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  • From: "Jacqueline Heriteau" <JacquiHeriteau@msn.com>
  • To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Transplanting Peonies
  • Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:35:40 -0400

Hi
I confirm Ellen's report....move them to a big, well-prepared hole in a good spot in full sun and they'll flourish...do it after the sun is no longer full on their new home and mist the leaves to cheer them on .. if you are up to it. Mine bloomed well the next ear and fully the year after.. I sprinkle wood ashes around yum peonies every fall...and they thrive.
Jacqueline Heriteau
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Transplanting Peonies

Hi Doreen,

I've transplanted peonies at many times during the summer and if you 
do it well, they'll be fine.  (I mean quickly, without too much time 
with the roots exposed to the air and hot sun.)  You may sacrifice 
bloom for the following spring, but more likely they'll never miss a 
beat.

Ellen

On Jul 11, 2006, at 9:51 PM, Doreen Howard wrote:

> I need expert advice from all you peony lovers.  I know that they 
> should be
> planted in the fall, but I have three mature ones that are situated 
> under a
> huge elm tree.  The former owner of my garden put them there some 
> reason.
> Of course, they don't bloom and struggle.  I'd like to dug them up 
> now and
> transplant them to a new bed full of good soil where they will get 
> light.
> Will they be OK or is the fall planting rule hard and fast for a good
> reason?
> Doreen Howard
>
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