{"id":291,"date":"2010-10-06T15:29:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T19:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=291"},"modified":"2010-10-24T03:34:55","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T07:34:55","slug":"tips-on-planting-peonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2010\/10\/06\/tips-on-planting-peonies\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips on Planting Peonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peonies (herbaceous types) are old-fashioned perennial favorites  garnering new attention from 21st century gardeners. Their gorgeous  spring flowers stand tall above the lush shrubbery growth.<\/p>\n<p>This  fall, plant dormant bare-root divisions of herbaceous peonies purchased  from a mail-order nursery or a nearby garden center. Each division must  exhibit 3 to 5 eyes (buds). Space plants a minimum of three feet apart.<\/p>\n<p>Good  air circulation around plants is important to prevent potential foliar  and flower diseases. Avoid windy areas and shelter plants from harsh  summer sun and heat in warmer climates (USDA zones 7-9).<\/p>\n<p>Peonies  thrive in gardens for 20 or more years. Select a sunny spot with  well-drained garden soil and enrich with generous amounts of compost or  well-rotted manure. A soil pH between 6 and 7 is ideal. Feed peonies  with a slow release fertilizer in early spring the same as you would  nourish  flowering shrubs.<\/p>\n<div>A critical digging step is the  planting depth. Do not cover the growing eyes with more than 1 inch of  soil. Setting the new plant too deep may delay or even prevent  flowering. Water the newly planted peonies and cover the bed with 2-3  inches of loose ground up leaves or bark mulch. Likely, the peonies will  bloom next spring and many years thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Tree peony culture will be discussed in a future blog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peonies (herbaceous types) are old-fashioned perennial favorites garnering new attention from 21st century gardeners. Their gorgeous spring flowers stand tall above the lush shrubbery growth. This fall, plant dormant bare-root divisions of herbaceous peonies purchased from a mail-order nursery or a nearby garden center. Each division must exhibit 3 to 5 eyes (buds). Space plants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,602,621],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}