Peonies always major at Chelsea Flower Show and in recent years an early-flowering, ruby red peony called 'Buckeye Belle' has taken centre stage. This semi-double has glossy outer petals that loosely ...

Most of us associate Memorial Day with firing up the barbeque, opening the beach house and other rituals of the summer season. A generation ago, it was a more somber observance of the departed, ...

It may only be March but one plant, the herbaceous peony, is already thrusting through the ground looking like red asparagus. It is one of the earliest perennials to appear because it flowers in May ...

Plant names can be a bad dyslexic joke. Try this for size: Paeonia mlokosewitschii. Less of an obvious gobstopper, but also tricky in a kind of smooth don't-take-your-eyes-off-the-ball kind of way is ...

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There are three things you need to know if you are to succeed with peonies, one of the most spectacular plants in the May garden. Sadly for the peony, many people know only two. Most important is the ...

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Peonies have never really become fashionable, yet they are part of a very English, cottage garden, mixed border style that brings a perfect balance of form, flower and foliage. They are the kind of ...