The appearance and fragrance of peonies evoke the best memories of Southern gardening. My mother had a bed of peonies along ...

Tree peonies, Paeonia suffruticosa, are the taller, tree-like relatives of the much loved herbaceous peony famed for its brilliant spring blooms. Tree peonies should be thought of as small shrubs ...

I really love peonies; they are a true favourite of mine. They mainly flower from May into June with a dazzling floral display.

Peonies burst into life in spring, marking the beginning of our borders' best months. Dramatic as they are, the big blooms pair well with a number of flowers. For a truly splendid springtime display ...

Lavender ( Lavandula) is a mounding shrub with blueish-purple flowers. There are many different drought-tolerant varieties, ...

Daikonjima, an island in Shimane Prefecture, is home to hundreds of thousands of carefully tended tree peony shrubs. Each year in the early summer, staff at the island's Yuushien Garden cut ...

Twenty-five years after University of Alaska Fairbanks horticulture researcher Pat Holloway’s initial discovery that Alaska held a niche in the peony market due to its unique bloom time and ...