One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, coleus, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. The peony ...

Peonies should be planted in the fall because they need a chilling period to produce blooms. Learn when and how to plant peonies in your hardiness zone.

Peonies are colorful flowering plants that can be a great addition to your garden. They are easy to grow, with not much upkeep required to thrive. These hardy perennial plants can survive severe ...

It can't get much better than the scent of peonies filling your yard in spring. Renowned for producing large, open flowers, few plants offer such a vast range of forms and colors as peonies, from ...

There are three kinds of peonies—herbaceous, tree, and intersectional—that have different care needs and uses. Use peonies as in flower beds, mixed beds, along borders, or as statement pieces to add ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." [table-of-contents] stripped Lush, fragrant peonies are one of the most breathtaking perennial flowers, ...

If you want to learn how to grow exceptional flowers and bulbs, “The Flower Garden Deck” (Adams Media, 2025), by Jon Vanzile, is for you. This is more than a grower’s guide, however, as each of the 50 ...

What would spring be without a few peonies in the garden? There are few other plants that are as completely bomb-proof, explode out of the cold, spring ground with more force, and erupt into color ...