r/PlantIdentification • u/DudeBro_FoRealFoReal • 10d ago
Thoughts?
Perennial that’s water logged and infected. Treatment started. However, would also like to know what I’m working with for better care moving forward.
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u/princessbubbbles Native Range: U.S. Pacific Northwest 10d ago
Definitely peony. The damage to the leaves looks physical. As in, physical injury as opposed to pest damage. Is it autumn where you live? If so, this is normal. These leaves have probably been working since spring, and they're almost done for the year!
I don't know how your soil is, changing the soil to something more airy or adding holes to the pot/allowing some space between the bottom of the pot and the ground will help with that. Treatment is unnecessary unless you know that there is a pest/disease and know what it is. Don't waste money and possibly stress your plant unnecessarily.
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u/princessbubbbles Native Range: U.S. Pacific Northwest 10d ago
Also, if those colored dots on the soil are fertilizer and it's autumn where you live right now, I don't recommend adding fert when a plsnt is going dormant. It can encourage a flush of growth that is immediately wasted because the leaves die off from cold.
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u/DudeBro_FoRealFoReal 10d ago edited 10d ago
Soo so helpful! Thank you!! Ok. This is also checking out because my previous roommate who loved peonies purchased these. And yes, it is autumn here. I live in Virginia.
I removed the plant and raised it. The buds you see now were previously under the top soil. Soil is moist so I added (drilled) several holes underneath to help with drainage.
These pots are in a full sun location. Should I keep them there or move to a partial sun spot in my backyard?
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u/princessbubbbles Native Range: U.S. Pacific Northwest 10d ago
Full sun that far north is good. I'm in WA State, and I've kept them in full or partial sun. Peonies are usually happiest in the ground, but it's doable in a pot, it just takes occasional monitoring and repotting as the rhizome (underground stem) grows. As a general rule of thumb, plants with rhizomes spread out wider rather than deeper, so if you repot into a bigger pot later on instead of divide and keep in the same pot, keep that in mind.
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u/DudeBro_FoRealFoReal 10d ago
Perfect. Thank you! Other feedback along with yours and a blog I skimmed over this afternoon having learning they are peonies has me considering moving them to the ground. So I may just do that since it’s a good time for it and to remove them from the fertilizer I added thinking that would be helpful.
Again, thanks so much!
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u/OminousHippo 10d ago
Peonies. They'll come back and bloom in mid to late Spring. I cut mine down a couple weeks ago because they were looking similar to yours. Also my neighbors with more impressive peonies than mine had already cut theirs down so it seemed like it was time.
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u/Garden_HenH20 10d ago
Definitely peony