someone just gave me some tubers should I plant them or wait till spring?
2006-09-03 11:02:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Fall is the best time to plant your Peonies. Be sure to plant them about 3-6ft. apart as they tend to get very bushy. Mulch with leaves or evergreen boughs for winter blanket. I use the trimmed branches from our x-mas tree for extra cover on young plantings.
In spring before they get to large, put a peony ring in place for support of the large flowers that become top heavy. Don't get discouraged if they do not bloom the first year. I hope they do for you, but time is of the essence! Full sun to part shady. Very fragrant, and ants love them! Happy Peony planting!
2006-09-03 11:44:01 · answer #1 · answered by flowermama1971 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DON'T lift those peonies in the fall! They need a cold dormant period to grow and bloom next year. Fall is the best time to plant, divide and transplant peonies. Make sure you do not plant them any deeper than 2 inches or you will not have nice blooms.
2006-09-03 13:57:29 · answer #2 · answered by redneckgardendiva 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peonies do best with fall planting. In zone five and south they are hardy. Places farther north, look for a protected 'micro climate' or mulch them. They die back to the ground every winter and re-emerge in the spring.
they prefer a spot with full sun (except in the south) and they bloom more heavily in sun, but the flowers last longer in part shade. Plant in a large hole, in good well drained, moisture retentive soil. If soil is excessively acid, add one cup lime per plant. Keep fertilizers, bone meal, and lime away from direct contact with the roots. Plant with the eyes or 'growing points' to the top about 1 1/2 inches beneath the soil surface. Mulch the first winter to protect from severe cold.
2006-09-03 11:40:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about planting them but I do know they do NOT need to be lifted in the fall. We had 9 plants/bushes in our yard when I was a kid. Every fall we mowed them off and every spring they came back up. (20 years that I know of.)
2006-09-03 11:30:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
plant them now and no the do not need to be lifted in the fall have some that have been in same spot for 25 years
2006-09-03 11:08:11 · answer #5 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can plant them in the spring or fall. you can leave them in the ground, you don't have to pull them up every fall. i planted peonies and they bloomed beautifully the 2nd year.
2006-09-03 11:51:37 · answer #6 · answered by goldbarb45 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋