Your Peonies Need This Every October - For Massive Blooms Next Spring

📕 Get a beautiful perennial garden with less watering, fewer costly mistake from Henry’s Garden Blueprint: https://henrysgardensecrets.com/ Thirty dollars for a peony in a pot. Ten years later, it's a big, healthy clump of green leaves every spring - and it has never once bloomed. My grandmother planted hers in 1928, and nobody has done a thing to it since except cut it down once a year. The difference between those two plants comes down to what happens in October. 🌸 IN THIS VIDEO Why peony leaves shouldn't come off by the calendar · the fungus waiting on the dead foliage (gray mold) · the two-inch rule, and why a peony planted right can still end up too deep · the one kind of peony the usual fall advice can ruin (tree and Itoh peonies) · why old clumps fade · what a peony doesn't need · and why it has to have a real winter. 📏 THE TWO-INCH RULE Peony eyes belong 1-2 inches below the surface: closer to two in cold states, about one in warm ones, about half an inch in zones 8+. Much deeper, and you get leaves and no flowers. Years of mulch and compost can push a well-planted crown down to four inches without anyone noticing. 🐜 AND THE ANTS? They're there for the nectar on the buds. Peonies open fine without them - and the ants actually chase off other pests. 💬 COMMENT: Have you got a peony that's never bloomed? Tell me how many years - and if you check the depth this weekend, come back and tell me what you found. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE - a new one every couple of days. 👍 LIKE if your family has a peony older than you are. 📚 SOURCES - Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Handbook, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Ohio State BYGL, UConn Home & Garden, Iowa State Extension, K-State and Penn State Extension (ants), Missouri Botanical Garden, Monticello.org, Styer's Peonies. Full claim-by-claim list in the pinned comment on request. #Peonies #PeonyCare #FallGardening #PeonyNotBlooming #OctoberGarden #Perennials #GardeningTips #AmericanGardening #TreePeony #Henrys