Peony

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

  April 2020

  Have you used a hormone weedkiller like lawn weed and feed nearby?  Or mulched with a new batch of farmyard manure (possible weedkiller contamination)
  

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• klucas77 Posts: 2

  April 2020

  No, I’ve not done anything different at all.  We moved here three year ago and it happens every year.  I get maybe 5 good flowers a year but the rest don’t open. 

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• BobTheGardener Posts: 11,385

  April 2020

  There's a good list of problems here to look through:

  http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/visual-guides/peony-problems.aspx

  I would say 'bud blast'.  However, given there are ants, those could be feeding off of sap-sucking insects such as scale, so worth checking for those.
  

  
  

  A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  

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