Comments on: How to Plant and Care for a Peony Plant http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant Creative Organic Gardening for indoor and outdoor plants Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:15:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Denise http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant/comment-page-1#comment-19540 Denise Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:11:48 +0000 http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant#comment-19540 Cher, The landscaper probably didn't want to cut the peonies knowing they would bloom sparsely or not at all the following year. Sometimes a a difficult call making these decisions in a summer with difficult weather conditions. Raised beds might help in your growing area. My gardening season has also been too wet. Denise Cher,

The landscaper probably didn’t want to cut the peonies knowing they would bloom sparsely or not at all the following year. Sometimes a a difficult call making these decisions in a summer with difficult weather conditions.

Raised beds might help in your growing area. My gardening season has also been too wet. Denise

]]> By: Cher http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant/comment-page-1#comment-19534 Cher Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:19:01 +0000 http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant#comment-19534 I normally would agree with this in the Boston area, Denise, however this year it has been raining everyday with the exception of one and a half days in a span of nearly three weeks!! And the forecast is for this to continue for the next week minimally...there are no perennials left; peonies are so waterlogged that they have fallen over despite their being supported. They have literally fallen on top of new groundcover. It has toppled over the arabis on another area..so on and so on..There are hardly any blooms left on the stalks; what is appears rotted and very sparse. these are goners. I had a landscaper over on a sunny day and had wanted him to cut them down but he refused. In this case I was right. They needed to be cut in order to prevent what happened. What a mess. The seeds I planted are now in the middle of a veggie mud garden. There needs to be a rethinking of how to keep a garden in this area because the weather conditions have been rapidly changing unfortunately..cher I normally would agree with this in the Boston area, Denise, however this year it has been raining everyday with the exception of one and a half days in a span of nearly three weeks!! And the forecast is for this to continue for the next week minimally…there are no perennials left; peonies are so waterlogged that they have fallen over despite their being supported. They have literally fallen on top of new groundcover. It has toppled over the arabis on another area..so on and so on..There are hardly any blooms left on the stalks; what is appears rotted and very sparse. these are goners. I had a landscaper over on a sunny day and had wanted him to cut them down but he refused. In this case I was right. They needed to be cut in order to prevent what happened. What a mess.

The seeds I planted are now in the middle of a veggie mud garden. There needs to be a rethinking of how to keep a garden in this area because the weather conditions have been rapidly changing unfortunately..cher

]]> By: Denise http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant/comment-page-1#comment-19528 Denise Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:46:43 +0000 http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant#comment-19528 I cut my plants down in the fall. In my zone 5 climate that is late September or early October. Denise I cut my plants down in the fall. In my zone 5 climate that is late September or early October. Denise

]]> By: Denise http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant/comment-page-1#comment-19526 Denise Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:43:43 +0000 http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant#comment-19526 Hi Joyce, If you cut your peonies off too soon you will hurt their growth the following year. If possible try to add some stakes around the plant to help hold it up off your other plants. One thing that works well is a tomato cage. Place the cage around the plant in the spring and this will help hold the plant upright. If the plant is bigger than the cage add more wire or cloth to hold the plant up or go tho a bigger metal cage support. Hi Joyce,

If you cut your peonies off too soon you will hurt their growth the following year. If possible try to add some stakes around the plant to help hold it up off your other plants.

One thing that works well is a tomato cage. Place the cage around the plant in the spring and this will help hold the plant upright.

If the plant is bigger than the cage add more wire or cloth to hold the plant up or go tho a bigger metal cage support.

]]> By: Joyce http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant/comment-page-1#comment-19524 Joyce Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:11:52 +0000 http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant#comment-19524 When can I cut down my Peony bushes, which have all fallen over and laying on other plants down here in southern Indiana, please? I don't want to damage my Peonies by cutting them off to early, but they are a mess!!! When can I cut down my Peony bushes, which have all fallen over and laying
on other plants down here in southern Indiana, please? I don’t want to damage my Peonies by cutting them off to early, but they are a mess!!!

]]> By: joyce http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant/comment-page-1#comment-19523 joyce Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:48:59 +0000 http://thegardenersrake.com/how-to-plant-and-care-for-a-peony-plant#comment-19523 In southern Indiana, when can I cut the plants down and clean up the area? In southern Indiana, when can I cut the plants down and clean up the area?

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