Wooeee, that's going to be quite a job, but when you're done it will be spectacular!! I can remember as a child our neighbor use to grow peonies on part of an empty lot, he filled it with peonies, daylilies and roses. The ladies in the neighborhood were so jealous! He was an old bachelor and we kids use to go follow him around and help pick up trash etc. He'd give us each a quarter! That was big money in those days. LOL Please post pictures when you get it all together and when they bloom that is going to be something! :) Great deal!

Plant like mad starting with the ones that look the worst. My reasoning is that the plants are in pots. If they look healthy now they should stay healthy in the pots even if you have to winter them over. The ugh ones need all of the tender loving care you can provide.

You could before planting cut the tops off and dip the roots in a mild bleach solution. 1-2 tablespoons to a gallon.

Please list the named ones so I can drool.

Wow, what a deal! Good luck! All I see here is Karl Rosenfield. I bought one and he is very unhappy. But I will be moving him where he will get some shade, if he can just hold out a little longer. Any others that I buy will be ones recommended for the South. Sounds like you got a great deal! Brandy

Thank you all so much for the input!!! Did I tell you?? I will be taking vacation----3 days----and I hope to plant ALL of my peonies. (I feel inspired--about 36 peonies each day, 4 per hour...) I will post the names of the named plants. And, I will try to post a before and after picture!!! Is there any soil ammendment that I should include?? Any suggestions on "how to" plant?? I've already stocked ibuprofen and Alleve in my medicine close!!! Please advise me some more!!! LOL

Add some of the patches to put on the really painful parts. Some are hot and some are cooling. I like the ones from Salonpas but can't find my favorite in my area. Do not take too much of either ibuprofen or Alleve since they are the same thing. And try not to add chasers with them can damage liver and kidneys.

Plant about 2 1/2 to 3 ft apart. If you have compost include it while digging.

God, why can't I be that lucky!! 112!!! I'd have my husband digging like a fool :-D
Hey, Brandy I live in Charlotte NC and I have 5 Sarah Berhardts (my first try at peonies, bargain 5 small bareroots for $12 at Walmart!), took 3 years to mature but they are doing fabulous in the South! So many blooms I give away bouquet after bouquet every Mothers Day to the neighbors. Beautiful double pink...I am zone 7b.

By now you have most of them in the ground. We got 8 plants from my sisters place when she passed away. A few of them sat in buckets for a few years, and did bloom. I put bulb fertilizer on top of them in fall. They all survived, and now I have divided a few. Good luck to you.
Darlene