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  • From: "Sandie Parrott" <rsbirdy@comcast.net>
  • To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Peonies
  • Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:32:01 -0400

Stephen,
 
Peonies can also be tempermental about how deep they are planted.  In
cold climates their eye should be planted 2 inches below the surface of
the soil...in warmer climates less.  They like a really loose soil.  They
shouldn't compete with trees for moisture and they need clear space like
3-4 feet around the plant along with full sun all day.
 
Sandie Parrott
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Mycorrhizae and Peonies

Hmmm.  My 4 peonies have been in the same sunny aspect for 10 years and nary a bloom.  I've done everything ever mentioned anywhere and still only a couple of struggling shoots.
 
Stephen, Seattle, zone 8b
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Mycorrhizae and Peonies

Maybe it is simply the sun that is the reason for bloom where the plants had been moved from a shady spot.
 
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:39:17 -0700 "Jacqueline Heriteau" <jacquiheriteau@msn.com> writes:
For years I've heard peonies sulk after moving.. however, three springs past (wrong time to move peonies according to conventional wisdom) I moved several barely alive peonies  (2 or 3 stems each)  from
shade to full sun and mixed at least a cupful of woodashes into the soil for each before planting,  and again  each fall and spring since...by their second spring in the new location they were already very very large bushes with dozens of stems and dozens of flowers.
Roy surely is  the expert, but this is my experience for what it's worth.
Jacqueline Heriteau
----- Original Message -----
From: Doreen Howard
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 6:02 PM
To: gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [gwl-g] Mycorrhizae and Peonies
 
I have to share something wonderful.  Four years ago, I bought a 1-gallon peony plant in the spring.  I planted it and inoculated the roots with mycorrhizal fungi.  That fall I moved the plant, as the place where I put it originally didn't get enough sunlight  The next spring, the peony sprouted and bore 3 flowers.  That was totally amazing, given I had moved the little plant and that usually peonies take at least two years to flower after planting.  I thought the mycorrhizae might be the reason.
 
Last September, Roy Klehm of Song Sparrow Farms gave me a small 'Silver Dawn Mix' peony root.  I inoculated it with mycorrhizae and planted it in a full-sun location in my perennial garden.  This week, the peony sprouted, and it has four buds on it!!  Obviously, mycorrhizal fungi is the reason for precocious blooming.
Doreen Howard
N. IL--Zone 5a
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Fran Gustman,  fgustman@juno.com
Boston, MA, Zone 6
Editor, HortResources Newsletter, www.hortresources.org
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