Peonies are an old-fashioned staple of the garden, their cabbage-shaped blooms, rivaling only the rose for fragrance and beauty. Most people are familiar with the herbaceous variety that die back to ...

We are blessed with a long growing season in the coastal Bay Area, but sometimes our good fortune is also our bad luck. Just ask peony lovers, and there are many, who have tried to get herbaceous ...

Q:How do tree peonies fare in San Francisco? I have recently purchased a tree peony and planted it in a well-drained, morning-sun location in my area of the Craggs Court Community Garden. This garden ...

Most gardeners seem to have a moderate obsession with peonies - and who can blame them? With large flowers and elegant foliage, these plants are crowd-pleasers. Lesser known, however, is the tree ...

I saw your column on peonies. I have always wanted to grow them as they are so beautiful in June. Do you have any advice for someone who has never grown them? Where to place them, soil, sun (or not), ...

I wouldn’t say the flowers of tree peonies — those “other” peonies — prepare you for the flowery show of the more common herbaceous peonies that come soon after. No, with quivering golden stamens ...

A family heirloom could be an antique teapot or a prized piece of furniture passed down through generations. Becky Miller-Sigvertsen and her husband, Jay, have a garden variety heirloom. Becky, a keen ...

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