We live in zone 8 in north central South Carolina. I started growing peonies in containers about five or six years ago. The plants continue to create more and more eyes and more and more flowers. They bloom strongly each year. I'm now up to four plants! When peonies are in a container, the plants gets exposed to much lower temperatures than when planted in the ground, so the container plants always get adequate chilling hours. My flowers are a bit smaller than those in the ground, but given the scale of the planters and being displayed on our deck, the size at 3-5 inches is just fine. Here is a photo of our first blooms this season.
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