I've left my peonies after they finished flowering, to let them die back naturally - been noticing this is getting worse, and I don't know if this is what they look like when they 'die back' or if it's some kind of leaf burn. Not sure what to do about it, if anything. Thanks for your help!



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It does look like leaf burn. Mine does that sometimes too, but in my neck of the woods peonies are not everygreen.

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Thanks Meg & Sheri!

Confession time - I never water them. Ever! it's been a really dry summer, and they are in hot hot afternoon sun. May be this fall I'll move them - they're kind of in a really harsh sun area of the yard.

*Hey, I know where I can get some really cheap broken umbrellas* (My qvc load arrived yesterday)

They're definitely not evergreen - not mine, or here anyway...I remember them coming up, wondering what in the world they were. When my SIL told me they were peonies, I figured she didn't know what she was talking about because they didn't look like peonies to me!

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Hmm... so, what do I do about leaf burn? I mean, as a permanant solution? Or is this just one of those things that happens, and you just kind of let happen? Sorry if that's a stupid question.

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Cool, so I'll just let it happen and hopefully they'll be okay. I hope I remember to stake them next year so the flowers aren't laying on the ground the entire time they're blooming!

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Our were mowed over and grew back once we realised what they were but this year a hail storm took out all my buds and wrecked the plants. I am hoping I have better luck with them next year. They were full and lush before the storm and I never water them cuz they arent in my regular garden area or in an area where we water the grass.

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We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart.

I didn't even think of taking them in when they started blooming Next year I might take em in - if I can get all the blasted ants off! I'm having a very anti-ant year this year

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I wonder if that is why the peonies I moved did not bloom this year. They are looking really healthy though, just no flowers.

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We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart.

It really stinks too cuz the place the rest of the peonies is awful. It is right in the middle of the grass and in a walking area. I am planning on moving them too. I am just going to revise my plan and dig up a much larger patch around and under them to try and not disturb the root system.

The ones I did not move, but dug up and around to get what I did move had tons of buds on them but they all got smashed by a hail storm we had. Not a single bud on them nor my irises survived, so I was out two kinds of flowers this year!

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We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart.

Ahaha I was looking on google to see how to divide/replant peonies to help ya out Triss and I found this site LOL So here's the link

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Interesting..."(It is not a good idea to plant them in the same place where they were previously growing.)" I wonder why this is?

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I guess anything is evergreen if you bring it in for the winter, ha ha!

I don't have any of these - I had some once and they didn't do well - I might have a go at it again sometime. I know they're nice plants once you get them going nicely.

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