I have some questions..

your peony thing - Its a bit of a lottery that moved peonies flower at all. I divided one three years ago but this year it has budded - not many though but at least its happening and yes I did plant a little bit deeper than the original ground line. good luck with them.

 

We had a dozen or two herbaceous Peonies in a bed that we wanted to grass over. I dug them up in the Spring as they were coming into leaf (probably not the best time), small bits were put into pots in a nursery area for the year, bigger bits were unceremoniously split into decent sized bits and chucked into a new home, and all flowered the following year - we've got loads now! I had a job planting the clumps as deeply as they were before, it has bothered me a bit that they stick out of the ground, but maybe that IS the answer ?

 

The peonies

the flowering one






the blind one





It has red swellings in the centre of its leaf clusters. It had them last year but no flowers.

Maybe I'll mess about with planting levels in the autumn. I dont feed either of them beyond FB&B in the spring and a mulching with garden compost.