They’re one of the most fashionable flowers around, but there’s no getting away from the fact that buying fresh peonies every week is expensive. So, what’s the solution? Easy: stop outsourcing, and start sussing how to grow peonies in pots – or, if you’re feeling really clever, how to propagate peonies from cuttings.
Now, while peonies are easily Britain’s most popular summer flower (there are 4.4 million posts tagged #peony on Instagram, and 3.3 million with the hashtag #peonies), these gorgeous blooms can be tricky to grow in pots and containers, which means they aren't exactly on our list of easy garden ideas.
