Too late to prune bridal wreath (spirea?)

carollhardie

There are a few points to remember before you plan to grow peonies in your gardening north shore. First and the foremost is the season in which to plant it. Peonies are planted in autumn and winters just before the first freeze. They are averse to hot weather and can only survive in mild summers at the most.
The other most important decision to take before growing peonies is the place in your garden where you want to grow it. This becomes most important because peonies do not like to be transferred and often refuse to regrow and give flowers till years, after a place transfer.
In addition peonies require specific nutrients in the soil in which they are grown and growing multiple peonies at the same spot could cause the plants to die due to lack of nutrients.
Peony roses bloom best in conditions where there is no water logging, especially during the winters, and there is little cultivation around the roots of the plants. The weather is cool and not excessively humid or hot. Hence this nature of peonies causes them to be considered a 'tricky' plant.
As with most of the plants, Peony too has medicinal properties and its root and bark are used in the ancient Chinese medicines. It has also been used in treating coughs and hemorrhoids in Europe and around the world.
So if you plan to grow Peony, well you took a good decision for your gardens

psso

Well, nobody told my peony to object to being transplanted.

When we moved in here 24 years ago it was growing by the front path.about three years later we redesigned the garden to put in a driveway for the car, so moved the peony from north side to south facing back garden. Grew happily there for about seven years then was dug up and replanted nearer the front door, back to the cold north side again.

Has been there ever since and there were 24 beautiful deep wine red blooms on it last year. Didn't count them this year but they were spoilt by frequent rain so haven't been so long lasting.