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Lisa Fazzani

How to fertilise your peonies in April – garden experts share their top feeding tips for bigger, better blooms

Peonies in garden.

Peonies are an all-time favourite of mine with their vibrant pink, showy blooms and fragrant scent. While there’s much to love about peonies, their delicate nature and short bloom time can be a drawback, but since showing them some extra TLC with fertiliser and watering, my peonies are blooming bigger and better… and now is the prime time to fertilise peonies, according to the experts.

While in previous years, I’d pretty much left my peonies alone (aside from adding plant supports) after reading up on how and when to fertilise peonies and then deciding to give fertiliser a go, the results spoke for themselves, with my peonies noticeably bigger and stronger-looking than before.

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