There are quite a few plants that I miss after downsizing. I have previously mentioned camellias and several productive citrus trees are missed, too. Also missing at my new home are tree peonies ...

There are three kinds of peonies—herbaceous, tree, and intersectional—that have different care needs and uses. Use peonies as in flower beds, mixed beds, along borders, or as statement pieces to add ...

Immediately after I completed my horticultural training back in the mid-1970s, I took a job restoring, as best I could, a beautiful old estate on the Palisade cliffs of the Hudson River. Designed by ...

Fall is the best time to move and divide herbaceous peonies and Oriental poppies. There are two common forms of peony grown in our gardens. Tree peonies have a permanent woody stem and act like an ...

SEATTLE — Peonies are one of the most enduring garden perennials. They produce lush flower displays every spring. These cherished perennials come in a rainbow of colors. You can grow white, yellow, ...

Peonies are a garden favorite and easy to grow. They're a very long-lived perennial, providing both profuse spring flowers and nice foliage throughout the growing season. Plant peonies in the proper ...

We are blessed with a long growing season in the coastal Bay Area, but sometimes our good fortune is also our bad luck. Just ask peony lovers, and there are many, who have tried to get herbaceous ...

Peonies may have a short blooming season but their large and colorful flowers are a perennial favorite of gardeners around the world. They are plants that can live happily in the same spot for years ...

Peonies have been a favorite of gardeners for years. Native to Europe, Asia and the Northwestern United States, these large, deciduous shrubs with highly fragrant and gorgeous blooms make a beautiful ...

When digging up a peony, it's important to get all the roots. When you lift up the roots, you'll see pink pointed buds on them. These will become next year's flowering stalks, Collins said. Divide the ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, coleus, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. The peony ...