by Marde Ross | Jan 18, 2012 | Gardening Tips for Daffodils, Tulips, Peonies & Naturalizing Bulbs
What is the difference? Everyone knows the popular spring bulbs like tulips and daffodils, which are true bulbs. However, corms are equally important in the garden and bring their own unique blooms. Corms include plants like anemones, ranunculus, gladiolus, and...
by Marde Ross | Nov 3, 2011 | Peonies
Here is a technique in replanting peonies. Once the peony have been divided, they can be replanted. I usually plant them about one foot apart. You might like to have them farther apart, scattered among roses or in perennial beds. We dig down about one foot and mix in...
by Marde Ross | Nov 3, 2011 | Peonies
In California, the tools for dividing peonies are not as heavy duty as those for hacking apart small tree trunk sized peony roots! Earlier in my blog is a picture of tools used in colder climates. Here some of the clumps grow to be the size of coffee tables. Those...
by Marde Ross | Jun 17, 2011 | Peonies
There are four types of Herbaceous Peonies and they vary by shape. The progression towards fullness involves the stamens, anthers, carpels increasing in size from a single row of petals to complete fullness. The single peony has a row of petals surrounding a center...
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