Flower Gardening : How to Grow Peonies From Seed

Growing peonies from the seed is done by collecting the blooms as soon as they turn to seed, placing them in moist soil in a plastic bag and keeping them in the refrigerator for the winter. Recreate nature when collecting and growing seeds with helpful tips from a sustainable gardener in this free video on growing flowers.

Expert: Yolanda Vanveen
Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

[kissinntharain]

I'm so glad I watched your video. I have planted peonies in a 5 gallon bucket from seedling, and I was afraid I had done something wrong. There are several leaves so far. Was hoping to get it to bloom the first year, but now I know that it doesn't do that. Thank you! <3 #hopeful

[dianewoodrow]

Thank you, I did as you said and now have 6 small plants,

[slane_design]

Such great information! I have sucessfully grown new peony from seeds!!! Thank you!💮

[su]

Glad i checked out what to do.... Was about to just stick the seeds into the ground 🙂

[lauralabody]

cool~I tried the seeds but I'm going to buy the plant roots (with 3 to 5 eyes from now on because it's faster) sice quite a few people have trouble with peonies. I have a natural green thumb too so I am not saying I have failed with the seeds but I love peonies and want to see those beautiful big blooms soon. Nobody knows this about me since I never told anyone but most people who know me think my favorite flower is the orchid which it was but it's actually the multi petal fluffy peonies. Thanks

[brenwoo]

Great thank you. You made it so clear. Cut my first peony seed today.
Happy gardening to you. from UK.

[jantt]

Thank you - this was really informative for me, a novice in growing these beautiful flowers.

[vicarioustube]

Hi It's July 4th and I just trimmed my peonies and THEN only wondered can I propagate them as each plant now is easily 39.99 in the garden shop. So I do this now as you show and put the bag into the shaded corner in my green house? They flowered about two month ago so the seed pots for the smaller one are brownish and the other bigger one greenish with a velvet touch .. I hope I did not cut them to early..Thanks for your advise. From southern BC Canada (Seattle kind of weather)

[jofitzpatrick]

Can I store the plastic bag with peony seeds in an insulated cooler in my storage shed until spring? I'm in ontario Canada so it gets quite cold

[aftontarin]

Awesome video! Do you know if the seed pods need to be cracked open before these steps or can they still be closed? I have some that haven't quite opened yet that were removed prior to cracking open. If they need to be open first, I could try splitting with a scissors first

[toronto]

Where can we find a follow up video. This is cool!

[dennistaft]

That answers that. Not waiting up to ten yrs. Thank you.

[jaykay]

Thank you so much! I'm going to give it a try!

[jimc]

So why cant you just plant in the ground before winter(if you go through a cold winter area) instead of putting in the fridge to create "winter"?
Thanks for the video

[cookinwithmarysue]

i just recently got some peony seeds, may 2025, should i put in fridge till next spring to see if they sprout, then plant ?

[agb]

So, after the flower dies, just leave the pods on the plant, and let them dry. Is that when they turn to seed? I clipped the pod right after the petals fell.

[aconsideration]

Can I leave it in there for a month instead of 3 months? I bought some seeds from China and I need to stratify them but since its Spring now I only want them to experience a small winter. Will that work do you think?

[wakeupscreaming]

My sister has a peony that we'd like to seed. She had some "peony seed" she gave me in a plastic sandwich bag, and the seeds did not look like the black small beans like i've saw. In fact, I didn't see anything that looked like seed at all.
She gave me some new seed pods this year. She had cut them off the plant in early July. From what I read, you have to let them "ripen" on the plant until August. The pods she gave me were completely green.
Well, I thought I'd wait and let these seeds "dry out" in an open box, and hope for the best.
And more than a month later, the seed pods have shrunk almost to nothing, and i opened several of them, and there are NO black small bean-looking seeds.

Does my sister keep harvesting the seeds to early? Should she be cutting them off in July?

[abeal]

I have tried growing things from seed and I use sterile soil and water and closed containers and still they get moldy.
I put rose hips and hollyhock seeds in my refrigerator last year and they got moldy
obviously the mold spores are already on everything before I even begin.
any advice? I am wondering if I should be dusting them with fungus stuff

[KennedyUn]

Can I just put them in the ziplock back and leave them outside to take its natural course too?