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Post by pattyp on Apr 16, 2009 12:57:03 GMT -5
Hi everyone. I've placed this thread on the "General Garden Banter" board because I'm not certain where it should belong. I'm hoping that someone can help me identify this species of mysterious shoots that are appearing in one corner of my lawn. This one is about 6 inches tall and is accompanied by several smaller shoots, as well. I'm assuming that when they leaf out, they look like the following (or I could have two unidentified species in the lawn : They are in a patch that I was going to plant strawberries, so I'm wondering whether to relocate the unidentified species or to chuck it in the compost pile. So what do you think? What is it? Thanks for all of your help. Patty
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Post by johno on Apr 16, 2009 13:43:44 GMT -5
They look like peonies tp me. If so, they should become large and bushy within a couple of weeks. Should be about the right time for them to be at that stage in Denver.
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Post by grungy on Apr 16, 2009 14:11:27 GMT -5
That's what I think also.
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Post by canadamike on Apr 16, 2009 14:21:05 GMT -5
I confirm that if they are not peonies we are all making the same mistake ;D
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Post by plantsnobin on Apr 16, 2009 16:26:07 GMT -5
Yep, they are peonies all right. If you need to move them right now, do it quick. Dig up a big root ball with them and don't plant them too deep. The eyes should only be a couple of inches under ground, or you will get nice foliage and no flowers. It would maybe be better to wait until fall, but they will be ok either way really. They are one of the plants that you can still find in abandoned homesites, doing just fine without anyones help. They can easily live to be more than 50 years old.
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Post by canadamike on Apr 16, 2009 18:00:42 GMT -5
Just to add to my friend Karen...if you have to move them, why don't you wait, let them be the glorious flowers they are, help them by getting rid of the grass and weeds, and wait untill fall.
You will be rewarded by the full glory of spring and summer, as their leaves are also interesting, and later you will simply either transplant the '' carrots'' elsewhere or , preferably, a HUGE mound of soil in a new place. If you move the ( we call them) carrots, you will have to wait 3 years to get back the big full show...
Don't move them now, weed them. The show is worth it.
I think we just learned you recently moved there...
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Post by Jim on Apr 16, 2009 18:58:42 GMT -5
I've been trying to kill 3 peonies bushes for several years
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Post by pattyp on Apr 17, 2009 13:15:28 GMT -5
Does you knowing I recently moved there mean that someone (besides my mother) has read my new blog? Given all of your advice, I have decided to let the peonies grow and see what happens this growing season. Thanks for the help. Patty
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Post by fulenn on Apr 17, 2009 17:03:12 GMT -5
You know, I know my opinion is different, but I grew up in Colorado and that looks like Sumac to me. That stuff grows everywhere, whether you planted it or not. We used to mow over it in a vain attempt to kill it.
Fulenn
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Post by canadamike on Apr 17, 2009 18:25:34 GMT -5
Nope, I haven't read your blog, and did not know about it either...if you had stayed there for a while, and since they are peonies, believe me, you would simply not ahave sked that question. Elementary, my dear Watson. Deducted from experience
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Post by fulenn on Apr 17, 2009 19:03:55 GMT -5
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Post by ottawagardener on Apr 17, 2009 19:31:31 GMT -5
I know this question is already answered but I agree: Peonies!
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Post by sandbar on Apr 17, 2009 21:07:36 GMT -5
I've been trying to kill 3 peonies bushes for several years I had some at our last home that I mowed regularly for 3 years before they stopped coming up. I'm not very fond of them. Sorry, but I think they look dumpy all summer long.
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