Gardening Hacks - Preserve Peony Flowers for Longer Lasting Blooms

[@nancytestani1470]

I Kelly, from Niagara Falls, Ontario . Found your podcasts,looking for hydrangeas care and got peonies too! Fantastic. Just wish peonies would last longer, they are just divine. Love that big pooch.

[@robynbazsika239]

Thank you! Viewing from Dunedin in New Zealand. A very helpful video.

[@nancyvanderbeck7208]

It's good to hear a Jersey accent again! I live in middle Tennessee now, Zone 6B, originally from north Jersey, Zone 5b/6a. We have a row of beautiful peonies that are over 60 years old. The story goes that my mother-in-law received them as a gift when my husband was born. They have a lot of meaning for us! I did my due diligence to prepare the soil well for the tubers we split from the originals and they are doing very well. I want to make sure I continue to care for them well. I had never heard of dry cutting before and I will definitely do this next Spring.

[@charlottekelley5154]

You’re flowers are so beautiful you really have a green thumb ,l love watching your videos this is my first time and I will keep watching them.

[@lindagrabowski8911]

Chicago here! Love your videos. Thanks for sharing the peony tips. I inherited a hundred plants from the former ow er of my home. I'm going to try this method today. Thanks!!

[@sheilaolson5868]

Peonies are my most favorite flower! The scent is worth dying for 🥰

[@nancytestani1470]

Absolutely..

[@atimnile2401]

Yes; they’re just so beautiful 😍😍!!! We bought our house 6 years ago & the previous owner was A flower lady ; we luckily inherited a boat load of Perennial blooms all around the house including 3 gorgeous Peonies bushes . She has made me really get into planting more flowers 🌸. Happy Gardening!!!

[@KJOrewiler]

Love, Love, LOVE my peonies! Got my start when a co-worker had to move to Colorado & gave me all her peony tubers. Ever since, have moved my peonies whenever I move (different places in Pennsylvania). Daughter who lives in NM wishes she could grow them, too, but can't. Funny story: one year my kids & the neighbor kids got to playing in the bulb garden & decided that the little balls made super-good ammunition. Almost hung those kids from the clothesline that year!

[@julieempson268]

Thank for fab advice for my peony flowers looking forward to following you from Great Yarmouth,Norfolk , England 👏

[@southerncharminca]

In Nova a Scotia and my favorite flower is the beautiful Peony

[@MaryAnneCentonze]

Love this! Peonies are my favorite! I also have a Berner named Auggie.

[@KellyLehman]

So cool! They are the best !!! Tell Auggie Lucy and I say hi 👋 🌸🤗

[@delphinenyirahabimanam.d.8510]

You have the hand for growing healthy abundant blooms! I have never seen someone that grows as much beautiful and abundant flowers as you do! I swear!

[@laurakay777]

Thank you, Kelly, for all your tips and advice on my favorite flowers. Lol @ your beer in the flower fridge😁🍺

[@KellyLehman]

You are welcome , I’m just glad it wasn’t a case of beer that got caught on film 😃

[@laurakay777]

@@KellyLehman lol that would make it a party 🍺🥳🏵 also I forgot to say I'm from Minnesota.

[@dorisbrennan4559]

Love your you tube videos, just moved to Arkansas from California, and I am finally growing peonies, I had my first blooms this year, Thank you for all the great tips on flowers.

[@pibarrante6901]

I bet your shop is fabulous.

[@KellyLehman]

Awww thank you . It's small but I love it . 😊

[@lisatague305]

My favorite flower of all time. Thanks for sharing !

[@KellyLehman]

Hi Lisa , you are very welcome . I love peonies too 🌸😊

[@jeanettehawkins7472]

Love all your tips ❤️ from Southern Indiana

[@KellyLehman]

Thank you Jeanette ❤️ And thanks for checking in from Southern Indiana 🌸👋🌎👏👍

[@janiceyoung283]

VERY helpful information I love peonies and didn't know NOT to cut them way down to inches from ground and then Pretty soon I had no blooms the following years !!! then I was scared to cut any !!! But now I'd like to make bouquets Thank you for you info I'm in zone 5 in Vermont

[@sukisammo3146]

Thank you so much Kelly and Lucy!!!🥰 Peonies are my absolute favorites! The beauty of the bloom takes my breath away and the sweet aroma puts me into a waking dream! I always have to rush my cuttings, because they do come all at once. This year I gave away 5 huge bouquets 💐 because my house was filled, a storm was coming (and you know how one good thunder storm and downpour will ruin those delicate petals!), and I didn't have any more vases!!! This tip is too good to be true! I will most certainly use it next year, as sadly, my I peonies are pretty much done outside, except a few buds that may open. Thank you again! And I ❤seeing Lucy, reminds me of my Bernie, Sammy who I still miss everyday!😇

[@KellyLehman]

Hi Suki, wow, sounds like you have a lottt of peonies . So. nice that you share them . Happy you liked the peony tip 🌸🌸🤗

[@sukisammo3146]

👋 Hi Kelly... forgot to mention, I'm just outside Reading, PA.... and yes, I do have lots of peonies, who wouldn't?!!! 😄

[@KellyLehman]

Haaa , yes I agree with the love of loads of peony flowers . Thanks for checking in from Pa 🌸👋🌎👍👏

[@patriciawilson6524]

Oh my all this info is so useful for me.Thanks.

[@KellyLehman]

Thank you Patricia so kind of you 🌸❤️

[@kimberlyclark5069]

Very helpful! Thank you... Watching from Virginia, zone 8. Peonies are my absolute FAVORITE! Hoping to plant my own. Right now, I wait for Trader Joe's to have them once a year and go crazy! 😂❤

[@SmallTownGardenLife]

This was so informative + helpful!! Thank youuuuu

[@theresaljones7839]

Howdy from San Antonio Tx. I'm hoping next year my peony will bloom, it was transplanted from VA. Thank for the information.

[@KellyLehman]

Hi Theresa, fingers crossed you get beautiful peony blooms next year .

[@KellyLehman]

Thank you for checking in from San Antonio Texas 👋😊🌸👍🌎

[@momseasyeats]

Thanks for this

[@pangyang9078]

Any suggestions on thrips treatment?

[@myriamhunt4207]

You’re sweet! I really like your style and absolutely love Lucy!!

[@donnalkoutrakos1538]

Should I dear head peonies?

[@wilmacameron7513]

Love the video …. Mine always have ants on them… how do you get the ants off without using water?

[@KellyLehman]

I usually just knock them to the ground by shaking the blooms close to the dirt .

[@kellyr6274]

🙋 have you ever had peonies bloom twice in a season? And if so, how do you get them to do that? Tia for answering 🙂 Buffalo NY

[@KellyLehman]

Hi Kelly, I have never had peonies bloom twice in one season . I think their nature is to do the one and done flower show but they are soooo worth it . Thank you for checking in from Buffalo 🌸🤗👏🌎🌻

[@kellyr6274]

@@KellyLehman I'd forgotten to say how absolutely gorgeous all your peonies are. I have about 6 plants, but I think I have to bring them to the surface a bit. I think they're too deep and I'm not getting many blooms on a couple plants. It's been a few years since I've done that.

[@vin.handle]

I planted peony bulbs in Spring. Since then, I read the flowers only last 7-10 days. Is that true and, if true, is there anything I can do to get the blooms to last longer.

[@amykirby9607]

Hi from Canada. I bought some peony roots at a big box store, put in dirt and have been keeping in greenhouse, only 3 of 6 are poking up. How long do they usually take to wake up?

[@elenasakman]

Can you keep them with shorter stems? for my arrangement i need only 5 in stems

[@marciemcgough2104]

What a beautiful dog what type of dog is this please?

[@d3w3yd3c1m4l]

What other flowers can this be done with?

[@bmorgee2324]

Can you freeze the blooms in the marshmallow stage and have them bloom months later? My friends are planning their wedding and this is their plan: cut them in May and use them in August. I am extremely concerned!

[@jasminemcallister9910]

I’m not an expert in flowers but I saw someone last week talk about freezing them and taking them out 6 months later 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@kathleendemoya6089]

How do keep the ants away?

[@tiger1ac]

Virginia:D