Flower Gardening : How to Cut Back Peonies

When cutting back peonies in the fall, keep as much as the foliage intact while pruning the wilted and dying blooms. Watch a peony plant transform into a beautiful bronze color through the fall with help from a sustainable gardener in this free video on flower care.

Expert: Yolanda Vanveen
Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is a third-generation flower grower and sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Washington. She is the owner of vanveenbulbs.com and has sold flower bulbs for more than 15 years.
Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• flowers
• gardening
• gardens
• alstroemeria
• peonies
• organic
• soil
• potted
• plants
• flower
• care

[gsdraiss]

Why even worry about cutting back peonies when they are an herbaceous perennial that die back to the ground any way. And you waited until fall to dead head the flowers hat stopped blooming 4 months ago?