How old is your peony and is it a herbaceous or tree peony? Al

I only planted it in the early spring and I have no idea what type of peony it is. The tag blew away. :( and I can't rememebr the name. All I know it is a large double bloom dark pink peony. If and when it blooms.

Peonies like to be planted about 1-2 inches below the top of the ground surface. It maybe that you're using too much nitrogen based fertilizers, which gives you more foliage than bloom. Replant it with the eyes pointing upwards, amending the soil with bone meal, fish meal, aged and well-rotted manure, compost, blood meal, alfalfa meal etc. A combination of all above or 1 or 2 of them...... mostly a hand full of bone meal. Make sure you have a high middle number. Peonies normally prefer organic fertilizers, however, in the spring you can put a "bulb" fertilizer of about 10 10 10 " or a seaweed or fish based fertilizer about 1/2 foot away and around the crown of the peony. Most of the time, manures dumped onto the top of the your peony causes the crown to rot. Some people some times even dump rabbit manure on top of them but it is not a good practice. Too much fertilizer will cause it not to bloom also. Lastly;.... in a few of the northern areas, peonies are normally planted or moved in or after September unless they are potted prior. Then you can plant them any time. Gypsum or lots of compost will loosen up clay soil. Also, peonies don't like a lot of water or wet feet, make sure you have good drainage and at least 6 hours of sun. Let the foliage remain until September so that it can collect the sun, sugars and food storage to survive next year. Cut it back to the ground each year if its not a tree peony. Goood luck!