If I were moving a tree peony I would wait until fall to help it stay with its more natural cycle. If it is an emergency, in the spring you could do it before the growth really gets started. Dig wide and deep to lessen the root damage and replant at proper depth. Also, if it was grafted, on a well established plant with its own root system now, you can sever the grafted stock as it is no longer needed, or re-use that stock for further grafting.

Sometimes moving other things instead of the tree peony may actually be easier and give it room to show off again.

Sharing here is really great. I consider myself to have a love of peonies but not enough confidence and expertise to always shout out. Have learned a great deal over the past few years from my local peony society and through that I have been given experiences to further my knowledge, which I thoroughly enjoy and am happy to pass along to you. The tree peony grafting is a great example. Will share my results if it ever warms up/dries up enough to get the initial growth going.

Thanks everybody for sharing and posting your own experiences here. I always love reading about them and seeing them.

I have successfully rooted a tree peony when something broke a plant. I just put the broken portion into the soil and left it alone. Probably would be better to put the pruning into moist sand not potting mix. I have not grafted for several years but it is better if the root is the same size as the cutting. I do have a book and a friend has done it where you place buds cut from the stem into sand then use plastic wrap to cover the container until roots appear. If you do either method have patience.

Alana - good to know that you had successfully rooted a tree peony. Gives me hope

One of my ITOH peonies is blooming. It is supposed to be Singing in the Rain, but the color is more purplish than the yellowish that I was expecting. There is nothing wrong with the purple color per say, but I planted it in the midst of my reds (red charm is to the left of it) and yellows and it doesn't quite go with the color scheme.

But, I don't think I will try moving this just because of the color

It does have a lot of blooms though.

Angry!
This is the second spring that the tree peony buds just wither and dry up and ... they're gone!
On both plants. Separated, about 15 meters from each other.
In early spring these buds looked really promising. They are all dried up.
The plants themselves look really healthy...
I think one is still looking rather green, but kinda soft to the touch.
WHAT is wrong with them?
Early spring was too wet and too cold and about 2 weeks ago it became super hot and dry. Could this be the case?
But in the city, about 10 km away, I saw two big tree peonies covered in soft pink blooms!
Here's a pic with one of the buds.

any chance they had frost??mine will do that if in bud and we get a frost or freeze...

It could be!
I remember we had a period of nice warm days and then real cold and freezing temps and rain!
And well, in the city, the ones I refer to are kinda protected. Makes sense!
But each year? Come on!

The third time is a charm??? Here's hoping you will not get such late frost next year. Or, now you can prepare for it next year and string the old fashioned large bulb Christmas lights on the tree peony. That is what I do for my Meyer's lemon and it has worked beautifully for years. Not sure you can get clear Christmas lights where you live. The smaller bulbs and LED ones are not effective.

Hmmmmm, Fixpix, I'd probably write a peony expert and ask if they have any ideas... I would think that if you contacted someone that sells peonies and showed them your pictures that they could maybe give you some advice on what to do. Maybe you have a fungus and need to spray? Do they get enough air circulation?

Today, maybe Paeonia x suffruticosa 'Yachiyo-tsubaki' but not sure.

Lovely, Evan.

Thanks. The blooms are bending some of the branches. Do you prune off all but 1 bud/branch.

No - I never do any pruning of the buds, but I only have 5 different kinds of tree peony so my experience is limited
. Very rarely, to provide support for older branches that branch off and have buds on each end of those branches, it can get too heavy and bend. I prop them up with one of those stakes with a U shape at the end. . I do prune the whole branches periodically to shape the plant.

The blooms are huge! I'll have to do some propping. Thanks