When daughter-in-law Dawn offered to write this column about a particularly striking plant, I admittedly flashed to the wisdom of Dr. Sigmund Freud. You see, I had a case of peony's envy. And when I ...

Peonies are some of the most beloved flowers in the garden — so much so that celebrated poet Mary Oliver once wrote an entire poem about their heartbreaking beauty. The Paeonia Lemon Chiffon was first ...

"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, ...

Peonies are a tradition in many Iowa flower gardens. Though their blooms come only once a year and last for a short time, they are so spectacular as to be worth the wait. We're talking about the ...

With their luscious blooms, peonies are treasured as cut flowers, but their relatively brief bloom season makes harvest timing a bit tricky. A single flower typically blooms on the plant for about ...

“Everyone who loves peonies has a story about why they do,” said Eugenia Harris, who, with her friends at Nicewicz Farm in Bolton, oversees 2,000 bushes of the beautiful and fragrant flowers that ...

It's hard to imagine a single peony plant in west Wichita holding so much meaning this Memorial Day. But the peony that has bloomed in Rose Wilson's yard in Reflection Ridge this spring is a tribute ...