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Bare Root Peonies

HenryPHenryP Posts: 52
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Hey everyone,

I ordered a few bare root peonies online, which have now arrived. They look in good condition, and they are wrapped in a sort of soil enclosed in plastic. I was wondering how long I could leave them before having to plant them? I've had to go away for a few days and leave them. Will they survive, or do they really need to go in the ground?

Thank you as always for your help :)

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I expect they'd be ok, as long as they neither dry out or get waterlogged.
    Could you put them into a pot just now, and just tuck them somewhere out of the worst of any weather? Taking the plastic off first of course  ;)
    They wouldn't need planted in the ground, so that isn't a problem.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • HenryPHenryP Posts: 52
    Perfect, thank you @Fairygirl ! I'm back home on Monday but in the meantime I'll be begging my girlfriend to brave the constant Cornish rain and pot them up ASAP  :D
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Tell her to man up and get out there @HenryP :D 
    Unless you have hundreds of them, it won't take more than a few minutes to shove them in a pot  ;)

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited November 2022
    Just leave them in the Cornish rain until it stops.  No point in doing a job twice.


     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I think you mean, heeling plants in, very different from healing.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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