Feb 26, 2015
This is an Intersectional Peony, Itoh Peony Kopper Kettle. My got it for me from Costco of last summer but all the flowers were gone. It just had leaves. I accidentally cut off the leaves in October and it caused this peony to sprout more leaves in autumn instead of spring. BIG MISTAKE! Never do that again. Luckily it didn't cause all the eyes to bloom. So I might get some flowers this year.
As of today, it's getting a tiny bit of direct sunlight (the left side fence blocks half of the sideyard) touching the edge of it. So maybe that's why it's starting to sprout compare to some of the other peonies. About 2pm the sun is covering the entire Itoh plant. Yay!
March 30th, 2015
One single bud.
April 3rd, 2015
First spring with this plant and I only got 1 bloom.