Hi all,
I love gardening for pollinators even though I have very limited garden space. I planted three bare-root peonies last fall, and though two are only about a foot tall and produced no flowers, they've otherwise been doing well. But over the last weeks, the cosmos, dill and a few other things I planted around those peonies have grown to the point that the peonies were in complete shade throughout the day.
I say "were" because I've trimmed them back to allow the sun in. But one is still in dappled shade for about 1/2 day and I'm loathe to trim back the other plants more than I already have.
My question to you all is, will my partially-shaded peony be okay next year if it spends 1/2 days in the shade now? I plan to make sure nothing blocks out the sun next year, but my concern is what the shade will do to this plant now.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
