How Do You Care For Peonies After Blooming?
Those magnificent fragrant peony flowers you waited for all year have come and gone. The flowers you didn’t cut and bring inside have scattered their petals to the ground. Now what? This article will explain how to care for the plant after the blooms are gone. 1. Deadhead any remaining peony stalks after the bloom has faded. Cut back each stem that has a flower head to the first leaf on the stem. Leave the rest of the foliage alone, this is how the tubers feed during the summer. Let the green stems and leaves die back naturally. 2. Keep the area around the peonies free of weeds. Don’t plant other flowers or shrubs too close to the peony, they like air and sun and space. Water peonies at the soil level, not from overhead. 3. In the fall, when the plants turn brown, you can cut them back to the ground. 4. Older plants can become overgrown or unruly and stop producing flowers. If you suspect this is the case, divide and re-plant the tubers in the fall. Your peonies will thrive and bloom f
