How to Grow Peony: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

Paeonia lactiflora

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• How Deep to Plant a Peony: The Eye Depth That Decides Whether It Flowers
• Peony Care Through the Season: Supports, Watering and the Ants on the Buds
• Peony Care After Flowering: Deadheading and Why the Foliage Stays
• The Peony Year: What to Do Each Season and What to Watch For
• Peony Problems: Peony Wilt, Blackened Stems and What Is Not a Pest
• Dividing Peonies: When to Lift, How Many Eyes and the Years It Costs

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (28)

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.