FORPERFECTPEONIES set roots with buds into a shallow bed not more than 1 inch depth. Roots placed too deeply may produce shoots the next season but will fail to bloom. These need to be replanted. After moving a peony expect it to take several years to bloom. | iSTOCK PHOTO
Spring blooms open the gardening year—cheerful yellow daffodils, soft orange and white jonquils, rainbow colors of iris, fragrant purple hyacinths, and deep pink peonies.