RE: Slightly off-topic: Tree peonies
- Subject: RE: Slightly off-topic: Tree peonies
- From: M* D*
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 18:15:13 -0700
- Importance: Normal
Janet,
I just planted my first tree peony this spring, but according to everything
I can read on peony web sites, tree peonies make a woody frame like shrubs.
You wouldn't cut your shrubs to the ground I don't think. I would do some
judicious pruning for shape when it's through blooming. I think waiting
until it's dormant to prune will cut off dormant flower buds. Hopefully, you
will get a definitive answer from someone on the list.
Marilyn Dube'
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From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
Behalf Of Don Martinson
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 5:44 PM
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: Slightly off-topic: Tree peonies
> My tree peony is really scraggly, with lots of bare stem. Can it be
>cut back to the ground? I think that this month's Horticulture is about
>tree peonies, but I can't find my copy.
>
>Janet
The May issue of Horticulture doesn't address pruning, unfortunately.
I do note that my plants do put out smaller shoots from the crown of
the plant. I have also heard that some plants of tree peony are
grafted upon the rootstock of the non-woody kind, so be aware that
sprouts coming from the base of the plant might be of the herbaceous
type. This should be rather easy to tell from the type of foliage.
--
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@execpc.com
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