September 15, 2026
One of my peace lilies lived in the same 6-inch nursery pot for almost three years before I realized it was struggling. The soil was drying out within a day of watering, roots were curling out of the drainage holes, and the leaves drooped even when the soil was still
Peonies fall into three plant types: herbaceous (soft stems that die back each winter, the most common garden peony), tree (woody-stemmed shrubs that keep their stems year-round), and Itoh hybrids (herbaceous habit with tree-peony-sized blooms). The American Peony Society recognizes