"Doug Kanter" expounded:

I can't seem to find this in any of my gardening books - I have a peony
plant whose buds are now about the size of chickpeas. When's the best time
to cut a few stems to put in a vase? Now? When they show a bit of flower?
Next Tuesday?

When they are opening. If you cut them now, they'll just die.

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Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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