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How to Get Peonies to Bloom Longer

By stacy ling

Gardening Tips & Tricks

Want to learn how to extend the flowering season of peonies? Follow these simple tips to enjoy blooms from April through June.

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One of the biggest drawbacks of growing peonies is their short bloom  time. But you can easily plant and blend successive blooms with  different flower forms so that peony flowers last for 7-8 weeks from  April through June.

If you want a continuous set of peony blooms, here is the order in which they flower through a growing season.

– Woodland peonies – Tree peonies – Herbaceous Varieties – Intersectional hybrids, like Itoh

When planting, keep in mind their light requirements too to get the most  blooms out of your peonies too. In general, most peony flowers prefer  full sun, particularly herbaceous species and intersectional varieties  like Itoh.

Tree peonies can tolerate full sun to dappled shade, however, they will do much better when planted in full sun.

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Follow along to learn more about how to grow peonies.

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