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khurtekant replied to the topic How to post in the forum General discussion forum
I’ll look into the problem this evening. In the meantime, you can also simply post in the ‘activity’ stream.
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Harriet replied to the topic How to post in the forum General discussion forum
Hi, I’ve attempted to post on the forum 6 times now and it keeps telling me “you cannot reply to that post” even though I’m attempting to post my own discussion topic. Any advice welcome!
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Pink Vanguard, which has as its parents Salmon Dream and Blushing Princess. It resembles the latter more than the former and grows far better than both here.
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Tja, da’s inderdaad vreemd. Ik had geen uitval erin dit jaar zoals je op de foto’s ziet, maar het zijn maar tweedejaarsplanten natuurlijk, dus veel kon ik er niet mee doen. Blushing Princess heeft nooit goed gegroeid hier, de paar planten die ik had zijn ieder jaar achteruit gegaan en de wortels zijn grotendeels weggerot. Ik heb de laatste goede…Read More
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Rozella, from my greenhouse (it’s a late blooming cultivar in fact). How to say this without overstating it? It’s a perfect plant I think 😀. Very sturdy straight stems, an immensely large flower. Floriferous. Clean closed bud. Dark green healthy foliage. It’s by far my favourite dark pink and I cannot recommend it highly enough. According to David…Read More
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How’s your light pink mutation growing, Koen? That would be most promising also. We need more statue peonies like Rozella.
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Last fall I dug and divided my two plants of it. The one which wasn’t pure yet was kept separately and again I’ve tried to get rid of the dark pink part. The small divisions remaing didn’t flower this year. The ‘pure’ one was divided and replanted and flowered. There was one flower which had one remaining dark pink petal, the rest of the flowers…Read More
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Nancy, nice colour, extremely large foliage, upright and seems to be a healthy plant and a good grower, also quite early.
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My established roots had extremely large carpels during flowering already this year.
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This is 44-T, an unregistered plant from Harald Fawkner. I’m starting to like it. It’s a hybrid with very sturdy stems and has large flowers. What makes it really stand out from the crowd is the flower form, this one has ‘Japanese’ flowers, meaning the stamens are transformed into very small staminodes, devoid of any pollen. This flower form is…Read More
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Ha Koen, lijkt behoorlijk veel op wat ik van Harald heb gekregen als 34Q. Maar jouw loof heeft veel duidelijker het uiterlijk van andere peregrina-hybriden zoals de Corals. Ben het met je eens, Japs met zwaardere substantie zoals deze hybriden zijn erg mooi.
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Bob replied to the topic Peonies from seed in the forum Magazine articles comments
It’s clear that a lot of work went into producing this guide, so thanks go to Nate for the effort involved, along with the knowledge as well.
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No more open flowers to take images, but we should have Canary Brilliants flowering again by the end of June, early August. Mowed down several rows of them, most two weeks ago, some one week ago and the last ones just now. Waiting longer resulted in regrowth but very few flowers some years ago. The first ones are growing again.
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Approximately 1 month after the first rows have been mowed down. All of them grow again, though the ones cut down a few weeks later are only starting to grow.
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The first ones are starting to flower. Round buds this time, not pointed. They are also more double and have somewhat less woody stems. There’s quite some difference between the plants, they have all grown again, but some give 8 stems with a bud, whilst others only 1. It’s the first time that I cut back such young plants (2nd growing season),…Read More
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The postman just brought us the latest American Peony Society (APS) Bulletin. An interesting publication that is. Amongst several articles also an obituary for Hermann Krupke, Swedish peony specialist and hybridizer of that pretty Coral Charm seedling named after his wife ‘Christina’. Harvey Buchite from Hidden Springs Flower Farm lists some of…Read More
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Whilst we’re posting, here’s a podcast more about Chinese tree peonies, an interview with Dan Furman from Cricket Hill Peonies.
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A podcast interview with Martha Lojewski about peony growing in Alaska.
https://www.theflowerpodcast.com/season-3#/alaska-peony-cooperative
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I have now received two very suspicious scam messages via the site where people have something very important to tell me and ask me to contact them by email, which of course I’ll never do. Has anybody experienced the same? If this happens once more, I’ll just have to exit the Society.
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Sorry. The spam plugin seems to be failing recently, it worked fine before, but the developers have stopped updating it and there are always those that try to exploit any failure. For now registration has been disabled. I’m trying to have it so that only ‘friends’ can be contacted, thus after you approve a friendship request. Next to that I’m…Read More
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Thank you! I think it’s a good idea to limit messages to “friends”
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The ‘friends’ part of the solution should be working,. Only ‘friends’ can send messages from now on. If otherwise, please tell me.
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Registration is open again. A new anti-spam plugin with active updates has been installed and hopefully it will do its work as intended.
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Thank you!
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I have some very young plants of Paeonia decomposita (2nd year from seeds). It will take several more years for them to grow to flowering size. They don’t like full sun and need some shadow. Not many pictures of the species can be found, so although very small, I’d like to share some images of the young leaflets that already show what it looks…Read More
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Always pretty, the darkest peony species Paeonia parnassica
Άνθισαν οι παιώνιες στον Παρνασσό!!! Υπέροχο αγριολούλουδο ενδημικό του Παρνασσού, η Παιώνια παρνασσική (Paeonia parnassica)!!!Τις φωτογράφησε η Συντονίστρια του ΦΔΕΔΠαρνασσού Ελένη Κούκου
Geplaatst door Thekla Tsitsoni op Zaterdag 13 juni 2020
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Paeonia lactiflora from Inner Mongolia in China, flowering right now. The video is from China Global Television Network (CGTN) on twitter.
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Thanks for this ! How beautiful.
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Peonies in Whistling Gardens
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Being a popular flower is nice, people do write about you from time to time, here’s a new one ‘Passion for Peonies’.
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khurtekant replied to the topic Statistics for stems/cultivar? in the forum General discussion forum
There are, but if you know the most widely grown peony cultivars, you also know which ones tend to give the highest number of stems.
Check the yearly files (until 2000) for “Production, Postharvest, and Freeze-Drying Evaluations of Fresh-Cut Peonies – Kansas State University” by Karen Gast, they’re in the Hybridizer’s Corner Files section.
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Hillary, chosen as peony of the year for 2021.
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Hannah started the topic Statistics for stems/cultivar? in the forum General discussion forum
Are there any list with statistics or what to expect in order of number of stems per cultivar? Would be interesting to know how productive they are. Thinking of peonies for cut flower production.
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This variety was extra-sensitive to our late frosts for me. I grew it for many years as Bill’s Best Yellow, and although I had a big plant of it, I almost never got flowers, let alone any seeds. My home garden is small, and I finally dug it out to make way for another variety. But I sent the divisions off to some other people, so it did not go…Read More
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One of my favourites, and surely my current top pick for a successful cut flower. Grand Massive, early, semi double white with closed, white buds. Very floriferous and an extraordinarily increaser. Sturdy stems, large buds, good stem length. I’d project this one to end up in the top 10 most sold cut flowers eventually, which is a bold statement,…Read More
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It’s good to hear your opinion of this. Here in the US, aside from Quitzen, we only know about the Fawkner things from a distance.
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OFF-4, which is Old Faithful x Coral Charm. This one (and the previous one CC-1-1) from Hans Maschke. Nice one, many good qualities, but the stems tend to fall open, despite them being as sturdy as its mother.
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I’ve grown some seedlings using OFF-4 pollen, and the curious thing about OFF-4 is the high percentage of hollow seeds that it makes when used as a pollen parent. Lots of nice glossy black seeds…but a very large percentage of them are hollow inside. I dealt with this by making 3 times the number of crosses that I might normally make, and f…Read More
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Not really sure about the reasons they list. Transportation of open flowers is obviously difficult, but peonies that merely have ‘soft’ buds can’t be that much of a problem I guess? I’m also not completely sure that large growers only go once through their field to harvest them all. Sure, if you place twenty interim workers that have never cut…Read More
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This is an unfortunate problem to hear about, as it’s something that could give the public a bad feeling about peonies as a cut flower. Here in Oregon the growers that I am familiar with make every effort to harvest their cuts at the proper time, and get a premium price as a result. Also, I know that the bosses of their crews know the proper…Read More
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Dark red ones shown on Facebook. First ever image I’ve seen of Sable. Peter Brand is in reality much paler and more reddish compared to Buckeye Belle. Red Glory I’ve never seen and the Russian (?) one in the lower right…Read More2 Comments-
Interesting to see a picture of ‘Sable’. I’ve always wondered if it still existed. I obtained a plant of Pherson’s Sable x Eclipse from Don Hollingsworth some years ago, but it’s more of an oddity than anything else. It’s very very tall; much taller than other hybrids, with long and twisted awkward stems, and a red color that is not…Read More
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Hello Bob. I’ve also got both Old Soldier and Valkyrie with the latter being my favorite as well and with the same remarks. Another nice dark red one is Night Watch, which grew very well here. Haven’t done anything with it. I do have a few seedlings with P. parnassica, although still very small and, until now, many of them have struggled and died…Read More
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CC-1-1, which descends two generations down from Coral Charm. Many sidebuds and a better stature, but of course a single flower and a totally different colour.
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It does fade into a soft peach yellow, quite attractive when you have all stages of the flower on the same plants I must say.
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Nice to see these plants from Hans. I have quite a number of seedlings I’ve bloomed using Hans’ CC-3 pollen (a first generation from Coral Charm) which he was kind enough to send me several years ago. This was the year that they all bloomed : some showed signs of coral color, or interesting and uncommon shades of pink, and I crossed them all…Read More
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khurtekant posted in the group Nederlandstalig (Dutch language)
Een nederlandse video waarin de reporter op bezoek gaat bij My Peony Society, een collectief van pioenenkwekers en -kopers. Ze verhandelen ongeveer 30 miljoen pioenen per jaar, terwijl de totale Nederlandse productie wordt geschat op een goede 100 miljoen stuks jaarlijks. Wie wat inzicht wil in hoe de handel daarvan verloopt, kan dit best…Read More
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CNB, a dutch broker for plant growers, organises a peony show yearly. Due to the coronavirus unfortunately not this year. Instead they’ll be making some videos this year to give you an impression of the people that show those peonies. First is Harry van Dongen. The spoken language is of course dutch, but there are english subtitles (choose ‘…Read More
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Elsa Sass, the last flowering one we use for cutting here. This marks the end of our peony cut flower season. A good one, these are third year plants. Last year the stems were a little thin and short, but they’ve made up for that now, taller and some 90% of stems very sturdy.
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Cricket Hill Garden Blog
- Landscape Design with Peonies 2020, April 17thTree peonies blooming at Cricket Hill Garden. Here we have interplanted hosta, and allowed some digitalis to self-seed. If we are to consider peony plants as part of the broader landscape plan, the questions of placement and design are numerous. This is especially true as one considers the subtle, yet distinct characteristics of peony varieties. […]
- Peony Planting: Site Selection and Preparation 2020, April 17thBecause all types of peonies can be incredibly long-lived, yet relatively care-free perennials, its important to start with vigorous nursery stock and site a new planting in an area where it will thrive. All types of peonies need: Fertile, well-drained soil with a mildly-acid to neutral pH of 6.5-7. Never plant a peony in a soggy […]
- How to Plant a Tree Peony 2020, April 17thA straightforward step-by-step tutorial video demonstrating how to plant a tree peony. Feel confident about planting your own tree from Cricket Hill!More
- How to Plant a Herbaceous or Intersectional Peony 2020, April 16thAn informative step-by-step tutorial video demonstrating how to plant a herbaceous peony. Plant your very own peony from Cricket Hill!More
- Dividing a Tree Peony 2020, April 16thThe principle method by which tree peonies are propagated is by grafting. This is a rather involved, labor intense procedure. Much simpler is to propagate your favorite tree peony by means of division. The technique used for this is similar to that for dividing herbaceous peonies. Not all tree peonies are good candidates for division. […]
- Dividing a Herbaceous Peony 2020, April 16thDo you have a large, old herbaceous peony clump that you would like to propagate? The best way to do this is through dividing the root system. This is a form of asexual reproduction, and yields a duplicate of the mother plant. Many plants are propagated this way such as hosta, iris and daylilies. Planting […]
- Grafting Tree Peonies 2020, April 16thFrom mid August to early October is the time to graft tree peonies in our USDA zone 6. Grafting is the most efficient means of reproducing a new clone of an existing tree peony variety. This is an ancient technique whereby the bud of the desired variety is fused onto an under-stock of either tree […]
- Pruning a Mature Tree Peony 2020, April 16thEarly spring is the best time to prune a mature tree peony. The window to do this in the zone 6 ande below is after the buds have begun to swell, and before new growth has commenced. In warmer areas, zone 7 and above where there is little risk of winter injury, pruning can be […]
- Spring Fertilization of Peonies 2020, April 16thNow that the snow is finally melted, the peonies are beginning to wake up. We generally leave a few inches of natural mulch, i.e. leaf litter around our peonies for the winter. With our herbaceous and intersectional peonies (as shown above) we leave 2-3"of stem in the fall so its easy to find them in the spring […]
- Peony Bloom Sequence 2020, April 16thBelow is a rough breakdown of the bloom times of the various types of peonies. During very warm springs this period is very compressed. We have listed here a few cultivars for each bloom period. In the cultivar descriptions for our tree, herbaceous and intersectional peonies on our website we list the bloom period. (Dates […]
American Peony Society
- Welcome APS’ New Directors & Officers 2020, August 4thBoard of Directors and Officer Election Results (terms 2020-2022) The American Peony Society would like to congratulate the following members, elected to the Board of Directors at the Annual General Membership Meeting, held August 1, 2020: Craig Aiken, Adriana Feng, Lois Girton, Leena Liljestrand, David Maltby, David Michener, Mike Miller, Mary Muellner, Brandie Orchard, […]
- Peony Puzzle 2020, July 10thYou don’t have to grow peonies to enjoy them. The link below will take you Jigsaw Explorer Puzzle Player, which will display a puzzle of a flower from the cultivar ‘Guardian of the Monastery’. A great way to practice your puzzle skills while waiting for an appointment or if you have down time! Peony Puzzle […]
- 2020 Gold Medal Winner 2020, June 20th‘Hillary’ The American Peony Society is pleased to announce ‘Hillary’ as the recipient of the 2020 Gold Medal and the 2021 Peony of the Year. ‘Hillary’ is a cultivar belonging to the Itoh (Intersectional) group, which is a hybrid between a herbaceous peony and a woody (tree) peony. Registered in 1999 by hybridizer Roger Anderson […]
- Top 20 Peony Popularity Poll 2020, May 28thTake the APS Popularity Poll: The 20 Peonies I Have to Own Deadline July 15, 2020 What if you were limited to just 20 peonies – those personal favorites you just can’t do without for your garden? What would be on your have-to-have list? The American Peony Society is conducting a popularity poll to find out. […]
- Paeonia wendelboi 2020, May 10thPaeonia wendelboi is one of the newer species being seen in a number of collections worldwide. The species originates in the Talysh area of Iran and was introduced into culture in 1980 through the collection of seeds. The habitat is located in Northeast Iran in a low mountain region. The region is dry, rocky and […]
- Frost Damaged Peonies 2020, May 4thSpring in the north almost always brings the challenges of frost damaged peonies. Often damage by light freezes is visible through wilting stems in the morning and plants bounce back later in the day. Occasionally colder nights produce lasting damage exemplified by dead shoots, which do not recover. Generally temperatures which fall below 25 F […]
- Member Portal 2020, April 16thNew Features For American Peony Society Members Attention American Peony Society Members, the exclusive Member Portal is operational and ready for use! If you are not a paid member of the American Peony Society, please purchase a membership which includes access to this new feature and a subscription to the Bulletin (among other things). […]
- 2020 APS Convention – Cancelled 2020, March 20th2020 Convention, Exhibition and Flower Show Cancelled CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) NOTICE – Now that the novel coronavirus has been declared an international pandemic, the American Peony Society has made the difficult decision to cancel the Annual Convention scheduled for June 11 – 14, 2020, at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Out of an abundance of caution and […]
- 2019 Directory of New Peony Cultivars 2020, February 11thNow available: APS Bookstore The Directory features descriptions and color images of each cultivar registered through the APS in 2019. Softcover. 56 pages. Supplies are limited. More than 100 new peony cultivar registrations were processed by the APS in 2019. This represents the largest class of registrations since 2001, when 276 were recorded (mostly submitted […]
- Canadian Peony Society National Show (Cancelled) 2020, January 18thAnnouncing The CPS National Show (Cancelled due to pandemic concerns) Get Your Peony Fix North of the Border Each year a number of peony gatherings are planned in North America and the CPS show is one of the gems. While this show takes place in Canada, many Americans make the trip north to view the […]
Canadian Peony Society
- Showing Peonies 2020, April 3rdThe post Showing Peonies appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Pests & Disease 2020, April 3rdThe food storage roots of well-grown healthy peonies will generally by symmetrical in outline and in cross section, smooth of surface. If there are branch storage roots, expect them to be smaller but otherwise similar. Also, by late summer, as we get into digging season, expect the current year feeder roots (those which have not […]
- Gift poem by Blaine Marchand 2020, April 3rdGift - A.P. Saunders pauses before he begins hybridization, Clinton, NY, 1917. Sable brush in hand, amid cupped peonies drenched in sunlight, iridescent as fine china, the memory of my father blooms. The post Gift poem by Blaine Marchand appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Perfecting Peonies by Blaine Marchand 2020, April 3rdThe post Perfecting Peonies by Blaine Marchand appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Planting / Care / Drying / Cutting / Storing 2020, April 3rdThere are over 5,000 varieties of the common garden or herbaceous peony. Fall is the opportune time to plant your freshly dug roots. If you purchase a potted root these can be planted anytime of the year. The post Planting / Care / Drying / Cutting / Storing appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Creating New Peonies 2020, April 3rdArthur Percy (A.P.) Saunders, over his long career as a peony hybridizer, had over 17,224 seedlings (hybrids, tree peonies and species peonies) in his gardens. He propagated and named only 271 of them. Interestingly, only 11 of these were officially registered. The post Creating New Peonies appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Hybridizing Peonies by Margaret Sequeira 2020, April 3rdHybridizing is as simple as playing bee. Yes, I said bee. Hybridizing is full of wonder, leaving us full of delighted anticipation. Choose the plants which characteristics you most admire. eg: the size of bloom from one and the height of another. The post Hybridizing Peonies by Margaret Sequeira appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Flower Forms in Peonies 2020, April 3rdThere are five basic flower forms generally acknowledged to occur in herbaceous peonies. Unfortunately, the demarcation where one form leaves off, and another begins, is not always distinct, nor sharply defined. The post Flower Forms in Peonies appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Controlled Germination Of Peony Seeds Indoors by Don Hollingsworth 2020, April 3rdA peony seed germinates in response to the same sequence of environmental conditions whether it is out of doors where nature has full sway, or is kept indoors in contrived conditions. In either case the minimum requirements of a particular seed must be met or it will fail. Each peony seed has its own individual […]
Southern Peony
- 2020 Peony Blooms Week 9 Very Very Very Late 2020, May 23rdWOW. Is there another word for Wow? This is definitely mind blowing! For the first time ever here at Southern Peony, we've had a Week 9 Bloom Season! That is probably very rare, especially for the South, where it usually goes from winter to summer in 1 week flat. LOL. I must say I am […]
- 2020 How to Make a Peony Support Ring from a Tomato Cage 2020, May 22ndPeony 'White Cap' in Dire Need of Support Day after day, I just couldn't take looking at it this way anymore. This Peony 'White Cap' just kept blooming and blooming. I thought at some point it would just quit blooming and I wouldn't have to watch the blooms keep opening on the ground, but it […]
- 2020 Peony Blooms Week 8 Very Very Late 2020, May 17thIt looks like the "Firefly"s came out this week. It is always so neat to see the wild, twisted, and striped petals on Peony 'Raspberry Firely' and Peony 'Pink Firefly'. Peony 'Candy Stipe' is always one of the last peonies to bloom in my garden, and I always look forward to it's peppermint like stipes […]
- 2020 Giant Leaves on Herbaceous Peony 'Juliska'!! 2020, May 15thHerbaceous Peony 'Juliska' Giant Leaves 10 Inches Across So the foliage on the Peony 'Juliska' is not as large as the foliage that grew on my 2013 Peony Foliage on Steriods! Peony 'Bowl of Cream'. However it is still really, really big. I am wondering if this Peony 'Juliska' foliage will grow this large every […]
- 2020 Giant Bloom on Intersectional Peony 'Gordon E. Simonson' 2020, May 15thIntersectional Peony 'Gordon E. Simonson' WOW! That's all I can really say about this Giant Bloom on my Intersectional Peony 'Gordon E. Simonson'. Of all the intersectional peonies I grow, the flowers on this one are definitely the largest. This is actually the first year this intersectional peony has bloomed for me. I first planted […]
- 2020 Intersectional Peony Blooms Week 7 Very Late 2020, May 10thNever Have I Ever...1. Never Have I Ever had 4 weeks of intersectional peony cultivar blooms opening for the first time, until 2 weeks ago!2. Never Have I Ever had 5 weeks of intersectional peony cultivar blooms opening for the first time, until last week!3. Never Have I Ever had an intersectional peony open for […]
- 2020 Peony Blooms Week 7 Very Late 2020, May 9thThe lactifloras are definitely out this week. I can't believe how many blooms we had opening this past week in May our 7th week of bloom! I have never seen a bloom season quite like this one, and I am just thrilled. I wish our spring weather could be this temperate and easy on the […]
- 2020 Transplanting an Intersectional Peony 'Bartzella' in Spring to Grandma's House 2020, May 8thTransplanting an Intersectional Peony 'Bartzella'in Spring to Grandma's House Maybe I was encouraged by the mild spring we've been having. Or maybe I just couldn't bear to see Grandma's yellow peony not thrive and grow another year in a row. So I decided to dig her up one of my Intersectional Peony 'Bartzella' plants in […]
- 2020 More Intersectional Peony Seedling Babies Pop Up! 2020, May 7thMore Intersectional Peony Seedlings Pop Up - 4/26 They're alive! They're alive!! Well, it took quite a while from when the first intersectional peony seedling popped up on March 26th, 2020 Intersectional Peony Seedling Pops Up!, for another one of them to pop up. It was literally a month later when the 2nd two intersectional […]
- 2020 Tulip World Intersectional Peony 'Scrumdidleyumptious' Actually Peony 'Coral Charm' 2020, May 6thTulip World Intersectional Peony 'Scrumdidleyumptious'Actually Peony 'Coral Charm' Well, I suppose if you're going to get an incorrect peony for $12.95, Peony 'Coral Charm' is a great peony to get. I must say it is definitely disappointing to get the wrong peony from 2018 Tulip World Offers Intersectional Peony 'Scrumdidleyumptious' for $12.95!, but I think […]
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Bij mij bijna 100% verdroogde knoppen dit jaar. Misschien ongelukkig getimede nachtvorsten? Geen idee. Blushing Princess staat er naast en die had bijna geen verdroogde knoppen. Vond het wel vrij extreem, zie dit zelden in de hybriden maar Pink Vanguard dus tot in extremis dit jaar.