Honestly, it was love at first sight. I stepped inside the greenhouse, and there it was. Its one blossom was turned toward me. The broad, cupped petals looked like pink velvet, punctuated by a yellow ...

Tree peonies are the Lamborghini of the horticultural world — flashy and outrageously expensive. I prefer hard lemonade to champagne, so I was never tempted into the rarefied world of hundred-dollar ...

GARDENING GERRY DALY MANY people are familiar with the ordinary kind of peony - the ones seen in old garden borders in early summer, its large red double flowers hanging after rain. It has long been a ...

Many gardeners’ springtime dreams include a living bouquet of plate-sized, lush and fragrant peonies arching gracefully on sturdy stems, billowing in the spring breeze, decorated in soft shades of ...

Q:How do tree peonies fare in San Francisco? I have recently purchased a tree peony and planted it in a well-drained, morning-sun location in my area of the Craggs Court Community Garden. This garden ...

They take a few years to bloom prolifically, but will become a showstopper in your garden for decades to come. Of all the wonderful different types of flowering plants that I simply have to have in my ...

This fall, when you buy bare-root peonies, take a chance on yellow or coral-colored hybrids. Your garden will thank you. By Margaret Roach “The garden starts orange,” Kathleen Gagan was saying the ...

I wouldn't say the flowers of tree peonies — those "other" peonies — prepare you for the flowery show of the more common herbaceous peonies that come soon after. No, with quivering golden stamens ...