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Peony sprouting - should I cover it up?

Victoria SpongeVictoria Sponge Posts: 3,502
in Problem solving

I got given a pink peony some months back and it is showing shoots. I've got an idea it should be sprouting in springtime...

Does this mean I didn't plant it deep enough and should I just cover it up with a mound of soil?

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 Thanks, as always, for your helpimage

Vic

Wearside, England.

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,064

    Peonies are fussy abut planting depth - too deep or too shallow an dthey won't flower so, as long as you planted it at the same depth t was before, leave well alone.   They are very hardy in my experience although they do take a while to warm up again after -25C.............

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • Victoria SpongeVictoria Sponge Posts: 3,502

    I'm not sure what depth it was at before obelixx, it was given to me in a plastic bag over summer and it was all dry with only two leaves on.

    I'll leave it and see what happensimage

    Wearside, England.
  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114
    Shallow is better than deep. If too deep they sulk, seemingly forever.
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