Why hasn't my peony flowered this year?

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I have several peonies that have been in place at least 10 years. They always bloom beautifully. Not this year. One has a few flowers but the others have no flowers at all. I've not done anything different this year to previous years. Any ideas anyone?

Were you in a drought area last summer? Maybe it was stressed, and didn't get enough water. If the plant looks healthy enough, I'd just wait and see what it does next year.

I hadn't thought of that. It was spectacularly dry last year. Drought area and south facing garden.

Mine is younger and has a bud but it's refusing to open! Everywhere I look other people have amazing ones and mine is just....not.

Mine haven't either

I think they will in a week

If it is a young plant and only has one bud (is it the first bud it has ever grown?), I would chop it off and let the plant establish more roots. Peonies take quite a few years to start pumping out flowers.

I have been wondering this! None of mine have flowered ( I have 4 in total!) and I'm devastated 😂 we are also south facing so it must be drought

Another cause is a late freeze in April or May. My peony (edge of Scottish highlands) has been very late in producing buds as a result of this, and it’s doubtful whether these buds will actually open into blooms now.

Oh that's odd - I was just thinking the other day that mine hadn't flowered either. The cold weather obviously explains it!

Mine has flowered quite well. You didn't cut lots of flowers off last year, did you? My garden normally flowers quite late but my peony has done OK. I don't think I watered it last year really BUT I do sprinkler the lawn. And it's possible that could have given it a little water here and there.

I thought mine was a cream peony but the flowers are pink this year! I've had it at least four or five years...

I get this problem. I’m just going to feed it and that might help.
Mine probably needs a sunnier spot.

One flower here. It’s been there 7 years and never had more than 2 or 3. I may dig it up and plant something else.

If they've been there a while have you given them some compost mulch or food recently?