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Tree Peony after flowering
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Posted by emtae9999 6B (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 2:27
| I have a potted White Tree Peony that I purchased last year with one bud (that bloomed). It survived the winter with little to no attention from me only to come back more beautiful than ever this year. My question, it produced four huge, beautiful flowers that are now starting to lose their leaves and seem to have seed pods in the center of the flower. Do I leave the pods? Do I remove them? If so what method to remove? Sorry for all the questions but absolutely love this plant and want to do all I can to keep it in the best of health. Thanks. |
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RE: Tree Peony after flowering
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| As I have no need for the seed I cut off the remnants of the flower, close by the flower. Producing seeds is a drain on the plant nutrient I would rather go into the plant. Al |
RE: Tree Peony after flowering
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| Do I dead head Peony, when do I cut back foliage. I have 2 tree peonies that are getting a bit gangly, how far can I cut them down ( if at all)I have them supported by string to the fence. They are my favourite plant, I have 20 in my garden. The best is a Bowl of beauty. |
RE: Tree Peony after flowering
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| Bowl of Beauty is a herbaceous peony, not a tree. Tree peonies are only pruned to shape or restore. Herbaceous peonies are pruned almost to the ground in the fall, after the foliage has yellowed. Be sure which peony type you have. Al |
RE: Tree Peony after flowering
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| The trick is to plant a tree peony deep enough (when you bought it) that the tree peony grows its own roots rather than depending on the grafted herbaceous peony roots. Once it grows its own roots, it tends to be more willing to form adventitious buds at the base of the plant. An annual helping of compost around the plant helps too. Mine are all shaped like half spheres rather than gangly. That said, any tree peony should form buds near its base when severely cut back. |
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