I had two tree peonies that it took two-three years for them to bloom. I stupidly thought I should prune them in the fall which explains why not flowers for a bit. But then they started growing from the woody stem several inches above the ground. The blooms were gorgeous. Three on one and one on the other. We get a reasonable amount of snow to protect them plus I was covering them with burlap. I don't know if the burlap was necessary. Never found out. The next winter mice moved in and wintered over on my garden including eating the azalea babies to the ground and stripping the TP's of their bark which of course killed them. I have finally planted a new on last fall, late. It has buds all over it. Well, might just be leaf buds, not flower buds. Time will tell.
