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pupil Newmarket Ontario, Canada Jun 16, 2011

Hi all you smart people out there:

I have three perfectly good paeony plants but one which comes up year after year with a single stalk which duly produces 1 flower.

How can I get the root of this plant to produce more than one "eye"?

thanks for your help

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Jun 16, 2011

I would wait until fall and then lift the plant up until it's sitting just under the surface of the soil and give a good feeding. Peonies LOVE to bake in the sun and, if buried too deeply, will not perform. I had the same problem with mine until I did that. They now produce clusters of beautiful flowers.

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flowers_delight Leicester, NC(Zone 8a) Jun 16, 2011

Oooooh I love Peonies pupil, show some pictures of the others if you can. Hi Kwanjin! Good to see you are still here and can relay good advice.:.)

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Jun 16, 2011

Hi, Flowers! Haven't 'seen' you in awhile. LOL

I, too, would love to see pics of the one that did flower.

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WeeNel Ayrshire Scotland, United Kingdom Jun 20, 2011

Hi Pupil, as you live in Canada, I would recommend you lay a mulch over your Peony around the planting / root area for winter protection, My sister-in-law who also lives North Ontario grows her peony's in the borders close to the house walls for extra protection because these plants are planted just under the top soil as said before to have the tuber baked in the sun, they are hungry feeders and each year give them a feed of either animal manure, chicken pellets from the store or a multi purpose feed as directed on the packet. hope this also helps you out. Good luck. WeeNel.

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