GARDENING GERRY DALY MANY people are familiar with the ordinary kind of peony - the ones seen in old garden borders in early summer, its large red double flowers hanging after rain. It has long been a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Tree peonies are the Lamborghini of the horticultural world — flashy and outrageously expensive. I prefer hard lemonade to champagne, so I was never tempted ...

Timeless and lovely, a peony plant is beloved for a reason. Discover what makes peonies such popular flowers for gardeners.

Peonies have a long and storied history, beginning some 2,000 years ago in Europe and the Far East, where they were propagated for medicinal purposes. But peonies are most highly revered for their ...

SEATTLE — Peonies are one of the most enduring garden perennials. They produce lush flower displays every spring. These cherished perennials come in a rainbow of colors. You can grow white, yellow, ...

The scent of peonies immediately takes me back to my childhood home in Western North Carolina and my mother's garden. Her bed of peonies was a source of pride and joy every spring. Those delicate ...

Peonies were a gift to the American people from the small Japanese town of Yatsuko-Cho Delicious colors: hot pink, pale yellow, lipstick-rich crimson, mauve, pure white It's a short show —up to 10 ...

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 ...

Peonies are blooming now around the Lawrence area, and their colorful blossoms are an inspiration to add them (or more of them) to the garden. Peonies perform reliably for decades in the landscape ...

Plant a peony and you call up the past. More than lilacs, hydrangeas, camellias and hollyhocks -- maybe even roses -- these romantic, long-lived plants top the nostalgia list. And not just because ...

This fall, when you buy bare-root peonies, take a chance on yellow or coral-colored hybrids. Your garden will thank you. By Margaret Roach “The garden starts orange,” Kathleen Gagan was saying the ...