Peonies: Back from the dead?, 1 by fancyvan

fancyvan wrote:
I have a little garden book put out by a local author(Donna Balzer) and in answer to the question about transplanting peonies she says - 'In the fall, preferably only every 40 years"

As for the clay well I would do as Dian suggests. And it should have about 6 hours of sun a day.

Erynne there was (?is) a Govt Agricultural Station at Beaverlodge ,Alberta which is up near Grande Prairie started about 1915 and the guy who ran it planted peonies and I understand hybridized many and apparently some of his plants are still there.It is probably one of, if not the longest lived perennials , easy to look after and has beautiful manners except if you get a heavy rainfall when they are in full bloom in which case the blooms may end up on the ground they are so heavy!

Keep us posted. I love peonies, have about 15 and a couple more coming soon.
Here is a pic of one I have on order.

carolvan