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Wed, Jun 25, 14 at 22:31
| I have had this peony tree for more than five years and still only get one or two flowers. This year I got one. I didn't prune it this spring because I wasn't sure if it bloomed on new wood or old. What am I doing wrong? |
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- Posted by shadeyplace 7 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 26, 14 at 7:22
| any pruning should be done in late winter...did you possibly prune this and take off the buds? otherwise I would just leave it alone..do not prune at all, give it bonemeal, and wait til next year and see what happens. |
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| Pruning of tree peonies should be done after flowering, as they set buds on old wood. Pruning in late winter before flowering would result in loss of flower buds. Do not cut to the ground like regular peonies. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 26, 14 at 8:20
| too much fert can mess with flowering on some plants.. though i dont know about P in particular ... i see them at abandoned century old farm houses.. blooming like crazy ... [P in general.. not tree type] ... which would make me think they dont need to be fed ... i wonder if there is a P forum.. that is active ??? ken |
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| You are doing nothing wrong apart from hoping too hard. I waited 6 years for my yellow delavayii paeony.....I enjoyed the foliage and convinced myself it had enough value as a foliage plant. Year 5, there were 3 blooms, done and dusted in a week. year 6 - transformation - many blooms, lasting almost a month (a lifetime in paeony terms). During this time, I neither pruned nor fertlised - the bare stems looked a bit grim in early spring but easy to ignore as spring bulbs were doing their thing. Those fat leaves, expanding in the sun, are wonderful and the whole shrub has grown to around 7 feet high and wide - this year, for the first time ever, I cut back the herbaceous stems by about half, and did a bit of thinning. |
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| I don't fertilize my peony tree or any of my perennials very much. Must say even tho it only has one flower, I really like the foilage and how nice it has grown this year. |
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