Tree Peony question

[Ruud]

Hi

I have 2 two year old Peonys and at the momnet there is no sign of any buds coming , i have been feeding it with a high potash feed.
What time of the year should peonys show buds?

thanks

[Flobalob]

Growing one myself. Its also two years old. I have read it needs a weak seaweed drench in spring. Not read anything about potash !

[Ruud]

Growing one myself. Its also two years old. I have read it needs a weak seaweed drench in spring. Not read anything about potash !

And have you got any buds yet?
potash is the flower maker.
where did you read about seaweed

[digthatchick]

Patience is one of the most important tools when it comes to growing tree peonies. They can take years to flower. What’s more you will get better blooms if you remove any bud that appears in the first two years. I think that this can be called tough love.



2. They will thrive in most situations although they do not like wind and, like camellias, they should be kept out of early morning sun. They also need good air circulation.

3. Rich, neutral soil is the best although many different types will do so long as they never dry or get waterlogged.

4. Plant them with a handful of blood and bone and mulch them with garden compost mixed with blood and bone every autumn.

5. Tree peonies need to be planted six inches below the soil – or three inches if they are container grown. Grafted trees may send up suckers of herbaceous peonies (the leaves are greener and are not as finely cut as tree peony leaves). They need to be cut out.

6. Pruning, if it is needed, should be done in February. Cut out all dead or diseased wood back to a new bud, or down to soil level. Old tree peonies respond well to pruning. Take one main stem a year down to a live bud about a foot above the soil

7. Although tree peonies will grow in pots (in John Innes no 3) they will not thrive indoors because they need cold to produce buds. Tree peonies are not a good bet as long-term pot plants.

8. Peony Wilt is a fungal disease which has to be controlled with good hygiene and air circulation around the plants.

9. Some varieties are scented. My favourite scented tree peony is the Paeonia delavayi species, which has small, single, waxy, deep red flowers and a generous habit of self seeding with abandon.

Hope this is helpful

[Lovage]

I would expect buds to be showing by now.
Unfortunately a lot of the tree paeonies are not 100% hardy and last winter was quite testing. Have a scrape of the bark lower down the stems and see if it's green underneath - this would mean it's still alive and can still shoot. If not it can still shoot from the base. Give it a few weeks yet and when it starts to shoot cut back any dead higher up

[Ruud]

I would expect buds to be showing by now.
Unfortunately a lot of the tree paeonies are not 100% hardy and last winter was quite testing. Have a scrape of the bark lower down the stems and see if it's green underneath - this would mean it's still alive and can still shoot. If not it can still shoot from the base. Give it a few weeks yet and when it starts to shoot cut back any dead higher up

lol its alive alright. Its a foot tall but its all leaves and steams.
ill take some pictures

[Ruud]

here is some pictures