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.

Fall is the best time to plant peonies, especially when starting with bare-root plants. Plus bare-root plants are usually less expensive than potted peonies, and a better selection of varieties is ...

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 ...

"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, ...

The peony flowering season is brief but magnificent. Whilst their gloriously ruffled and fragrant blooms unfurl in a 'blink-and-you-miss-it' spring moment, the plant itself is a hardy perennial that ...