Moving a self seeded peony

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3 peonies have popped up in my garden in a wild place. They are self seeded from parent plants elsewhere in the garden.

can I safely move them? Presumably in the autumn? When do they die back into the ground??

They are in a long grass wild place and i don’t want to accidentally mow them down.

I successfully moved a peony a few years ago. Can't remember if it was autumn or spring, probably autumn when I had a good idea of its size and whereabouts!
I think the trick is to not replant it too deeply. It has to be sitting just on/under the surface like a floating submarine. At least, that worked for me.

Thank you!

I’m watching with interest as my daughter has just exchanged on a house with peonies in the garden that don’t fit her plans , so there coming to me 🙌( as will everything else that isn’t wanted 🤞)

How lovely! You can move them but they might sulk for a year or two, plus young plants usually take a few years to get flowering properly. Definitely plant shallow.