How to get perfect peonies
Q I have had success growing various flowers from their seeds but have yet to succeed with peonies. Do you have any tips on the gardening wizardry required to harvest their seeds and grow more peonies?
Ed Debaes, Henfield, West Sussex
A Peonies are not as difficult to grow from seed as one might think. Simply wait for seeds to mature and ripen to a dark blue to black hue, then sow them 2-3cm/1in deep in seed trays or in 12cm/5in pots of soil-based seed compost.
Cover the compost surface with grit to reduce growth of moss and weeds. Pleasingly, hardy varieties do not
