Peony Winter Care

Trim tree peony branches to remove damage caused by winter weather and to correct structural problems in spring.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });The first thing you should know about pruning peonies is...

These will actually be the part that comes through the ground after planting and forms a new peony plant when you divide peonies.After rinsing, you should leave the roots in the shade so they soften up a bit.

Overhead watering and rain can splash these spores back up onto plant tissues. As the disease progresses, flower buds may turn gray and fall off, and fluffy gray spores will appear on foliage and flowers..

Peony flowers come in most colors, except for a true blue. Foliage of this herbaceous plant lasts all summer and is an attractive background for other plantings.Learn how to grow peonies, whether the tree or garden form, for abundant flowers for cutting...

While your peony plant will be affected by this, it does not mean that the plant cannot recover from it.After you have assessed and corrected any problems with the stalks on the peony plant, you will need to check the tubers.

Today, many nurseries grow Itoh peonies on a much larger scale, so they come in many varieties and are much more affordable.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });Also called intersectional peonies, Itoh peonies...

As with most fungal diseases, prevention is the best method of controlling peony measles.This disease will overwinter on plant tissue, garden debris and in the soil.to the ground in autumn and doing a thorough garden clean up can help control a reinfection...

Because peonies do not like to be moved and do not like to be buried too deeply, it can be difficult to incorporate sufficient fertilizer to the area. It could be that the plant got enough sun in early spring to generate the buds but a nearby tree grew...

Unlike herbaceous peonies, the flower buds of tree peonies do not produce the sweet honeydew sap that attracts ants.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });While some varieties of tree peonies are hardy down...

They do best when planted in the autumn so they can experience a winter in their new home and it can still take several years to have them bloom.For some reason they are also sensitive to their orientation to the sun.

Most of these are sold as root hormones.Indole butyric acid (IBA) is one of the most common auxin formulations especially in tissue culture. But if the bedrock underneath is limestone then the soil above that rock will be on the alkaline side.

While they do need the cold weather, if you live in areas that receive little snow and have long periods of very low temperatures (20F/-28C), you will need to protect the crowns with leaves or evergreen boughs.In early spring (March here in Zones 5/6),...

This is the best reason to winter sow---you get to recycle! All those containers we keep for some reason can be used. It's that easy – just add some seeds to the holes and cover.

I'll read my gardening magazines and peruse garden catalogs looking for inspiring ideas and plants for my gardens in the new year. In the depths of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summerWinter Solstice, the beginning of...

An in-between option would be planting winter sown seedlings in a nursery bed, where you can keep a close eye on them.Those who plant their seedlings directly out into the garden usually use the HOS or "Hunk ‘O Seedlings" method.

Take a look in your gardens and remember the special people attached by memories to your plants. Dad tells me he was a little boy when he and Grandpa dug these out of a garden, just ahead of the construction crew that was building what would eventually...

I might just spring for it!In my next "Dreamtime" article, I'll share with you some interesting reading I've been doing about the "new" German style of gardening.My heartfelt thanks to Don Smith, a well-known U.S. peony hybridizer working on developing...

If you interplant them with other plants, you need to choose plants with loose, airy foliage.Dense groundcovers or large-leafed plants can hold too much moisture around iris rhizomes, leading to rot and pest problems.

With the great germination and survival rates of this method, you'll have gobs of seedlings to plant out for an explosion of color in your summer garden. Others, like pansies, may even be planted in fall to over-winter and come back the following spring,...

This results in desiccation and browning of the plant tissue.2. Bright sunny days during the winter also cause warming of the tissue above temperature which in turn initiates cellular activity.

Other herbs to enjoy during winter are cilantro, fennel, rosemary, and thyme.Possible crops for the vegetable garden are extensive. However, those hardy plants that thrive during the winter will appreciate some fertilizer.

However, it is highly unlikely that the ancient Germanic tribes illuminated fir trees with candles, as in the tradition introduced into England from Germany by Prince Albert in 1850.Sometimes traditions become popular simply because people enjoy them...

I have given away many of them over the years. Plant a bed of tall bearded irises and enjoy them for years to come.And so this completes my top ten list of stress-free plants. To select my favorite would be impossible.

I already had two metal shelving units for them to rest on when done. The poor thing stuck its lovely self up above the window sill, saw the snow falling and faded fast. Do you know how many quilts, shirts, dresses, cushions, wall hangings, and heaven...

Just strolling through these magnificent indoor gardens is enough to take the chill off winter, but if you're looking for something more, take a look at these offerings.An annual Holiday Floral Show runs from November through the first week in January,...

Hanging a light bulb in the nesting area to extend the ‘daylight' hours to fourteen will entice the hens to lay more eggs. This should also be done the rest of the year to keep critters out at night.Chickens need fresh clean water in the winter just...

What Iive learned to watch for is a mob of songbirds scolding and being agitated around a certain spot in a tree where the owl is perched.This mobbing strategy may seem counter-intuitive (the prey chasing away the predator), but there is strength in numbers.