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Can peonies be split if so how
bluenose51
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I have had a peoni in my front garden for about 30 years, it always blooms with beautiful large deep purple flowers every year. Can I split it to replant in my back garden without damaging it.
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Peonies are notorious for sulking if moved . Could you take rooted bits off the side of the plant without digging it right out? They might take a while to bulk up after splitting.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
Planting too deeply may be the source of that myth chrissie, One of my paeonies has been moved twice in 2 years, It's flowering now.
I read about how that story arose but I can't remember what it was
In the sticks near Peterborough
I understood that it needs to root deeply and not be disturbed but the top growth needs to be exposed to the sun.
What is the current thinking? These flipping gardeners seem to keep changing their minds.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
That's how I see them iamweedy, big roots, buds at the surface.
I think I'd hesitate top tackle a 30year old. Needs more muscle that I've got
In the sticks near Peterborough
One of our peonies flowered over the last few years but not this year, despite it not being moved. I have put it down to us accidentally mulching it, which simulated it being planted too deeply.
Hi Bluenose. Can I just borrow your post to ask a peony question since there are many peony lovers here? Thank you!
I planted a peony last year. It did not flower in its first year but this year the plant gets healthier and bigger. I even spot 2 flower buds. Then I waited and waited. The leaves are reaching their full size but the flower buds just have no change at all! They are still tiny, like 0.5cm width.
My feeling is the peony just changed its mind and decided not to flower. What do you think? Thanks for any advice!
Hi there,
Im having the same problem pagez? Planted 3 peonies 2 year ago and lovely healthy leaves and minute buds that do nothing. I know i didnt plant them too deeply. Can shallow planting have a negative effect on flowers also or do they just need longer to get in their stride to flower??
I think the plants need to be above the soil to ripen the shoots to put out strong flowering buds. They are worth waiting for and the foliage itself is attractive .
Patience is required. In general I think Peonies do normally take a few years to get strong enough to flower.
Have a look at this http://www.almanac.com/plant/peonies
I had my original ones lifted in March. I had wooden raised beds put around them last summer 2X cubic mtr bags of soil went in before replanting.The two gardeners who did this knew what they were doing and how to replant them properly. They were concerned about how it might affect them. I had to reassure them I was prepared for a slower start. Any delay in flowering now could be down to the Icy north winds we had for a few weeks and lack of rain until now. They have good buds on them now. I will just have to watch what happens .
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
Thank you Iamweedy,. That gives me a good chance of splitting them and transplanting some of them to the back garden without to much worry, another thing I find is that every time it flowers it usually pours with rain ruining them, this happens every year to without fail .