I have 'the Duchess' too philippa - had to put her back in a pot as she got too blousy in the border she was in. She'll get a good spot somewhere along the back of the house when the extension's done. A few new shoots poking through now.
I wonder who started the peony 'don't move' hooha....perhaps the same person who first spotted Nessie...
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Haha it has given me a laugh. But the funny thing is I asked about moving a peony not knowing that there was ever an 'issue' about moving peonies! I was asking as I wasn't sure it was the right time to be moving any plant! So, I've learnt lots from this thread, Thankyou ????
So my lovely Peony seemed to survive me uprooting it and fiddling around with it to remove conifer roots and after making sure to plant it at the same depth..it now looks like this
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In the sticks near Peterborough
Is that not true then, about the legume roots?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Who wrote the book Philippa.
My legume roots stay in the ground but they've all got perennial plants growing out of them
In the sticks near Peterborough
I have 'the Duchess' too philippa - had to put her back in a pot as she got too blousy in the border she was in. She'll get a good spot somewhere along the back of the house when the extension's done. A few new shoots poking through now.
I wonder who started the peony 'don't move' hooha....perhaps the same person who first spotted Nessie...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Re don't move a paeony, I read the story behind that somewhere Fairy, but it may have been another myth.
I'll see if I can find it.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Good re the foetida Philippa, the others will flower next year
I let them seed and keep young plants moving on, they tend to look a bit manky after a few years so I chuck them.
In the sticks near Peterborough
We seem to have slightly drifted off topic - sorry Laura
Perhaps it's given you a laugh though!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
She was a bit too big for the spot I put her in philippa - I was a bit doubtful but hoped she might grow quite slowly.
She didn't
We're a fountain of useful and sometimes useless information on the forum Laura!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
PEONY UPDATE!
So my lovely Peony seemed to survive me uprooting it and fiddling around with it to remove conifer roots and after making sure to plant it at the same depth..it now looks like this