Question: My local big-box store has peonies for sale. They are in bloom. They look healthy, but here is the problem: The peonies in my yard are only 2 or 3 inches out of the ground and won’t be in ...

Peonies are an old-fashioned staple of the garden, their cabbage-shaped blooms, rivaling only the rose for fragrance and beauty. Most people are familiar with the herbaceous variety that die back to ...

Fashion and taste come and go in the garden like anywhere else, but peonies are the rarest of blooms - they have never been out of style. Their appeal rests on their outsize beauty, pure and simple.