What to plant with peonies: desirable and undesirable neighbors
Peonies get along well with many plants, but they also have many “ill-wishers”.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication Belnovosti, agronomist and landscape designer, talks about good and bad neighbors for peonies.
What you can and cannot plant peonies with
Good companions for peonies are chrysanthemums, phlox, astilbe, lilies, daylilies, Siberian and bearded irises, panicle hydrangeas, thuja, boxwood, juniper, jasmine, honeysuckle, mock orange, deutzia, clematis, ferns, hostas, pelarguta, phlox, poppies, carnations, foxgloves, bells.
You can also plant medicinal herbs next to peonies: woolly stachys, sage, thick-leaved bergenia, motherwort, alchemilla, and chamomile.
Peonies should not be planted near trees with spreading crowns and plants that actively produce shoots (raspberries, hawthorns, plums, cherries).
In addition, peonies do not get along with bird cherry, apricot, currant, gooseberry, blueberry, bilberry, lilac, rose, lily of the valley, cornflower, wormwood, phalaris and buttercup.
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