How to Store Peonies in the Fridge for up to TWO MONTHS 

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One needs a fridge for daily/main food, one for bulk shopping food, one for drinks and now one for flowers! Peonies are so gorgeous and this is a neat way to keep them!

Just wrapped another bunch per your teaching, hope they last till August again! 🤞😁

I had no idea you could store peonies for at least a month! Thanks for the info! 🌸

The flowers behind you and the baskets on the wall🙌🏻💐 So lovely

Thanks for the very interesting presentation! I'm always sad when peony season is over because they are on top of my 5 favorite flowers list, (right above Lillies of the Valley,) I can never get enough of their scent and unbeatable beauty. So, I've been doing this for years. But I've found if you cut the peonies just when color has begun to show around the whole 'ball' I find this much better than waiting til they have opened as shown in the video. Although her method is works well, you will end up with more stems to store in the end so you can avoid the the marshmallow step. Keeping the flowers in a tighter ball makes it much easier to prevent the ants who swarm the flowers before and after they open from taking a ride into places they don't belong. I just cut off the lower foliage and dump a bundle of the heads with foilage too, in a cool bucket of very clean water and then shake them off gently. Then I'll pat them gently with paper towels, stems too.. They don't need to be completely dry. I wrap them in damp, not soggy, newspaper or paper towels and place them either in a green bag or plastic bag. I've had them open beautifully after 4-5 weeks in the fridge. One thing to be very careful of is once peony stems are put in water with the temperature above 50* & sometimes warner, they can open fully within 2 hours. If they are in the 'ball' stage it will take 2+ days for them to fully open. Another great way to preserve the open flowers is to dry them. You can find the directions online.

Looks like i need to shop for more peony plants to try this 👍🏻

Your garden, hats and music makes me think of Jane Austen and old Elizabethan England. Or what I imagine it was like. So lovely.

Gorgeous - this is so good to know! It seems like my peonies are just beginning to mature when our heaviest spring rain/wind storms hit. I'm always rushing to gather a few to enjoy before they are ruined!

That giant vase of peonies in the background! Breathtaking!

Yes, bring on more content. I love it. Ty you ladies.

We all just love your videos. Keep them coming girls. You do a wonderful job.

I love your garden! Thanks for the great info:)

Yeah! Good to see a new vlog from you lovely ladies.

Great content! Thank you! I love watching your informative videos!

I loved the very end of your video when you two get together with your arms full of peonies! I clapped! :) Great video. Very helpful. I started my peonies only this year, so I've got a few more years to go before I have a bumper crop. I have to enjoy yours for now. :) Thanks for sharing! Beautiful video.

Another lovely video full of beauty and knowledge.

More! Love you two

That is incredible! Thank you for sharing!

Just unwrapped my peonies! Thanks to your tips I have spring again in August! ❤ty

Brilliant- really helpful - thank you

I can’t wait to try this.

Thank you so much Im going to try this for my wedding next month!!

Excellent-Thank you so much for the great visuals too-- im heading out to cut!

Super clear video ty

I was pretty shocked with how long my peonies lasted in the fridge! I stored them with a little water in the bottom of a tall storage bucket and got about 3 weeks before I stopped using them at market. Virtually no loss! I am planning to use my leftovers to trial out a fun arbor / arch installation. :)

Game changer 🤯

I like to think outside the box and go against the grain....few days ago i cut some Peony (at a public area in my neighborhood, very 1st time) i didn't know how to care for them so i turned to RU-vid, i had many small unopened, immature buds on the stems with the fully mature ones, based on the suggestions (that the buds have to be a certain size to fully open) i felt bad discarding the baby buds, i decided to keep them and placed them in a small vase of water 5/29/22 & add some cut flower food. *I AWOKE ON 5/30 & TO MY SURPRISE ALL THE LITTLE BABIES POPPED OPEN, BY 5/31 MORE ARE OPENING....I HAVE ALL THESE PUFFY BALLS OF BLOOMS, SOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!😁 🤗🥰💖

So envious her in S FL. They are only used here for weddings at $4 a stem or more!

Thanks for sharing. How long after taking out of the fridge will they take to open? Thinking of giving for a gift in July and I have some ready for cutting

Hi! I’m planning on doing this for an event. If I want the peonies to look their very best should I take them out of the fridge the morning of, day before, or another time?

Thank you for the storage idea. I missed it this year but will for sure try next year. Also once in a vase for a couple days , should I re-cut the stems? Will they last longer that way? I do put them in my fridge at night.🇨🇦

My peonies are just hitting marshmallow stage, many still hard balls. We haven’t had any rain in two weeks. I’ve watered well twice. Should I place in water prior to storage? the marshmallow buds look fine on the plant have not cut them yet.

You can also dry peonies or using in crafts

Question: I am storing my peonies in the fridge, but some of the stems are starting to dry out and shrivel up near the top. What do I do??

Wow. I feel so much smarter after watching your videos! Thank you! Do you have a method for removing ants from your peony harvest?

Can I use the fridge with all my food in it? Thanks!

Where are your hats from? Love them!

It was never mentioned where to put them after you’ve wrapped them. Shall I assume the fridge?

How long does it take the peony to open after you take it out of the fridge?

Is there any other flower i can store this way?

Can irises be stored the same way!