Interesting. Mine has never done that.

I have peonies that do that sometimes, particularly if it's a dry summer. It never seems to harm the plants though.

We are in the early stage of a drought in my area. Hot, dry, and no rain in sight. Some wilted peonies to be watered this evening.

Oh, no, poor things! Take some rain from us, Jerry!

I have a peony, Dancing Butterflies, that gets terrible mildew, sometimes not long after it finishes blooming. I think it depends on how much rain we get. But another peony nearby isn't affected by it, & this actually blooms better than my other peonies. I don't think it did it the first couple of years I had it, just after it matured completely. I've thought about spraying with a fungicide or something, but so far I just go ahead & cut it back when it starts looking too bad.

Wow Jerry. I would think at that wilt state they wouldn't recover.

Hope you get some rain coming your way Jerry!

I gave all the front peonies 3 buckets each, about 15 gallons of water, last evening. They perked right up which is typical if they are not wilted for too long of a period. The foliage is not so important as giving the roots moisture for nutrient conversion.

The weather this year is weird. My Mom is is Indiana and she's been getting 3-4 inches of rain every week.

Ouch. And we get sprinkles and overcaste but not enough real rain. I have had the sprinklers going the last day or so having given up on rain. Far from the horrible drought you guys experience down south, but enough to make the plants unhappy.

We had excess rain during the early Spring but now it is hot and dry. This is corn country and a good indication of the moisture situation is when the corn leaves begin to curl into a roll in order to prevent moisture loss. In Illinois, if you do not like the weather, just stick around for awhile. It will change. In our area, it is either feast or famine.

Our summer again is rainy though not as bad as during the last couple of years. I also found a lot of botrytis damage on peonies and strawberries. I never noticed botrytis on peonies before... Probably will treat with fungicide in the fall after cutting the leaves and in spring before the foliage develops.

The vendors suggest using a 10% bleach solution. After cutting out the affected branches, drench the crown area.

Just in case someone wants to move from their cooler Northern clime, this is in front of my house, in full shade, at about 6 pm. And this is not typically the hottest part of the year yet.

Ouch. That temperature is hotter than Dallas hit today--not good.

Oh Jerry. Man (or woman) were not meant to live in those temps. I will stop grousing about my average 65F summers. When it hits 70-75F I'm dyin'. I simply cannot imagine living in those temps. I guess it is the same as when we had -40-60F in Fairbanks. You just dress appropriately and stay indoors if you could. You guys can only take off so many clothes, but staying inside with air conditioning would seem like a life saving condition

No way! Terrible! Amazing how peonies can survive such heat.

We had a surprise thunderstorm pass through very early this morning. Dropped an inch of rain which was desperately needed. Actually, 100+ temps are the norm in this area during late July and early August. The humidity can be an issue when it hits 90% with a temp of 100. In cities like St. Louis and Chicago, where there are large populations of elderly poor people, there are several heat-related deaths. Cities are always hot in the summer due to all the stone and concrete plus many people have no ventilation since they keep their windows closed to avoid being robbed or assaulted and they are too poor to pay electric bills for air conditioning. Sometimes, the cities must use refrigerated semi trailers to store the bodies because the morgues are full. This could turn into a political rant but this is not the venue for it.

Wow! Didn't realize that IL can get that hot in the summer. I thought you only get temps like that in the southwest. Well, I can 't be more wrong.

It is hot indeed. I won't survive this heat, my very edge of comfort temperature is 75F.