Blooms can be 10 inches across on plants about three feet tall. They bloom in mid-spring and may grow in a large pot, but ...

One of my favorite spring flowers for perennials is the peony. Peonies are a long-lived perennial that you should be able to enjoy for decades. A few years after Sharon and I got married; my parents ...

Peony leaf blotch (Cladosporium paeoniae) and powdery mildew are fungal diseases that affect peonies and can overwinter in the dead foliage and stems on the ground. By cutting back peonies and ...

The author notes that hydrangeas, which are perennial everywhere, are noted for being pink or red growing in alkaline soil ...

Fernleaf peonies soon became popular cemetery perennials, because they are fully winter-hardy in Zone 3 without extra protection and because they thrive during the Upper Midwest’s common mid ...

Fern leaf peony is the first of the peony varieties to bloom. Just when the spring-flowering bulbs are blooming, it seems that is when the catalogs for these bulbs arrive in the mail box, even ...

A savvy gardener has shared his simple method to get peonies blooming all the year round. Kelly Welk is seen cutting the plants and removing their leaves in order to give the flower more focus. In ...

If you have cut peonies in your home, a great way to counteract the heat is to make sure they’re as hydrated as possible. Expert florist David Denyer from Eflorist recommends cutting them at a ...

The usual time to cut back peony leaves is after the first frost or when the foliage turns yellow. In your case, since the leaves are black and not functioning to provide food to the roots, I ...

A: This year, many peonies were affected by powdery mildew and other diseases that cause leaf spots like botrytis blight due to the abundance of moisture and humidity we had in the St. Louis area.

If you want to learn how to grow exceptional flowers and bulbs, “The Flower Garden Deck” (Adams Media, 2025), by Jon Vanzile, is for you. This is more than a grower’s guide, however, as each ...