Re: Moving peonies

Cindy, sorry to say, it seems you couldn't have picked a worse spot. And the idea of putting a peony in a wet spot sounds like a good case for rot. Standard garden peonies like full sun, moist but well-drained soil, reasonably rich, fertile soil (but they'll still do well in crappy clay.).
Or do you have a woodland peony (they like shade) or a tree peony? One of my tree peonies keeps sprouting from the herbaceous part. I keep cutting them out, but I think I'm going to have to do something more serious with it. 

As to moving peonies, it is done in fall.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:46 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Moving peonies



Since Jesse was just mentioning peonies - I have one that I need to
move, when is the best time?  It is about 4 inches tall right now. I
planted it long ago in a north corner near the house but it has never
done much, and now that I'm xeriscaping that area I figured I will move
it someplace wetter. There are only 3 sprouts coming up.

Cyndi

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