Topic: Tree peony

[Tilia]

I've got a large yellow tree peony that I need to move. Should I do it now or wait till it dies back? Also do you think it will do ok in a north east facing corner?

[ACE]

Best wait until it dies back, I moved one last year and I must have left a bit of root in the ground as it came up again this year. I split the original plant into 10 different plants and they all survived but only one flowered this year.

[Tilia]

Cool, thanks for that.

I'm not so apprehensive about moving it now if it can grow back from a bit of root and be split up like that! I was a bit worried about killing it. It's a lovely plant but I'm trying to make room for some veggies and it's just in the wrong place. Are the low growing deep red peonies easy to move?

[Robert_Brenchley]

Yes, though they may not flower, or not flower well, the following year. Leave them till they die back.

[Tilia]

Thanks.