{"id":18826,"date":"2017-11-20T11:11:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T11:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18826"},"modified":"2017-11-20T11:39:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T11:39:35","slug":"18826","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/18826\/","title":{"rendered":"Featuring Patio Peonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3121\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/peonie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/peonie.jpg 441w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/peonie-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Traditional peonies are not really suitable for growing in pots and containers.<\/p>\n<p>However recently developed &#8216;Patio peonies&#8217; are designed to be\u00c2\u00a0 suitable for the pot. They have a compact growth habit and are quite easy to flower in pot or the smaller garden!<\/p>\n<h3>Features of Patio Peonies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>New patio varieties are compact and do not need staking.<\/li>\n<li>They have upright stems capable of supporting the flowers.<\/li>\n<li>Use for patio display or grow as cut flowers<\/li>\n<li>Most varieties have a good strong scent to enliven your patio in early summer.<\/li>\n<li>Flowering in various pastel shades and more traditional reds, patio peonies have the traditional papery thin, double petals.<\/li>\n<li>Current varieties are generally named after cities like London, Moscow (red as you would expect), Rome, Athens and Madrid.<\/li>\n<li>Plant your new Peony in a sunny location but as with other peonies not too deep.<\/li>\n<li>Peonies don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like to sit in water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditional peonies are not really suitable for growing in pots and containers. However recently developed &#8216;Patio peonies&#8217; are designed to be\u00c2\u00a0 suitable for the pot. They have a compact growth habit and are quite easy to flower in pot or the smaller garden! Features of Patio Peonies New patio varieties are compact and do not need staking. They have upright stems capable of supporting the flowers. Use for patio display or grow as cut flowers Most varieties have a good&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/18826\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}