Re: Puny peonies

In a message dated 6/10/00 12:34:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
margotk@mindspring.com writes:

<< My peony flowers are very puny this year - this is their 6th year and they
 have always looked very full before this.  I am on the Eastern End of Long
 Island (zone 7) - anyone else experience this?  Could it be the very cold
 January? >>

Somewhat north of you, Margot, we have normal to monster-size peonies.  If 
you are on light soil on Long Island the cause is more probably the long 
summer droughts of the past three years.  Peonies would suffer more on light 
soils than growing here amongst the rocks, gravel and clay.  The peony is 
forming the next year's growth in the summer/fall before.  Last summer was 
utterly rainless and very hot through August.

Claire Peplowski
E Nassau, NY z4

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