Libby that is a great list Thank you . Bama would love to see what you find out after you search...I don't know most of those and don't have full sun . will check back and see what you find out. Caroline

Wow that is a great purchased for a healthy plant with flowers already. I will check our Costco here in Toronto if they have it. I just went today and unfortunately all they have are annual and biennial plants. This post was edited by peony05 on Wed, May 29, 13 at 14:34

I would leave the plant alone for now. Like most plants peonies will appear to wilt during the day when it is hot, especially in a sunny area, then when it cools for the day revive. I would back off the watering doing a soak every third day. Then start stretching the time. Think of it this way you removed most of the small roots that were providing moisture to the plant. Now the plant must regrow those. Right now the plant is probably living on the moisture it has stored and not on it's root system. If too much water is supplied to the plant those tiny hair roots can rot. Your friend could provide the plant some shade. A decorative pot or even a chair placed to provide shade would be good.

You can tell whether the plant is tissue cultured or natural division by looking at the roots. Here are some pictorial examples of "naturally divided Itohs" Below is a picture of Callie's Memory Itoh root. Whether it's 3 eyes or many eyes, it will take a few years before I can get a flower out of this small size root. A good size Garden Treasure Itoh root with eyes on both ends of the root planted last September. I got 2 flowers out of it already. I probably could have cut the root in in the middle and created 2 plants. A large Hillary Itoh peony root left, and a "pencil" size Yellow Crown Itoh right. It is not only the number of eyes that matters, but also the root size! Figureon 2-3 years before I see the first flower on Yellow Crown. I've received both of these roots from the same supplier this spring. A decent size Border Charm Itoh planted this spring. So, these are the shapes of "natural" Itoh peonies. Let's look at the root geometry of tissued cultured Itoh peony roots. I've received 5 small size Itoh peonies from Lesjardinsosiris, Quebec in2014. The roots are "rounded", with a stem. This stem will be developed into a trunk where the eyes will appear. I have never seen an eye growing out of a tuber in a tissued cultured Itoh root. A developing tissued cultured Itoh with eyes, and a trunk forming, and "round" shape roots/tubers. Here is a failed attempt of splitting a tissue cultured Sequested Sunshine Itoh peony, The picture shows the trunk and peony tree roots. Refer to http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2081041/itoh-peony-trade?n=14 thread for more details. I put the plant back, but it will be several years before this plant is fully recovered and producing a mass of flowers again. Here is a picture showing how this plant looks today. It has one flower and one bud on it. If I have a choice between a tissue cultured Itoh and a naturally divided one, and the price is the same, I'll pick the one that is naturally divided because it is easier to divide down the road.