Planting Peonies & Poppies | Spring Garden Preps: P. Allen Smith (2019)

In this Garden Tour, Garden Home Host P. Allen Smith is planting Peonies and Poppies in raised beds at Moss Mountain Farm.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
Tips on Pruning Russian Sage
Raised Bed Gardening
Types of Peonies
How to Plant Peonies
Types of Poppies
How to Plant Poppies
The plants featured in today's episode can be purchased at:
www.gilberthwild.com/
"Peonies, by their very nature, prefer a cold winter. So if you live in Minnesota you probably grow amazing Peonies, but not so much in Texas. Sorry, it’s just a fact of life. Look at it this way, you don’t see fields of Texas bluebonnets in St. Paul, Minneapolis, right? So, it’s a trade off, like so much of life. I will say, however, I’ve found that the early bloomers perform the best in my zone 8a garden. Old standbys like ‘Festiva Maxima,’ ‘Sarah Bernhardt,’ as well as ‘Coral Charm,’ ‘Coral Sunset ‘ and many other single bloom types."
~ P. Allen Smith
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[@isabellemus2316]

This fall I ordered peonies from GHW. I live in Chaves County, NM. My fingers are crossed. I haven’t seen peonies around here. I’m going to order poppies now. They are beautiful. I love defying the critics. Lol. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@annebradley6086]

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[@PAllenSmith]

So exciting! Good luck. 🍀💚

[@mattkim3949]

GHW has great peony roots. They are 5+ eyes vs the tiny ones from the Dutch. One of my favorite sites for roots. Also check out aldelman in Oregon.

[@margierousu468]

I love Gilbert wilds plants!! I planted peony's from them this fall fingers crossed I planted them shallow enough. I have four others and they are very old I love peony's and they do grow well in our zone 3. Thank you for the tips on planting! I need some of those Poppy's in my gardens!

[@NickandJulie]

The more peonies the better!!! And poppies! :) I placed a peony order from Gilbert H Wild in 2016. This spring was the first that all of them finally bloom. It takes a couple years from these bare roots. But I made a video on my channel of their blooms this year. I had made a video back in 2016 of what they looked like when i received the roots.

[@sherrismith6136]

Ohio gal here. Love your show. Thanks. Also, I love using painted rocks (@ base of plants) for plant identification.

[@ednawarren1421]

OMG that opening shot is my dream garden! I had to give up my garden in Georgia to move north. We're waiting til the job settles to start looking for a house. I miss my garden!

[@joyinthegarden1]

Two of my favourite blooms, absolutely love them!

[@herbertwerner2287]

Enjoy all the stuff you do P Allen. Have enjoyed you for years.

[@Gg-rssystG8]

I love that & your pavilion is the woods around you I can't wait to see when they all popped out and Bloom.

[@lindaparker6102]

Love peonies ! Beautiful poppies ! Awesome tutorial. Thank you !

[@Neldidellavittoria]

Two of my favourites.

[@kristinastoltzfus6032]

I needed this video now since it's 25 degrees and I can't wait till Spring! Going to be internet plant shopping today! 😊

[@annierampersad3982]

Thanks Allen for sharing your garden expertise so here is wishing you and your team as well as your loyal fans "Happy thoughts, cups of tea, pink peonies,vintage books, big dreams,smell of rain."😊☕🌸📚😴☔

[@PAllenSmith]

Annie Rampersad thank you! 💚🎄

[@carolem9134]

Yes, yes great video, thank you for sharing.

[@carolem9134]

Thank you Allen. I really needed to see this video because I bought my plants from GHW in November and plan to plant them at the end of March I am in zone 6 wish me luck😊

[@botanicaltreasures2408]

Here in the SC Upstate I’ve discovered I can prepare for spring. I can plant daffodils 🌼 and dutch irises in December and they will bloom in February or March of the same year. This has two benefits I can get bulbs on Clearance and squirrels are less likely to disturb them. Although daffodils are toxic to squirrels they seem to unearth them anyway if I plant them in the autumn on the hopes they are onions.🐿

[@TheAlignedGardener]

I have 2 lovely peony plants, and of course, would love more. Being in zone 5b/6a Ontario means I could possibly try the odds at planting in March. Love these videos during our cold winter to keep us going!

[@loriterrill6445]

Thank you...God Bless you🙏🤗⚘

[@jenabaumgarten1874]

Two of my favorites! Love Poppies, my mom could grow them really very well, they were traffic stoppers... I didn't do as well with mine, but you have given me inspiration to try again. Thank You and Happy Holiday Season!!!

[@PAllenSmith]

Jena Baumgarten Happy Holidays to you!

[@mamasaidsew4843]

My peonies were planted from Walmart tubers. They came up every year but never flowered. Year 4 I said I'd pull them and plant more dahlias. They must've heard me. They bloomed and have been blooming every year since. I love a big showy bloom so I'm planting lots more.

[@patriciarussell1177]

I never see them for sale in the fall only in the winter at Walmart. I’m in Oklahoma.

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

I was waiting to plant my two itoh peonies till spring but I’ll just go ahead and take advantage of the mild weather and put them in the ground.

[@auyannaplants]

I am trying to defy the odds myself with the peonies. The weather has been up and down here in zone 8b but I have my peonies planted so we will see what we get next spring. I made sure to choose some early varieties since it gets hot and humid very quickly here. Sometimes I feel like spring is skipped over. Thanks for sharing

[@CBrown9758]

SE it's been a year how's it going with the peonies?

[@patriotmama]

I have three huge double white peonies that we planted here in South central IL. 8 years ago and they do not disappoint. I am hoping to maybe divide them in the fall of 2020 and get three more started. I absolutely love them and the fragrance is divine. They usually bloom for me the end of April as they are on the South side of the house. I am going to send off for some poppies. I love those and think they will make a striking accent to our flower bed. We have honey bees and I know they will enjoy them along with our Russian sage. Bees absolutely LOVE oregano also. I have a big half barrel planter on my patio that I plant herbs in every spring and the bees flock to the oregano and thyme when they bloom. Gardening is such an adventure and I love trying ne things. You are giving me the incentive to burst forth with my gardening adventures. We have quite a sizable vegetable garden and I can everything I get my hands on. Love the heirloom plants. Their taste is second to none! Thank you for your inspiration! Always a joy to watch your videos. P.S. We are going to purchase some heirloom chickens and turkeys as well and hopefully add some geese in a year. See, told you that I am inspired. :)

[@PAllenSmith]

PatriotMama awesome! You may want to consider letting the peonies be. They are long time homesteaders! Always room for more. :) 💚

[@timothyk9086]

I'm a first time gardener and I planted bulbs in my clay-heavy soil but I did put a bit of compost at the bottom of each hole. Had to plant tulips deep and haven't ammended that far down yet 😬 hope they come up! Also quality does matter, I bought root crowns from Wal-Mart and not a single one grew. Lol

[@kathleenbrooks7021]

Awesome

[@joycehood3265]

I am trying poppies one more time.

[@fortressepiphany9068]

Nice video ! I would have like more close ups of the peony goi g into the hole.

[@ginafriend1690]

Love peonies a Poppies!

[@wandasinger7713]

Great video. I grow my peonies in large pots. I have so many and they are beautiful. I just got some bare root Oriental red poppies. Can I plant them in pots with peonies? Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Blessings to you 🙏🏾

[@clairebeane3455]

Poppies and peonies have different growing requirements, so while they can be planted closely together in a garden, I would not necessarily plant them in the same pot. Hope you’re garden is flourishing. 🌱🎋🌷🌸🌞

[@JR-dk6ib]

I love your videos and it’s so inspirational! Thank you for allowing your content to be viewed for free, I don’t have a TV and had never heard of you before KZbin (typical millennial haha). Would you be open to make a video outlining permaculture concepts and design?

[@PAllenSmith]

J R always open to new ideas! Thank you for watching!

[@annebradley6086]

@J R - google topics with Allen Smith's name and see what comes up -- he's covered an amazing number of topics.

[@dahlialady4131]

Finally, last year i managed to dig out a Poppy plant from one property, 2 houses away. The owner had passed away and my neighbour went there to dig wallflowers and daylilies. Since i had these in my garden, i was only interested in the bright red poppy plant. So i set off at dusk, with a kid's spade and a bag on May 1st. last year. I have planted the poppy in my flowerbed and keeping my fingers crossed for blooms this year🌱🌱 Best gardening regards from Berlin, Germany.

[@camilla6110]

Makes me want to plant more Russian sage. 😉☺️☺️

[@PAllenSmith]

Camilla * do it. 😁💚

[@camilla6110]

Oh, you know I will!! 🐝🐝🐝

[@flavianofloris4459]

Keep in mind the space they need, can be a very big and georgous bush

[@GardenDiscovery]

I am going to defy critics and plant peonies in zone 9b. Wish me luck!

[@shawndakramer7352]

Just looked at the gilbert wild website and didnt see any oriental poppies for sale. Any other place you would recomend?

[@user-qz6lv9xc4v]

How to find success in growing poppies from bare roots or baby plants from nursery? I have not yest been successful.

[@careneicke6785]

Not finding the comments about cuttings from neighbors yard. Believe it or not my neighbor steals my hostas and other plants.

[@lyndabuchholz1216]

Do you add lime to highly alkaline soils? Seems like that would be a bad thing to do.

[@PAllenSmith]

Lynda Buchholz you want the soil fairly neutral. My soil is a little acidic. Just balancing out a little.

[@lyndabuchholz1216]

@@PAllenSmith I wondered if your soil was acidic. I know people who watch you and say they have to add lime and I can't convince them not to do that in this area. the soil is too alkaline already.

[@annebradley6086]

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