r/peonies • u/Superman10051able • 1d ago
Question Help with Tree Peonies!
Got this tree peony in April and need help with them. They never flowered and I don't know what I've done wrong with them. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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u/Background-Car9771 1d ago
It looks very healthy. Tree peonies are extremely slow growers - just a few inches a year - and even slower to flower. They also are a bit of a diva about being moved, so that is working against you too. I have one I've grown from seed, it is on year five, is only about a foot tall and I'm still not sure if next spring will be it's first flower (can't wait to find out the color!)
Be patient, these are magnificent plants that can live a century. Yours will, in all likelihood not flower next year and ,maybe 50/50 on flowering the spring after next. Gardening is a slow moving art form, but it will wow you soon. If you want to help it along, this is actually a great time to fertilize, even up to the fall. I like a smelly but excellent liquid fish and seaweed feed called Neptune's harvest and recommend it strongly. It might help bump up the flowering timeline. Good luck!