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Posted by Shelleyvw SA Aust (My Page) on Fri, Jun 3, 05 at 5:05
| I live in the Adelaide metropolitan area in the southern suburbs and have a clay soil on limestone. Has anyone grown peonies in the ground in these conditions?
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RE: Peony roses in the ground in SA?
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- Posted by sebd VIC Aust (My Page) on
Mon, Jun 6, 05 at 6:19
Are your peonies herbaceous ones or a tree peony? I think your soil will be great provided you also add in the blood & bone & well rotted cow manure.
This is what I did for my herbaceous ones. They are heavy feeders and I tried some in pots to start with while I was preparing the beds. They like to be raised up for good drainage. I firstly dug down and added handfuls of blood and bone & lime then covered it with good soil/mulch or potting mix. Then I planted the potted peony on top, so it was still raised above the soil by about 12 inches. Then I covered the sides with good mulch. I planted in Autumn as they are least disturbed at this stage. The cow manure was a bagged variety so I assumed it was fairly old and sprinkled this on the top and watered well. Last year I did have a couple of flowers from the ones I had planted. They like a really cold winter for successful flowering. Someone on the gardenweb tried ice-cubes for a few weeks but as I recall their efforts produced no flowers. They like full sun. I think you have to be patient. The autumn colour of the leaves is also very attractive. I'm still keen to give them a go. Good luck. |
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