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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 |
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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. |
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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" |
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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 ... 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. |
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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 ... 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" |
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