Peonies, with their huge, look-at-me blooms, are one of the glories of early summer. They’re also one of the easiest, most durable garden perennials.
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“Once it’s established, a peony plant may live for decades,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. “Peonies are very hardy. They like our climate because they actually need a period of chilling in the winter.”There have been peony plants along Joy Path near the Arboretum’s Thornhill Education Center for more than a century, since the time when the site was the country estate of the public garden’s founder, Joy Morton.
There are three main types of peonies. Garden peonies, also called herbaceous peonies, are the most common sort. They are bushy green plants that die back to the ground each fall. Woody peonies, sometimes called tree peonies, are actually small shrubs that can have very large flowers. The peonies in The Grand Garden are Itoh peonies — hybrids in which herbaceous peonies are crossed with tree peonies, creating vigorous plants with bright flowers.
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