The Peony Society
The Paeonia newsletter
The hybridizers newsletter, published from 1970 through 2002, is now fully available.
The Paeonia newsletter
The hybridizers newsletter, published from 1970 through 2002, is now fully available.
Dec 2019
Current Management and Research on Cut Peonies Webinar, Dec 18th
Jun 2020
APS Convention 2020United States, Jun 13th - Jun 14th
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- Peony ploidy levels1 day ago
- A long term storage experiment, year 15 days ago
- The Paeonia newsletter1 week ago
- Peonies in Alaska1 month ago
- Tree peonies2 months ago
- different results with pollen vs. seeds2 months ago
- A favorite white: Amalia Olson2 months ago
- Fertile late flowering peonies4 months ago
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The Peony Society started the topic Peony ploidy levels in the forum General discussion forum 1 day ago
In a recent article on peony pollen size and shape there was a listing of some cultivars with their ploidy level. There were some surprises:
I did not expect Old Faithful to be triploid for example, I always assumed it was tetraploid. The surefire way to know whether a cultivar is di-,-tri-, tetraploid is counting chromosomes of course, but that…[Read more]0 -
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Theresa replied to the topic Fertile shrub hybrids: diploids or tetraploids? in the forum Magazine articles comments 5 days, 14 hours ago
These were just Bill’s unfinished thoughts from years ago, but they are a good topic to think about in hybridizing. Bill was trying to create a simple picture in his mind about how lutea hybrids breed in order to pursue a goal: up-facing flowers. Diploids should have created a relatively simple model giving us, perhaps, a simple double recessive…[Read more]
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The Peony Society wrote a new post, A long term storage experiment, year 1 5 days, 18 hours ago
About a year ago, an article was published in a Dutch trade journal, Greenity, about long term Ultra Low Oxygen (ULO) storage of peonies. It stated that a few cut flower
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The Peony Society wrote a new post, Fertile shrub hybrids: diploids or tetraploids? 1 week ago
The last few issues of the Paeonia newsletter have been sent to us recently and the collection is now complete for all to download and read. Bill Seidl, the
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The Peony Society replied to the topic The Paeonia newsletter in the forum Magazine articles comments 1 week ago
All issues have been uploaded and the collection is now complete (the article above has been updated as well). Many thanks Theresa!
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Theresa replied to the topic The Paeonia newsletter in the forum Magazine articles comments 1 week, 5 days ago
Please open files before uploading to make sure what was sent is correct. I sent a second file without the first upside down page! Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks!
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The Peony Society replied to the topic The Paeonia newsletter in the forum Magazine articles comments 1 week, 5 days ago
Theresa,
would be very welcome, see the private message I’ve sent you
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Theresa replied to the topic The Paeonia newsletter in the forum Magazine articles comments 1 week, 5 days ago
I have v. 20 no 1-4, v. 25 1-4, v 26. 1,3,4, v 27 1-3. Should I scan and send to someone?
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The Peony Society posted an update 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Registration for the site is possible again, the spam filter has received an update and ought to be working fine.
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The Peony Society posted an update 1 month ago
Membership registration for the site is currently disabled as the filters blocking the spam registrations seem to have issues and some false registrations do get through (we’ve just deleted them). Those who are a member already, can still log in. If not a ‘member’ and you’d like to be, then for now send us a message on facebook. To view the site,…[Read more]
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The Peony Society posted an update 1 month ago
This weekend it’s possible to bid on some peonies from the American Peony Society (APS) root auction. You must be an APS member and items are only shipped within the USA, but if you can bid, there are some nice items on display, like Lime Phosphate.
Bidding starts on October 12,…[Read more]![]( "fVb9NJqDTVmgvHS9KJ64_Lime Phosphte")
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