Peonies

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Landscape Design with Peonies

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Landscape Design with Peonies

Tree peonies blooming at Cricket Hill Garden. Here we have interplanted hosta, and allowed some digitalis to self-seed. If we are to consider p...

Planting

Peony Planting: Site Selection and Preparation

Because all types of peonies can be incredibly long-lived, yet relatively care-free perennials, its important to start with vigorous nursery stock ...

Planting

How to Plant a Tree Peony

A straightforward step-by-step tutorial video demonstrating how to plant a tree peony. Feel confident about planting your own tree from Cricket Hill!

Planting

How to Plant a Herbaceous or Intersectional Peony

An informative step-by-step tutorial video demonstrating how to plant a herbaceous peony. Plant your very own peony from Cricket Hill!

Care & Propagation

Dividing a Tree Peony

The principle method by which tree peonies are propagated is by grafting. This is a rather involved, labor intense procedure. Much simpler is to p...

Care & Propagation

Dividing a Herbaceous Peony

Do you have a large, old herbaceous peony clump that you would like to propagate? The best way to do this is through dividing the root system. This...

Care & Propagation

Grafting Tree Peonies

From mid August to early October is the time to graft tree peonies in our USDA zone 6. Grafting is the most efficient means of reproducing a new cl...

Care & Propagation

Pruning a Mature Tree Peony

Early spring is the best time to prune a mature tree peony. The window to do this in the zone 6 ande below is after the buds have begun to swell, a...

Planting

Spring Fertilization of Peonies

Now that the snow is finally melted, the peonies are beginning to wake up. We generally leave a few inches of natural mulch, i.e. leaf litter ar...

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Peony Bloom Sequence

Below is a rough breakdown of the bloom times of the various types of peonies. During very warm springs this period is very compressed. We have li...

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Growing Peonies in USDA Zones 8 and 9

We have long known that many of our customers have had success growing peonies in the warmer parts of USDA zone 8 and 9. However due to the extreme...

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Peony Flower Forms

Like all of nature's creations, peony blossoms come in a variety of shapes and sizes. As the chart below illustrates, in China blossoms are classif...

HortiCULTURE

Etymology of the Word "peony"

Peonies, both tree and herbaceous first attracted human interest thousands of years ago. While we today primarily think of peonies as stunning orna...