Peonies: My peonies are breaking dormancy!, 2 by poinget

poinget wrote:
Well, I lost a peony. It was decomposing. It looked like it had one good eye (red but not sprouting), but the rest of it was no good and my DH said to toss it. I keep wondering if it's my fault or if it came that way. I can't tell. The other peonies in the same bed are healthy and leafing out.

Also, I have this tree peony (1) that started sprouting, and then the shoots turned grey, then black. There are pink tips at the bottom that don't look affected, but I assume they are. From the same company, this tree peony (2) is not sprouting at all! (2) is Hanakisoi, which I absolutely wanted, and because there was no development in it, I bought another one at the nearby green grocer, for less than I paid for (2), because it was sprouting beautifully.