we are in zone 8b

94087 is zone 8B according to this
zipzone website

Peony works in zone 3 to 9. So we are covered, theoretically.

local gardener's blogis interesting, worth to read sometimes. She recommended using "liquid fish emulsion" as fertilizer, one of reasons is it never over-fertilizing. That would be great for me after I killed the other beans as well as causing all the yellow leaves of the surviving beans by feeding them too much food. As she had the exact same observation as well:

"I have found that sometimes chemical fertilizers will burn foliage or roots, especially if applied on a hot day."


AND, SHE USED REAL FISH FOR HER GARDEN TOO! Let's hit fish deli in ranch99.

A few other things:
peony care
peony the king of flowers
chinese tree peony
americanpeonysociety