I live in ant heaven and I've never seen them on or around my hydrangeas.....yg

It's odd this question come up, because i had one of my elderly patients tell me the other day when i was talking about my peonies that for whatever reason they must have ants to live...never heard of that before. Does anyone know about this? She says it is necessary for the plant? maybe it is just an old wives tale.

Tree peonies generally do not attract ants however if food sources are lacking they may look for food on any flower even tree peonies. You really should start a new topic rather than adding on to an old one since especially this one will be sent to the person who started the topic.

You ants are already there doing the job nature entended them to do. Eating things and keeping things tidy. Depending on the type ants do eat the bugs that would harm your veggies. I would have more concern of how wide the peonies could get.