Snapped peony, can I propagate?

[Maggiethecat]

I was gifted a lovely peony which I’ve never grown before.
Sadly, a stem snapped in the wind and I wonder if I can propagate a new plant from the snapped stem?

I’ve been reading a bit and wonder if it snapped because of peony wilt?

Do these leaves look affected?

I'd put it in a vase with some water and see if it grows roots but im not experiance lol

You should get plant hormone cream if you want to do it that way. The stem looks woody enough. You'd have to trim it so that the hormonal cream is in the freshly cut stem.

You can propogate peonies from cuttings but it's rare for them to grow, I've tried a few times with mine and it's never worked. The best way to propogate them is splitting at the roots (not what you asked I know).

I'd cut the stem at a 45° angle, remove all the leaves except a couple at the top and then use some rooting powder if you have it, and then just push it onto some damp soil. You might get lucky 🤞

It might struggle because they often produce roots from the leaf nodule, and it looks like it's snapped above any leaf nodule?

I think I’ll give propagating a miss as I still have some plant left and have now put it in the ground.

I’m still a bit concerned about whether the plant has peony wilt and if that’s what caused the stem to snap rather than purely the wind?

The leaves do have some dark areas but not sure if that is how they’d look with wilt.

I snapped one of mine back in March when it was just popping out of the ground. I then just pushed the snapped part into the ground. It grew! Im not even sure exactly what part it was as it was still at the stage where the leaves are tightly packed before they fully open out. Give it a go.

It had been a couple of days since it snapped and I binned it 🫢