Comments on: How to Keep Peonies Fresh https://reluctantentertainer.com/how-to-cut-and-preserve-fresh-peonies-for-entertaining/ Recipes, Entertaining, Charcuterie, Boards, Travel and Lifestyle! Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sandy https://reluctantentertainer.com/how-to-cut-and-preserve-fresh-peonies-for-entertaining/comment-page-1/#comment-140091 Sat, 16 May 2020 15:08:27 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=17496#comment-140091 In reply to Felicia Czumble.

If you keep in a cool place, wrapped, they may make it that long!

]]> By: How to Grow Pretty Peonies ~ Bless My Weeds https://reluctantentertainer.com/how-to-cut-and-preserve-fresh-peonies-for-entertaining/comment-page-2/#comment-131955 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 19:14:57 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=17496#comment-131955 […] all your peonies outside all summer, do you? If you want to bring in a bouquet, there’s a right and wrong way to cut peonies for longest-lasting […]

]]> By: Felicia Czumble https://reluctantentertainer.com/how-to-cut-and-preserve-fresh-peonies-for-entertaining/comment-page-1/#comment-129887 Sun, 02 Jun 2019 23:46:47 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=17496#comment-129887 In reply to Heather @ new house, new home, new life.

Hi! Can I actually cut my peonies tomorrow (Monday) and save them for Sunday this way ? They are at the bud stage. They look like they are ready to burst open?  Thanks so much. 

]]> By: Friday Faves – foodiecrush – Globe News Report https://reluctantentertainer.com/how-to-cut-and-preserve-fresh-peonies-for-entertaining/comment-page-2/#comment-128277 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 04:37:10 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=17496#comment-128277 […] neighbor’s garden with my favorite flower is in bloom (love this guide on how to make ’em last!) Wonder if they’ll notice me harvesting a […]

]]> By: Lovely Links - Heather's Dish https://reluctantentertainer.com/how-to-cut-and-preserve-fresh-peonies-for-entertaining/comment-page-2/#comment-128243 Fri, 08 Jun 2018 10:48:35 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=17496#comment-128243 […] I’ve been wondering this ever since I ruined a bouquet of peonies from our yard in Colorado: how to cut and preserve fresh peonies! […]

]]> By: Friday Faves - foodiecrush https://reluctantentertainer.com/how-to-cut-and-preserve-fresh-peonies-for-entertaining/comment-page-2/#comment-128214 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 16:01:18 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=17496#comment-128214 […] neighbor’s garden with my favorite flower is in bloom (love this guide on how to make ’em last!) Wonder if they’ll notice me harvesting a […]

]]> By: Janet Testwuide https://reluctantentertainer.com/how-to-cut-and-preserve-fresh-peonies-for-entertaining/comment-page-2/#comment-126461 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 02:43:20 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=17496#comment-126461 I cut mine and put the in a bucket but n the garage and spray over them with a light mist of Raid house and garden.  I leave them for a few hours and voila!  No ants and the flowers survive beautifully.  I don’t spray the flowers themselves but the area above them.  I was skeptical at first but it worked very well.  Good luck!

]]> By: 3 Tips on Pruning Peonies https://reluctantentertainer.com/how-to-cut-and-preserve-fresh-peonies-for-entertaining/comment-page-1/#comment-126379 Thu, 06 Jul 2017 17:34:09 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=17496#comment-126379 […] which had surprisingly few articles on how to cut the flowers. I finally found this gem from  Reluctant Entertainer. Here are a few […]

]]> By: Denise https://reluctantentertainer.com/how-to-cut-and-preserve-fresh-peonies-for-entertaining/comment-page-1/#comment-124074 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:38:49 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=17496#comment-124074 Thanks for the info! I’ll wait until dusk to cut for the baby girl shore tomorrow. Lovely table setting, too!

And….I’m a reluctant entertainer as well!!!!!

]]> By: Kim in MD https://reluctantentertainer.com/how-to-cut-and-preserve-fresh-peonies-for-entertaining/comment-page-1/#comment-55545 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:20:36 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=17496#comment-55545 Thanks for the peonie tips! Your table is gorgeous!

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