Each peony should be situated so grafted sections of the plant are well below the soil, with the woody tree-like stems remaining upright. Chinese Tree Peony Deadheading and Pruning Like most ...

That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to peaches, almost all fruit trees are grafted, and so are pecans.

Tree peonies, Paeonia suffruticosa, are the taller, tree-like relatives of the much loved herbaceous peony famed for its brilliant spring blooms. Tree peonies should be thought of as small shrubs ...