Do you have any friends that can babysit them in their garden until your garden is ready? That is what I did with many of my plants when I moved and the new house wasn't ready. I also had a large amount of loam dumped in a remote part of the new yard where I heeled in a lot of plants.

Welcome to Garden Web and The Peony Forum.

I found your post. It was in the middle of a thread.

Can I overwinter my peony in the fridge?

In the future you can find your posts on a forum by putting your member name in the search box found just below the list of threads on page 1. It oftentimes will take 24 hours though for your post to be cycled through the system and found via the search.

Also...whenever you start a post you will see Check here if you would like copies of follow-ups to your message emailed to you. with a check box in front of it. It's handy to have the replies come into your email, as opposed to having to keep a constant check on the thread.

Sue

Sue, thanks for the hints on how to find my previous posts. I just want to point out, though, that the one you found was NOT me!
Anyway, I have thought about putting the plants in my next door neighbor's garden. She is a great gardener, and would take good care of them. My biggest concern though is if I move them several times over the next year, will I stunt their growth?
thanks for any add'l advice

In my opinion, if you move peony at the right time, that might hurt that much. If you carefully move them with soil at the roots, that might be better.
I have a suggestion, not sure if that is okay to you. I know some of the gardeners in my country have tree peony planted in a big plastic pot,with some little holes on the wall, and bury the pot in the soil. The environment is near the same with planting in the soil. When they need to sell the tree peony, it is very convenient to dig the pot out with little hurt to the plant. The other point is this method might limit the root's length and get a better lateral root system.