I have another question regarding tree peonies - Has anyone successfully moved a tree peony? I tried moving one about 8 years ago because it was hidden in the rear of the garden as other things grew around it. I thought I had dug a big eough hole, but when I was pulling it out, the main tap root snapped. I replanted it, and it almost looked like it is going to live in the beginning, but it never came back the next year.
I have another tree peony in the same predicament. It was towards the front of a flower bed with lawn in front. I have dug up the lawn, and made the whole area a garden. So, that tree peony, probably a Kinkaku, is hidden.. Should I try moving it?
It is still a few weeks away from blooming, but here is a picture from a prior year.
I would hate to have it die in the process, but it is pretty much out of sight where it is. It is a later bloomer because it is in a fairly shady spot.
