With today’s rush to get new garden plant varieties to market, it will come as no surprise to any gardener that sometimes the evaluation of those new introductions doesn’t necessarily support the ...

Some of our peonies march on into June, showing off, spreading fragrance and adding delight to the flower beds. Most of our peonies came down from grandmother, the herbaceous kind that look like ...

Itoh peonies (or intersectional hybrids) have been around since the 1940s but until recently, these crosses were extremely difficult to find and you could expect to pay over $1,000 for one. Now, they ...

I never thought anything would replace allium as the showiest flower in my May-into-June garden. But the Itoh peony ‘Bartzella’ (what an unattractive name for such a magnificent flower) has finally ...

There are few flowers with such a long breeding history as peonies, which were first cultivated in China during the Ming Dynasty 3900 years ago. Thanks to extensive breeding over the centuries, we now ...

Several years ago, I fell in love with peonies, particularly Itoh peonies. Sometimes described as the “prom queens of the garden,” I love how their bold upright growth topped with their equally bold ...

Why do we want what we don’t have? We want curly hair if we have straight. We want a view when we live in the flats. We want peonies if we garden in Southern California while gardeners in other places ...

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 ...

Peonies are a beautiful and timeless addition to your garden. With their fragrant, show-stopping petals and glossy foliage, these plants steal the spotlight in any landscape. But before planting one ...

We are blessed with a long growing season in the coastal Bay Area, but sometimes our good fortune is also our bad luck. Just ask peony lovers, and there are many, who have tried to get herbaceous ...

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 ...

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 ...