My wife and I had planted a peony about 4 year in the past before I took an interest in caring for the plant. It came up last year with 7 stems and flowered with 3 blooms. Shortly there after, I did the following...
1. Removed all competitive plants by placing mulch.
2. Fed a 10-10-10 fertilizer.
3. Amended the soil with azomite and biochar
4. Watered as needed
This year it is going to put up at least 20 stems, probably closer to 30. It has been an amazing change and I am really looking forward to seeing it bloom.
I should also mention that this is it's 5th year which is important because that is generally regarded as being the year that a peony reaches maturity. The improvement in flower production between years 4 and 5 is close to a doubling effect which can be seen in flower studies. Getting to year 5 is a big deal.
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