Peonies
 

Hi Fellow Gardeners,
Have a couple of peonies one is ten years old and the other five years old.
The older one flowered after a couple of years as expected, but for the last
two years no flowers at all. The young one still hasn't flowered. I
realise peonies may not flower for up to two years, but don't know why they
stopped, or in the case of the younger why it didn't flower at all.

The are in a sunny - ish location and it gets (probably) cold enough in the
winter. Not much frost though. Every spring lots of nice good shoots. I
read that they don't need dividing for ten to fifteen years so don't think
this is the problem
What to do?. Any ideas? Not enough sun??? Could it be simply not enough
water?
Thanks for suggestions.
Diana

Cavaliers wrote:
Hi Fellow Gardeners,
Have a couple of peonies one is ten years old and the other five
years old. The older one flowered after a couple of years as
expected, but for the last two years no flowers at all. The young
one still hasn't flowered. I realise peonies may not flower for up
to two years, but don't know why they stopped, or in the case of
the
younger why it didn't flower at all.

The are in a sunny - ish location and it gets (probably) cold
enough
in the winter. Not much frost though. Every spring lots of nice
good shoots. I read that they don't need dividing for ten to
fifteen
years so don't think this is the problem
What to do?. Any ideas? Not enough sun??? Could it be simply not
enough water?
Thanks for suggestions.
Diana

I wonder if you've been adding mulch over the years, and so raising
the soil-level over the crown of the plant. Peonies are fussy about
planting depth: any more than an inch will stop them flowering. So,
by all means mulch, as they like a good soil with plenty of organic
matter, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out; but keep the centre
shallow. You say "sunny-ish": that's probably all right, but consider
if other plants have got bigger over the time and are giving more
shade than they did to start with.

--
Mike.

In article SgqMe.225964$5V4.23347@pd7tw3no, Cavaliers
writes
Hi Fellow Gardeners,
Have a couple of peonies one is ten years old and the other five years old.
The older one flowered after a couple of years as expected, but for the last
two years no flowers at all. The young one still hasn't flowered. I
realise peonies may not flower for up to two years, but don't know why they
stopped, or in the case of the younger why it didn't flower at all.

The are in a sunny - ish location and it gets (probably) cold enough in the
winter. Not much frost though. Every spring lots of nice good shoots. I
read that they don't need dividing for ten to fifteen years so don't think
this is the problem
What to do?. Any ideas? Not enough sun??? Could it be simply not enough
water?
Thanks for suggestions.

Are you posting from the US? In which case, the advice from this UK
group may not be very helpful to you. Certainly being cold enough in the
winter isn't something we normally have to worry about!
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

Hi Mike
Thanks
No I haven't been mulching and nothing else is growing around the area since
the deer munch everything within chomping distance. Except peonies.
Maybe really not enough sun.
Thanks
Diana
"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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Cavaliers wrote:
Hi Fellow Gardeners,
Have a couple of peonies one is ten years old and the other five
years old. The older one flowered after a couple of years as
expected, but for the last two years no flowers at all. The young
one still hasn't flowered. I realise peonies may not flower for up
to two years, but don't know why they stopped, or in the case of
the
younger why it didn't flower at all.

The are in a sunny - ish location and it gets (probably) cold
enough
in the winter. Not much frost though. Every spring lots of nice
good shoots. I read that they don't need dividing for ten to
fifteen
years so don't think this is the problem
What to do?. Any ideas? Not enough sun??? Could it be simply not
enough water?
Thanks for suggestions.
Diana

I wonder if you've been adding mulch over the years, and so raising
the soil-level over the crown of the plant. Peonies are fussy about
planting depth: any more than an inch will stop them flowering. So,
by all means mulch, as they like a good soil with plenty of organic
matter, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out; but keep the centre
shallow. You say "sunny-ish": that's probably all right, but consider
if other plants have got bigger over the time and are giving more
shade than they did to start with.

--
Mike.

Hi Kay,
No I'm on Vancouver Island - where the weather is similar if not identical
to Kent where I used to live. Thanks for the thought though. It's perhaps
a little warmer here than Kent, because we don't get much frost ... miss
that ;o)
bye for now
Diana

"Kay" wrote in message
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In article SgqMe.225964$5V4.23347@pd7tw3no, Cavaliers
writes
Hi Fellow Gardeners,
Have a couple of peonies one is ten years old and the other five years
old.
The older one flowered after a couple of years as expected, but for the
last
two years no flowers at all. The young one still hasn't flowered. I
realise peonies may not flower for up to two years, but don't know why
they
stopped, or in the case of the younger why it didn't flower at all.

The are in a sunny - ish location and it gets (probably) cold enough in
the
winter. Not much frost though. Every spring lots of nice good shoots. I
read that they don't need dividing for ten to fifteen years so don't think
this is the problem
What to do?. Any ideas? Not enough sun??? Could it be simply not enough
water?
Thanks for suggestions.

Are you posting from the US? In which case, the advice from this UK
group may not be very helpful to you. Certainly being cold enough in the
winter isn't something we normally have to worry about!
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"