Peonies require regular water, so water deeply and thoroughly every 10 days or so. This will help the plant become ...

Q:How do tree peonies fare in San Francisco? I have recently purchased a tree peony and planted it in a well-drained, morning-sun location in my area of the Craggs Court Community Garden. This garden ...

We are blessed with a long growing season in the coastal Bay Area, but sometimes our good fortune is also our bad luck. Just ask peony lovers, and there are many, who have tried to get herbaceous ...

For many years, I have had a tree peony in my garden. It is in the front of my house in a garden that we made when we took up all the grass. We sort of forget all about it except when it is bloom. It ...

I was nose-to-nose with an ant the other day. I bent to smell a lush, fluffy peony, and surprise! Fortunately for both of us, I hadn’t reached maximum sniffing capacity. Harvey Buchite from Hidden ...

Most gardeners seem to have a moderate obsession with peonies - and who can blame them? With large flowers and elegant foliage, these plants are crowd-pleasers. Lesser known, however, is the tree ...

With today’s rush to get new garden plant varieties to market, it will come as no surprise to any gardener that sometimes the evaluation of those new introductions doesn’t necessarily support the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Sometimes you just need a distraction. And right now it has to be big, something so transfixing it takes you far and away out of your ...

I wouldn't say the flowers of tree peonies — those "other" peonies — prepare you for the flowery show of the more common herbaceous peonies that come soon after. No, with quivering golden stamens ...

Every garden has its own rhythm, and figuring out when to cut back your plants can make all the difference. Some plants need ...