Peony Question

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I have one in place for a few years that has never flowered. It gets lots of buds and these wither away
should I give up get a new one and plant it somewhere else? It’s in a very dry sunny border

Could be anything from pests and disease or not watering enough as it's been so hot and dry.

To flower the corm/root needs to be near the surface of the soil. Do you think it could be too deep?

I would dig it up in the autumn, divide it if it is big. Then replant but much shallower so the eye of the peony is facing the front of the border and is high out of the soil. This eye, looks like a cut of root stem and needs lots of light for the flowers to open. Good luck and don’t give up on it just yet especially if the leaves look happy.

@TrueloveneverdiesI have a peony that doesn’t have any buds. I didn’t plant it, and I can see it is too deep under surface. Could I just remove some surface earth to expose it, without digging it out? When I moved peonies in my previous house, they never flowered after.

Yes that should work. And you could also move anything that’s planted to close in front of it, to make sure the ‘eye’ gets as much sunlight as possible. I love peonies but they are such diva plants!

Well I’m feeling ridiculously blessed then that the potted one I was given last June, that I just stuck in a hole I dug, has just started to bloom. I knew they didn’t like to be moved once planted, but I had no idea it was so hit and miss to get them to bloom at all!

Thank you @Trueloveneverdies, I will do that. Indeed they are divas! I have another one that doesn’t flower much. I thought it’s paeonia arborescens because it looks different than other peonies (lighter green, very frilly leaves, round low bush, huge heavy pink flowers on short stems) but Google says these are more like little trees? Anyway I wonder how to encourage it to flower more next year. Maybe more compost and feed?

Yes I use Miracle Grow - rose and shrub ❤️

Also feeling blessed! Mine is currently shoved in a pot and has been moved numerous times! She flowers every year.

I planted several peonies three years ago and they have been a bit patchy. This is the first year they are looking quite good and there are some nice big buds that have appeared.

What's really strange is that one of them started sprouting much earlier than the others, and that one has no buds at all that I can see.

On GQT they said they don't like to be crowded by other plants or shrubs.

I cut mine right back after summer.

I had a tree peony that refused to flower. I fose of potassium sulphate in the spring solved the problem

It took my peonies several years to flower from planting them. When we moved last year I dug them out the ground and replanted them in my new garden I didn’t know if they’d survive thankfully they’ve all got beautiful flowers on them now.

Yes, was going to suggest this I also had this issue

Sulphate of potash will get lots of things across the line and into flower. I'd try tgat

I have moved peonies several times and luckily all have taken again and flowered beautifully (when I say I I mean DH who digs them up for me !) tip is not too deep