Q:How do tree peonies fare in San Francisco? I have recently purchased a tree peony and planted it in a well-drained, morning-sun location in my area of the Craggs Court Community Garden. This garden ...

Tree peonies are the Lamborghini of the horticultural world — flashy and outrageously expensive. I prefer hard lemonade to champagne, so I was never tempted into the rarefied world of hundred-dollar ...

My friend and former colleague had the pleasure of fall blooms on her yellow tree peony. Here's her story, along with a great tip. By Diana Colvin Surprise -- 'Kintoh,' a yellow tree peony in my ...

I was nose-to-nose with an ant the other day. I bent to smell a lush, fluffy peony, and surprise! Fortunately for both of us, I hadn’t reached maximum sniffing capacity. Harvey Buchite from Hidden ...

With today’s rush to get new garden plant varieties to market, it will come as no surprise to any gardener that sometimes the evaluation of those new introductions doesn’t necessarily support the ...

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 ...

This American Peony Society gold medal winner adds a more unexpected peony color to your landscaping. Semi-double blooms top plants about 36 inches tall and unfurl in salmon pink with yellow middles.

The running joke in the Baye family is that the kids call their mother "Mudder.'' Whenever they phone home and ask, "Where's Mom?,'' the answer is inevitably, "Out digging in the mud.'' Vonnie Baye is ...

Many signs that spring is arriving are coming up. In my garden it’s a fernleaf peony. Fernleaf peony is one of the earliest peony and garden bloomers. It always makes me laugh when I see it emerging: ...

M.B. Any off-color or unusual growth coming from the base of a grafted plant such as a tree peony sounds like a sucker. Time to make a surgical strike against the invader with a sharp knife and steady ...

Herbaceous peonies begin to bloom at Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor on May 21, 2021. (Meredith Bruckner) ANN ARBOR – The first peonies of the season have begun to bloom in Nichols Arboretum. The ...

Vivid tree peonies are at their best at Mobara tree peony garden in the city of Mobara, Chiba Prefecture. The site is surrounded by a woodland area where the sounds of Japanese bush warblers and frogs ...