Planting bare root peonies in the spring 

Wow!! What a sight that must be when they bloom!! I had a similar situation when my folks bought a property and re-landscaped...I ended up digging them out, potting them up, and taking them to the garden club's plant sale. It seems that peonies are always a good seller at our town's plant sale. I hope they have a great upcoming season!

100 plants? Does that mean 100 eyes?or 100 pieces. Whichever it's still a ton!

​@HomefortheHarvest is there a video update on how the peonies have been doing? I'm excited! How far apart are the roots planted? Are they In a row?

Me too!!! 🙈🙈🙈

Don'tyou worry, peonies are very forgiving plants, they come out upright as they grow up!

​@@MBihon2000 thank goodness you say they will be fine as I did the same

Me too

A plant will find the way it needs to grow so don't worry 😊....so I hope this info is correct because mine are upside down too 😬

That's great!! Wishing you a wonderful gardening season 🌸 👍

I planted the peony, so that the eyes are an inch above the soil, is that ok?

Peony is very forgiving plants, just bury the with or without the eyes. They will come out next spring for more beautiful flowers. Plant them anytime of the year.

😭😭 I planted mine two weeks ago... not even a sprout

Planted mine 3 years ago. Just leaves no buds

That's such a good idea for 2-3 or more years from now. All your 8 peonies will be so beautiful when they're all blooming.

@@karen81986 Maybe they’re too deep?

Thank you so much!! Good hair day lol 🥰 🙌

Thank you!! 😊 OMG I can't even wait. You're so right, the smell is incredible 🥰 🌸

Hii! Do you think you will see flowers this year?

Wonderful! The tree ones are so gorgeous too 😍 🙌

@@HomefortheHarvest I'm hoping it blooms this year.

Cette un beau ville .bonjour.hello from St Stephen NB with view of Calais Me across St Croix river. l planted 160 tulips last fall and just planted a peonie this early printemps. l will leave a legacy after pushing up daisies at Mount Royal cementary.

Thank you! 😊 I always love thinking of the spring cut flowers outside shops in the city...gorgeous 💖

You can absolutely plant a peony in a garden pot. We were looking to buy a house and I wanted to grow them in the pot until we found our house. Now I'm going to plant them into the ground. 🙂

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Thank you so much!

@@HomefortheHarvest You are welcome, this is my first try to grow peonies. I was lazy to grow because it takes at least 2 years to have full bloom. I was very impatient. Watched your video 2 times to check whether it is to be covered under soil for not more than 2 inches below or some portion to be exposed above ground. Now I am clear. Reason to write in detail is to apprise you that I am so much concerned about your video. With best regards, Inder

Glad it was helpful!

Oh that's fantastic! Peonies are so gorgeous and perfect for low-maintenance gardening. With peonies, I generally feed mine when the little purple stems are about a foot high and the little leaf bunches are just starting to unfurl. I just use a granular fertilizer spread on the surface and let it seep in as the plant gets watered. As for staking peonies - I go for a less-is-more approach on that I suppose lol 🤷‍♀️I staked mine for a few years, but I really just did not like the look of the stake itself or the way it gathered the leaves. So instead, I've planted my peonies so the leaves of adjacent peonies are pretty much touching. That helps a bit. And I've planted them in a sheltered area, so that works too. And lastly, when any leaves do flop over and don't rebound, I just trim them off. I think I would pay my peony plants more attention with staking if I wasn't so busy staking my crazy delphiniums lol... I'm so happy for you to be adding peonies to your landscape!!

@@HomefortheHarvest ok great, I will wait until the leaves start to unfurl to fertilize, and I’ll plant a little closer together. Yes I was excited to hear in the videos I was watching that peonies were a low maintenance, easy flower. So to then have the girl in the other video start pulling out elaborate staking devices made me think that that was the opposite of low maintenance! Ha ha! And the funny thing is I’ve never really noticed peonies before so to see them at Lowe’s and see how ruffly and pretty they were and that they also give off a fragrance I was really excited to give them a try. So I will get busy planting and hopefully they will be great! Thanks again!

@@SuperWoodyboy ok That’s what the lady used in the other video I watched.

@@SuperWoodyboy ok I will, thanks!

@@SuperWoodyboy @Andrea Poole - Biotone is for plants with a root ball. This is a bare root. You should wait to fertilize until root hairs have developed.

peony doesn't mind the cold...it actually likes it.

You can definitely plant peonies in the fall. It's actually the perfect time to plant them. That said, I've planted peonies in all seasons (except with frozen ground) and they all seem to pull through alright as long as they have enough water. If you plant a little root like the ones in this video, it might not have flowers at all for the first two years. I tend to get a couple cute little flowers in year 3-4, but it takes until year 5 for the plant to really look like a whole bouquet of flowers blooming. But once you get to that stage, the plant lasts for decades. It's a long game 🙌

Glad it was helpful! Your new property sounds lovely. I like 2 feet apart for peonies. I've never been to North Florida, but zone 8 sounds pretty warm. I've seen peonies happily growing in cold Northern Canada (zone 2), but I do think they will be fine in warmer zones like 7 & 8. They need a little bit of that cold winter dormancy ❄️ I find I have to baby mine for a year or two, but then once they're established, they're very low care

Ya, I just started buying them this way a few years ago after learning how to divide some old "rescue" peonies from a construction site lol. I don't see why not - They do get big root balls over time, but they're slow-growing.

@@HomefortheHarvest Thanks!

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I hope so! I'm thinking probably 1-2 blooms for these in the first year. They are sometimes really small little blooms in the first year, and so sometimes I do trim them off to let the plants concentrate on root development (leaving the leaves though). I've never planted peonies in containers (that I recall), but I think they would be quite lovely potted up. The plant might look a bit small the first year, but it will push up more stems each year to create a fuller look. You could always plant a living groundcover plant. I have creeping white moss thyme around some of mine and the colors are nicely complementary

You can plant them in May. Honestly, I've planted mine last year in June and was perfectly fine. I have a few more and I will plant them tomorrow May /05/2022 ☺😊

I always soak mine for 30mins before planting

@@Strout88 Thank you very much for helping me! 🙏 God bless you!

This is my 4 year. Hopefully will flower this year.

Amen!

😂 omg that did not occur to me...things are pretty dull around here