I was glad to see you mentioned the diseases they get and that it does take 3 years before you see blooms. I have mass quantities Of peonies. They were here when I bought the house 20 years ago. They create a hedge on the east side of my house. Now that sounds amazing ....and it is....but also a problem. Not much room to plant anything else there, although I try. I have Rose of Sharon shrubs, coneflowers, b/e Susans and lireope and I sprinkle flower seeds hoping they’ll sprout by the time I cut back the peony foliage. I tried digging out most of them 10 years ago but you’d never know it....still a thick hedge. And wherever I Transplanted them did take at least 3 Years To show a bloom. My main problem is the mildew diseases. Sometimes The flowers don’t even open cause the mildew ruins them first. I try various sprays and tonics but nothing stops it. And by late July most look so bad I have to chop off the leaves and there’s those ugly Stubbs. So it’s a constant battle usually placing pots of flowers here and there to fill the area. They are amazing beautiful flowers....but I wish I didn’t have so many. :)
I was glad to see you mentioned the diseases they get and that it does take 3 years before you see blooms. I have mass quantities Of peonies. They were here when I bought the house 20 years ago. They create a hedge on the east side of my house. Now that sounds amazing ....and it is....but also a problem. Not much room to plant anything else there, although I try. I have Rose of Sharon shrubs, coneflowers, b/e Susans and lireope and I sprinkle flower seeds hoping they’ll sprout by the time I cut back the peony foliage. I tried digging out most of them 10 years ago but you’d never know it....still a thick hedge. And wherever I Transplanted them did take at least 3 Years To show a bloom. My main problem is the mildew diseases. Sometimes The flowers don’t even open cause the mildew ruins them first. I try various sprays and tonics but nothing stops it. And by late July most look so bad I have to chop off the leaves and there’s those ugly Stubbs. So it’s a constant battle usually placing pots of flowers here and there to fill the area. They are amazing beautiful flowers....but I wish I didn’t have so many. :)