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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Tilia on September 18, 2006, 19:09:58

Title: Tree peony
Post by: Tilia on September 18, 2006, 19:09:58
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?
Title: Re: Tree peony
Post by: ACE on September 19, 2006, 18:00:34
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.
Title: Re: Tree peony
Post by: Tilia on September 20, 2006, 10:26:18
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?
Title: Re: Tree peony
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on September 20, 2006, 14:17:46
Yes, though they may not flower, or not flower well, the following year. Leave them till they die back.
Title: Re: Tree peony
Post by: Tilia on September 20, 2006, 15:19:02
Thanks.