Peonies are a garden staple in the South. The shrubs unfurl their petals around Mother's Day, adding romance to spring gardens. Disclaimer: These beauty queens are anything but low-maintenance.

Peonies are colorful flowering plants that can be a great addition to your garden. They are easy to grow, with not much upkeep required to thrive. These hardy perennial plants can survive severe ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." [table-of-contents] stripped Lush, fragrant peonies are one of the most breathtaking perennial flowers, ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, coleus, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. The peony ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Peonies are one of the most gorgeous blooms of late spring and early summer, with their exquisite, lush ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mkovalevskaya / Getty Images There are three kinds of peonies—herbaceous, tree, and intersectional—that have different care needs ...

There is a reason why the peony (Paeonia) is often referred to as the queen of the garden. This ornamental’s oversized ruffled blooms and intoxicating fragrance makes it a centerpiece of the late ...

If you want to learn how to grow exceptional flowers and bulbs, “The Flower Garden Deck” (Adams Media, 2025), by Jon Vanzile, is for you. This is more than a grower’s guide, however, as each of the 50 ...

SOMETIMES A SINGLE exquisite bloom is enough to take your breath away. Sorting through pictures of tree peony blooms from the Seattle Chinese Garden, more than once I gasped with delight. But to truly ...

Alaskan farmers harvest about 300,000 peonies a year. Why the demand? The growing season ends in the Lower 48 by late June, but peony plants thrive in July and August in Alaska. Plant peonies in your ...

What is a good fertilizer for my banana tree? My tree is three years old, but has never produced fruit. Why is this and what can I do to help it produce bananas? There is a fertilizer specifically ...