Known as “the floral symbol of China, the state flower of Indiana, and the 12th anniversary flower,” this versatile perennial blossoms into lush flowers between late spring and early summer and, if ...

They are easily ruined by wet weather, collapse unless they’re firmly staked and the flowers barely last a fortnight. Yet for all their faults, herbaceous peonies are irresistibly beautiful, with ...

This American Peony Society gold medal winner adds a more unexpected peony color to your landscaping. Semi-double blooms top plants about 36 inches tall and unfurl in salmon pink with yellow middles.

CENTER POINT - From the top of a gentle slope, the field is a blur in shades of red, pink and white. The fragrance wafting on a warm spring breeze is unmistakable. Heady, almost dizzying. Peonies.

When daughter-in-law Dawn offered to write this column about a particularly striking plant, I admittedly flashed to the wisdom of Dr. Sigmund Freud. You see, I had a case of peony's envy. And when I ...

Peonies always major at Chelsea Flower Show and in recent years an early-flowering, ruby red peony called 'Buckeye Belle' has taken centre stage. This semi-double has glossy outer petals that loosely ...

A plant named by a god for Colorado gardenscapes? Yes, because legend says the lovely peony received its name from Paean, the Greek god of medicine, who allegedly used peony roots to heal Pluto’s ...

The time has finally come for me to put in a proper peony bed at my garden at Perch Hill. Every garden and flower arrangement I've seen in the past few weeks has been transformed by Paeonia lactiflora ...