They are amongst the most exquisite ornamentals, yet peonies have a rep for being the domain of sprawling beds and borders. The truth is you don’t need loads of space to grow dazzling peonies in pots, ...

"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, ...

Peonies are a spring garden staple. Southerners can usually expect the shrubs to come alive with pops of pastel petals around Mother’s Day. Disclaimer: These beauty queens are anything but ...

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 ...

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 are a beloved herbaceous perennial that lives for many years in the garden. Generally peonies are grown from rhizomes but peony rhizomes look a bit funky and can sometimes scare gardeners that ...

Peonies can be a great addition to gardens. These are ancient plants, estimated to be under cultivation as early as 1900 B.C.E. in China. Early cultivation is thought to have been for medicinal ...

Once upon a time, when Marjorie and I were still living at our first house in New Jersey, my grandmother “Oma” asked me to divide the row of peonies in bordering her backyard vegetable garden. These ...

Gardeners rarely bicker among themselves. It's just not part of the gardening theme. But ask people the correct way to pronounce peony, and you get as close to raucous as gardeners can get. With the ...