. It is in the front of my house in a garden that we made when we took up all the grass. We sort of forget all about it except when it is bloom. It ...