Paeonia 'Cardinal Vaughan' (Japanese Tree Peony)

Very good value then, lovely colour.

thank you

Gg

Gorgeous does this have one stem like mine.

Hi

It did have one stem and after 5 years plus it had grown its own roots from the initial root stock that it had been grafted on to , I bit the bullet and cut it down to the ground and it re shooted from the roots so multi stemmed now

Gg

Thank you for that Garley gnome I was wonder if I cut it down if it would come back so I shall try it thanks to you.?

Hi

How old is the one you have ? also do you have a name .

I always do mine as soon as the leaves drop off , dont leave it till January Feb as you know it starts into growth very early in the year , if you can see any immature buds cut just above them just in case ....

I think the secret with Tree Peony is the depth they are planted at , deeper the better so they sucker from underneath which with normal herbaceous peonys deeper planting stops them flowering.

Gg

Its about 5 or six years old it has always flowered I have a large yellow one too bought the same time which always flowers as well I dont know the name it looks just like yours huge flowers bigger than my hand I have had to tie the two tall large stems together as its bending with the weight. When I furst bought it it was nt red but purple soon as I put it in tge ground it turned red. I shall take your advice to cut back before January. I did have buried them deeper than normal planting. I shall place a photo on to show you.

I will keep a eye out for the photo , I know what you mean long stem then a flower on top, the stem is too brittle to bend like a rose to produce more side shoots , better than nothing as they are special

Make sure you cut the flower bud off as soon as the flower is over , if you could give it a mulch with compost around the stem now if possible if you havnt already.

Gg

The photo is on already ? thanks I shall buy some mulch this week. Its got several stems fir tge flowers but there are from two thick stems at the bottom.

Just had a nose both look great ... and lots of blooms

Gg

Thank you Gnarly gnome ?